/**
* Writes empty nodes child of an entity if there is a node state specified.
*
* @param serializer
* @param entity
* @throws IOException
*/
private void writeEmptyNodes(XmlSerializer serializer, Entity entity) throws IOException {
EntityDefinition defn = entity.getDefinition();
List<NodeDefinition> childDefns = defn.getChildDefinitions();
for (NodeDefinition childDefn : childDefns) {
String childName = childDefn.getName();
if (entity.getCount(childName) == 0) {
State childState = entity.getChildState(childName);
int childStateInt = childState.intValue();
if (childStateInt > 0) {
serializer.startTag(null, childName);
serializer.attribute(null, STATE_ATTRIBUTE, Integer.toString(childStateInt));
serializer.endTag(null, childName);
}
}
}
}
