How to disable/avoid Ampersand-Escaping in Java-XML?

Question

I want to create a XML where blanks are replaced by  . But the Java-Transformer escapes the Ampersand, so that the output is  

Answer 1

The solution is very funny:

Node disableEscaping = document.createProcessingInstruction(StreamResult.PI_DISABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, "&");
 Element element = document.createElement("element");
 element.setTextContent(" ");
 document.appendChild(disableEscaping );
 document.appendChild(element);
Node enableEscaping = document.createProcessingInstruction(StreamResult.PI_ENABLE_OUTPUT_ESCAPING, "&");
document.appendChild(enableEscaping )

So basically you need put your code between escaping element.