public void writeString(String string) throws IOException {
  if (writingStartTag) {
    writer.write('>');
    writingStartTag=false;
  }
  writer.write(string);
}

public void writeString ( String string ) throws IOException { if ( writingStartTag ) { writer . write ( '>' ) ; writingStartTag = false ; } writer . write ( string ) ; }
convenience operation to write out ( to writer ) the string
