public void writeOpen(Element element) throws IOException {
        writer.write("<");
        writer.write( element.getQualifiedName() );
        writeAttributes(element);
        writer.write(">");
    }
<p>Writes the opening tag of an {@link Element},
including its {@link Attribute}s
but without its content.</p>

@param element <code>Element</code> to output.
@throws IOException if the element could not be written
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/util/XMLWriter.java