Write immediate children of root

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/xml/writer.js b/lib/xml/writer.js
index e48f3a1..a97d17e 100644
--- a/lib/xml/writer.js
+++ b/lib/xml/writer.js
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ exports.writeString = writeString;
 
 
 function writeString(root) {
-    return xmlbuilder
+    var builder = xmlbuilder
         .create(root.name, {
             version: '1.0',
             encoding: 'UTF-8',
             standalone: true
-        })
-        .end();
+        });
+    root.children.forEach(function(child) {
+        builder.element(child.name);
+    });
+    return builder.end();
 }
diff --git a/tests/xml/writer.tests.js b/tests/xml/writer.tests.js
index f2408e0..5ffecc2 100644
--- a/tests/xml/writer.tests.js
+++ b/tests/xml/writer.tests.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ describe('xml.writer', function() {
     test('writing empty root element writes out xml declaration and empty root element', function() {
         assertXmlString(new Element("root"), '<root/>');
     });
+    
+    test('can write empty child elements', function() {
+        assertXmlString(new Element("root", {}, [new Element("album"), new Element("single")]),
+            '<root><album/><single/></root>');
+    });
 });