private Element writeTeamXml(final TeamInfo team) { /* example team XML file content <team teamNumber="1329" name="RoboRebels" city="St Louis" state="MO" country="US"> General notes about this team </team> */ Element e = new Element("team"); e.setAttribute("teamNumber", Integer.toString(team.getTeamNumber())); e.setAttribute("name", team.getTeamName()); if (team.getCity().length() > 0) { e.setAttribute("city", team.getCity()); } if (team.getState().length() > 0) { e.setAttribute("state", team.getState()); } if (team.getCountry().length() > 0) { e.setAttribute("country", team.getCountry()); } e.setText(team.getNotes()); return e; }