code: private void childless(Element element) throws SAXException {
  		Attributes attributes = getElementAttributes(element);
  		handler.startElement(element.getNamespaceURI(), "", element.getLocalName(), attributes);
  		handler.endElement(element.getNamespaceURI(), "", element.getLocalName());
  	}
docs: Makes an childless element appear as {@code<foo />} instead of
  {@code<foo></foo>}
  @param element the element
  @throws SAXException