New annotation JacksonXmlInclude works like JsonInclue but for xml.

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/JacksonXmlAnnotationIntrospector.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
@@ -220,6 +221,28 @@ public PropertyName findNameForDeserialization(Annotated a)
         return pn;
     }
 
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************************
+    /* Overrides for JsonInclude, property detection
+    /**********************************************************************
+     */
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonInclude.Value findPropertyInclusion(Annotated a)
+    {
+        JacksonXmlInclude xmlInclude = _findAnnotation(a, JacksonXmlInclude.class);
+        if (xmlInclude != null) {
+            return JsonInclude.Value.construct(
+                JsonInclude.Include.valueOf(xmlInclude.value().name()),
+                JsonInclude.Include.valueOf(xmlInclude.content().name()),
+                xmlInclude.valueFilter(),
+                xmlInclude.contentFilter()
+            );
+        } else { 
+        	return JsonInclude.Value.empty();    
+        }
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Overrides for non-public helper methods

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/annotation/JacksonXmlInclude.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that can be used to provide XML-specific configuration
+ * for include properties like {@code @JsonInclude} for json.
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, 
+         ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface JacksonXmlInclude {
+    Include value() default Include.ALWAYS;
+    Include content() default Include.ALWAYS;
+    Class<?> valueFilter() default Void.class;
+    Class<?> contentFilter() default Void.class;
+
+    public enum Include {
+        ALWAYS,
+        NON_NULL,
+        NON_ABSENT,
+        NON_EMPTY,
+        NON_DEFAULT,
+        CUSTOM
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/ser/TestSerializationInclude.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.ser;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestBase;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlInclude.Include;
+
+public class TestSerializationInclude extends XmlTestBase
+{
+	@JacksonXmlInclude(value = Include.NON_EMPTY)
+	static class NonEmptyClassBean {
+        public String a;
+        public String b;
+        public String c;
+
+        public NonEmptyClassBean(String a, String b, String c) {
+            this.a = a;
+            this.b = b;
+            this.c = c;
+        }
+    }
+
+	static class NonEmptyPropertyBean {
+        public String a;
+        public String b;
+    	@JacksonXmlInclude(value = Include.NON_EMPTY)
+        public String c;
+
+        public NonEmptyPropertyBean(String a, String b, String c) {
+            this.a = a;
+            this.b = b;
+            this.c = c;
+        }
+    }
+
+	@JacksonXmlInclude(value = Include.NON_EMPTY)
+	static class MergeBean {
+        public String a;
+        @JacksonXmlInclude(value = Include.NON_NULL)
+        public String b;
+        public String c;
+
+        public MergeBean(String a, String b, String c) {
+            this.a = a;
+            this.b = b;
+            this.c = c;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private final XmlMapper MAPPER = newMapper();
+
+    public void testNonEmptyClass() throws Exception
+    {
+        String xml = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(new NonEmptyClassBean("1", "", "3"));
+        assertEquals("<NonEmptyClassBean><a>1</a><c>3</c></NonEmptyClassBean>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testNonEmptyProperty() throws Exception
+    {
+        String xml = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(new NonEmptyPropertyBean("1", "", ""));
+        assertEquals("<NonEmptyPropertyBean><a>1</a><b></b></NonEmptyPropertyBean>", xml);
+    }
+
+    public void testMerge() throws Exception
+    {
+        String xml = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(new MergeBean("1", "", "3"));
+        assertEquals("<MergeBean><a>1</a><b></b><c>3</c></MergeBean>", xml);
+    }
+
+}