Whitespace Control

Description An optional period following the initial delimiter controls whether the whitespace preceding the construct is or is not sent to the output. By default, whitespace is stripped for all constructs except characters, XPath expressions, and Java expressions. To reverse the default, simply place a period after the initial delimiter character.

Simple Form

#.anything#
#.#

XML Form

<anything whitespace="reverse"> ...
<empty whitespace="reverse"/>

Translation to Java

Whitespace preceding the construct is sent to the output
according to the rules expressed in the description

Example Template

x.template


1. abc    # // comment #def
2. abc    #. // comment #def
3. abc    #("def")#
4. abc    #.("def")#
5. abc    #"//name"#
6. abc    #."//name"#
7. abc    #.#def
8. abc    #.# def

Example Spec

spec.xml


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<name>Craig</name>

Generated Output

x


1. abcdef
2. abc    def
3. abc    def
4. abcdef
5. abc    Craig
6. abcCraig
7. abcdef
8. abc def