[GROOVY-6678] XmlParser should provide a trimIgnorableWhitespace setting

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0-beta-2
• Component/s: XML Processing
• Labels: breaking
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Paul King
• Created: 07/Apr/14 19:08
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 19:07
• Resolved: 08/Apr/14 03:38

Description

Many parsers allow whitespace outside nodes to be ignored while ensuring whitespace within nodes is preserved. In attempting to allow the former, XmlParser also trims text content within nodes which is often not desirable. This issue adds an additional flag that allows the ignorable whitespace to be handled separately. This will also potentially assist finding a solution/migration path for GROOVY-5360.