StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
//add processing instructions "by hand" with escaped quotation marks
//or single marks
writer.println("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
writer.println("<?xml-stylesheet type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"\">");

//create and configure marshaller to leave out processing instructions
Marshaller marshaller = context.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FRAGMENT, Boolean.TRUE);

//marshal to the StringWriter
marshaller.marshal(someObject,writer);
//get the string representation 
String str = writer.toString();