Generate XML with SAX (OutputFormat/XMLSerializer deprecated)

Question

Hi,
I'm working on a project using an old code, written by don't-know-who, which generates XML code from data obtained at the moment, at run-time, and then returns it as a String.
Recently, my project included a new version (2.9) of the xercesImpl.jar library, and now classes OutputFormat and XMLSerializer have become deprecated.
I'd like to update the old code. Do you know how to modify my code in order to do exactly the same things with a "new" approach which is not deprecated?
I tried to search in the net and I found this FAQ <http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-6>, but I didn't understand at all how to convert my code. :(
Here's a "semplified" version of my method:
public String generateDocument() {
    OutputFormat of = new OutputFormat("XML", "UTF-8", true);
    of.setIndent(1);
    of.setIndenting(true);
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    XMLSerializer xs = new XMLSerializer(sw, of);
    try {
        ContentHandler hd = xs.asContentHandler();
        hd.startDocument();
        AttributesImpl atts = new AttributesImpl();
        atts.addAttribute("", "", "id", "CDATA", "1");
        hd.startElement("", "", "addressBook", atts);
        atts.clear();
        hd.startElement("", "", "name", atts);
        String s = "John";
        hd.characters(s.toCharArray(), 0, s.length());
        hd.endElement("", "", "name");
        hd.startElement("", "", "surname", atts);
        s = "Smith";
        hd.characters(s.toCharArray(), 0, s.length());
        hd.endElement("", "", "surname");
        hd.endElement("", "", "addressBook");
        hd.endDocument();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    return sw.toString();
}This code returns a String with this content:
<addressBook id="1">
  <name>John</name>
  <surname>Smith</surname>
</addressBook>Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

This is easy. You have to somewhen learn the basics of the Java XML APIs, e.g. the DOM API. Or fight like a man through
http://java.sun.com/webservices/reference/tutorials/jaxp/html/dom.html
http://java.sun.com/webservices/reference/tutorials/jaxp/html/intro.html
http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.6/tutorial/doc/index.html.