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XmlSpace Property

Namespace: System.Xml

Assembly: System.Xml.dll

Syntax

public System.Xml.XmlSpace XmlSpace { get; }
            

Property Value

Remarks

The XmlSpace property tells you how to interpret white space within the XML document. It can be one of the following values:

• XmlSpace.Default: Whitespace is treated as significant.
• XmlSpace.Preserve: Whitespace is preserved as it appears in the document.

This property reflects the xml:space attribute found in the XML document.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to retrieve the XmlSpace value using an XmlNodeReader.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string xmlString = @"
        <root xmlns:xml=""http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"" xml:space=""preserve"">
            <element>  Some text with   significant spaces. </element>
        </root>";

        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml(xmlString);

        XmlNodeReader reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc);

        while (reader.Read())
        {
            if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && reader.Name == "root")
            {
                XmlSpace space = reader.XmlSpace;
                Console.WriteLine($""XmlSpace attribute: {space}"");
            }
        }
        reader.Close();
    }
}
            

Output

XmlSpace attribute: Preserve
            

Requirements

See Also

• XmlNodeReader Class
• System.Xml Namespace
• XmlReader.XmlSpace Property