[XMLBEANS-524] Bug with setLoadStripWhitespace ? Or expected behaviour?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Version 3.0.1
• Component/s: XmlObject
• Environment: windows 8.1 using java SE 1.8
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rune Gellein
• Created: 01/Nov/18 14:15
• Updated: 04/Dec/18 00:43
• Resolved: 04/Dec/18 00:41

Description

Hi,

I noticed similar problems have been reported before, but I am not so sure it is correct yet.

I would expect tag values to be unaffected when stripping whitespace with the setLoadStripWhitespace option.  XMLBeans trim values as well as whitespace between tags.

Here is my example code:

String xmlText = "<Note>\n" +
 " <NoteType>Fred</NoteType>\n" +
 " <NoteText> Note with newlines\n" +
 "and leading and\n" +
 "trailing white space </NoteText>\n" +
 " </Note>";

System.out.println("Original text = [" + xmlText + "]");
System.out.println("\n");

XmlObject test = XmlObject.Factory.parse(xmlText);
System.out.println("parsed text = [" + test.xmlText() + "]");
System.out.println("\n");

XmlOptions options = new XmlOptions().setLoadStripWhitespace();
XmlObject test3 = XmlObject.Factory.parse(xmlText, options);
System.out.println("with setLoadStripWhitespace() = [" + test3.xmlText() + "]");

It prints this:

 

Original text = [<Note>
 <NoteType>Fred</NoteType>
 <NoteText> Note with newlines
and leading and
trailing white space </NoteText>
 </Note>]

parsed text = [<Note>
 <NoteType>Fred</NoteType>
 <NoteText> Note with newlines
and leading and
trailing white space </NoteText>
 </Note>]

with setLoadStripWhitespace() = [<Note><NoteType>Fred</NoteType><NoteText>Note with newlines
and leading and
trailing white space</NoteText></Note>]

 

I would expect the leading space in the NoteText should be preserved, i.e. the space before "Note with" and the last space in that same text.

I am in other words looking to compact the XML itself without in any way touching the values of the tags.

By the way, very happy to see XMLBeans un-retired

Issue Links

• duplicates: XMLBEANS-336 setLoadStripWhitespace() option strips trailing white spaces of CDATA