--- saxutils.py.orig	2008-05-10 17:37:22.000000000 +0200
+++ saxutils.py	2008-05-10 18:04:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 class XMLGenerator(handler.ContentHandler):
 
-    def __init__(self, out=None, encoding="iso-8859-1"):
+    def __init__(self, out=None, encoding="iso-8859-1", empty_element_tag=False):
         if out is None:
             import sys
             out = sys.stdout
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         self._current_context = self._ns_contexts[-1]
         self._undeclared_ns_maps = []
         self._encoding = encoding
+        self._empty_element_tag = empty_element_tag
         self._pending_start_element = False
 
     def _write(self, text):
@@ -137,7 +138,10 @@
         self._write('<' + name)
         for (name, value) in attrs.items():
             self._write(' %s=%s' % (name, quoteattr(value)))
-        self._pending_start_element = True
+        if self._empty_element_tag:
+            self._pending_start_element = True
+        else:
+            self._write(">")
 
     def endElement(self, name):
         if self._pending_start_element: