Removing empty space from closing XML tag-CodePudding

Below is a code snippet of creating a document:

CdtrAcct = new CdtrAcct
{
    Id = new Id
    {
        IBAN = iban,
        Othr = new Othr
        {
            Id = creditBankAcct
        },
    },
},

If the IBAN field has a value, then Id is null. However, when the XML file is formed, I get the below:

<CdtrAcct>
  <Id>
    <IBAN>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</IBAN>
    <Othr />
  </Id>
</CdtrAcct>

The problem that I have is that the software that reads the XML cannot process the whitespace here: <Othr />. What do I need to do to get <Othr/>?

C# code:

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Document));                               
var textWriter = new StreamWriter(@"C:\BankFiles\Outbox\"   filename   ".xml"); 
serializer.Serialize(textWriter, config);
textWriter.Close();

CodePudding user response：

Convert the XML to a string (e.g. myString), then you can replace " \>" with "\>" by using

myString.Replace(" \>", "\>");

Afterwards you can print it into a file.

Of course this is a workaround / hack and getting the buggy software fixed should be the first try. However, this should solve your problem immediately.

CodePudding user response：

It's best to avoid processing XML with anything other than a conformant XML parser.

But if you're stuck with it, it's easy enough to put the XML through an identity transformation that re-serializes it without the whitespace.