XmlReaderSettings.IgnoreWhitespace Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether to ignore insignificant white space.
public:
property bool IgnoreWhitespace { bool get(); void set(bool value); };public bool IgnoreWhitespace { get; set; }member this.IgnoreWhitespace : bool with get, setPublic Property IgnoreWhitespace As BooleanProperty Value
true to ignore white space; otherwise false. The default is false.
Examples
The following creates a settings object that can be used to construct a reader that strips processing instructions, comments, and insignificant white space.
// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings^ settings = gcnew XmlReaderSettings;
settings->IgnoreComments = true;
settings->IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings->IgnoreWhitespace = true;
// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
' Set the reader settings.
Dim settings as XmlReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings()
settings.IgnoreComments = true
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true
Remarks
White space that is not considered to be significant includes spaces, tabs, and blank lines used to set apart the markup for greater readability. An example of this is white space in element content.
This property setting does not affect white space between markup in a mixed content mode, or white space that occurs within the scope of an xml:space='preserve' attribute.
