# File src/rexml/element.rb, line 620
                def write(writer=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false)
                        #print "ID:#{indent}"
                        writer << "<#@expanded_name"

                        @attributes.each_attribute do |attr|
                                writer << " "
                                attr.write( writer, indent )
                        end unless @attributes.empty?

                        if @children.empty?
                                writer << " " if ie_hack
                                writer << "/" 
                        else
                                if transitive and indent>-1 and !@children[0].kind_of? Text
                                        writer << "\n"
                                        indent writer, indent+2
                                end
                                writer << ">"
                                write_children( writer, indent, transitive, ie_hack )
                                writer << "</#{expanded_name}"
                        end
                        if transitive and indent>-1
                                writer << "\n"
                                indent -= 2 if next_sibling.nil?
                                indent(writer, indent)
                        end
                        writer << ">"
                end