XML::Writer-like feature in XML::Xerces

Maybe I'm being clueless here but ..

is there any facility in XML::Xerces for converting a
Perl DS to XML a la XML::Writer (i.e. like the
$writer->starttag('funky_tag') routine et al).

I'm thinking of a SAX -> Perl, Perl -> XML
i/o approach, but I can't see anything for the
output side of the work.

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Regards

Stephen Collyer
Netspinner Ltd