protected void writeEntityRef(String name) throws IOException {
        writer.write( "&" );
        writer.write( name );
        writer.write( ";" );

        lastOutputNodeType = Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE;
    }
This method is used to write out Nodes that contain text
and still allow for xml:space to be handled properly.
@param node the node to write
@throws IOException if the node could not be written
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/util/XMLWriter.java