code: public static void serializeElement(XmlSerializer serializer, String tag, String text) throws IllegalArgumentException,
              IllegalStateException, IOException {
          serializer.startTag(Constants.EMPTY_STRING, tag);
          serializer.text(text);
          serializer.endTag(Constants.EMPTY_STRING, tag);
      }
docs: Writes an XML element to the <code>XmlSerializer</code> without a namespace.
  
  @param serializer
  the <code>XmlSerializer</code> to write to
  @param tag
  the tag to use for the XML element
  @param text
  the text to write inside the XML tags
  @throws IOException
  if there is an error writing the output.
  @throws IllegalStateException
  if there is an error writing the output.
  @throws IllegalArgumentException
  if there is an error writing the output.