XmlDocument.CreateSignificantWhitespace(String) Method

public:
 virtual System::Xml::XmlSignificantWhitespace ^ CreateSignificantWhitespace(System::String ^ text);

public virtual System.Xml.XmlSignificantWhitespace CreateSignificantWhitespace(string text);

public virtual System.Xml.XmlSignificantWhitespace CreateSignificantWhitespace(string? text);

abstract member CreateSignificantWhitespace : string -> System.Xml.XmlSignificantWhitespace
override this.CreateSignificantWhitespace : string -> System.Xml.XmlSignificantWhitespace

Public Overridable Function CreateSignificantWhitespace (text As String) As XmlSignificantWhitespace

Parameters

Returns

A new XmlSignificantWhitespace node.

Examples

The following example adds significant white space to the document.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample {

 public static void Main() {

 XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
 doc.LoadXml("<author xml:space='preserve'>" +
 "<first-name>Eva</first-name>"+
 "<last-name>Corets</last-name>" +
 "</author>");

 Console.WriteLine("InnerText before...");
 Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.InnerText);

 // Add white space.
 XmlNode currNode = doc.DocumentElement;
 XmlSignificantWhitespace sigws = doc.CreateSignificantWhitespace("\t");
 currNode.InsertAfter(sigws, currNode.FirstChild);

 Console.WriteLine();
 Console.WriteLine("InnerText after...");
 Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.InnerText);
 }
}

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
 
 Public Shared Sub Main()
 
 Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
 doc.LoadXml("<author xml:space='preserve'>" & _
 "<first-name>Eva</first-name>" & _
 "<last-name>Corets</last-name>" & _
 "</author>")
 
 Console.WriteLine("InnerText before...")
 Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.InnerText)
 
 ' Add white space. 
 Dim currNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement
 Dim sigws As XmlSignificantWhitespace = doc.CreateSignificantWhitespace(ControlChars.Tab)
 currNode.InsertAfter(sigws, currNode.FirstChild)
 
 Console.WriteLine()
 Console.WriteLine("InnerText after...")
 Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.InnerText)
 
 End Sub 
End Class

Remarks

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM). It is used when you want to manually format your document.

Although this method creates the new object in the context of the document, it does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. To add the new object, you must explicitly call one of the node insert methods.