import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
XMLOutputFactory xof = XMLOutputFactory.newFactory();
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
XMLStreamWriter xsw = xof.createXMLStreamWriter(sw);
xsw.writeStartDocument();
xsw.writeStartElement("foo");
xsw.writeCharacters("<>\"&'");
xsw.writeEndDocument();
String xml = sw.toString();
System.out.println(xml);
// READ THE XML
XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newFactory();
XMLStreamReader xsr = xif.createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(xml));
xsr.nextTag(); // Advance to "foo" element
System.out.println(xsr.getElementText());
}
}