SpaceStrippingRule (saxon JavaDoc)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllElementsSpaceStrippingRule, NoElementsSpaceStrippingRule, SelectedElementsSpaceStrippingRule, StylesheetSpaceStrippingRule
```
public interface SpaceStrippingRule
```
Interface for deciding whether a particular element is to have whitespace text nodes stripped

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte`	`isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName)`	Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types

- Method Detail
  - isSpacePreserving
```
byte isSpacePreserving(NodeName nodeName)
                throws XPathException
```
    Decide whether an element is in the set of white-space preserving element types
    
    Parameters:
    
    nodeName - Identifies the name of the element whose whitespace is to be preserved
    
    Returns:
    
    Stripper.ALWAYS_PRESERVE if the element is in the set of white-space preserving element types, Stripper.ALWAYS_STRIP if the element is to be stripped regardless of the xml:space setting, and Stripper.STRIP_DEFAULT otherwise
    
    Throws:
    
    XPathException - if the rules are ambiguous and ambiguities are to be reported as errors