Question

Apparently XmlNode.ChildNodes-list (in C# .Net) contains not only real child nodes, but also special whitespace nodes. So even in the simplest case when having one tag inside another you can get parentNode.ChildNodes.Count == 3. How to get around this?

Already tried:

xmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace = false;

Also:

foreach(XmlNode node in xmlDocument.SelectNodes("//*))
  if (node is XmlWhitespace)
    node.ParentNode.RemoveChild(node);

Answer 1

Text nodes are first class children. I guess you want Element nodes only. Can’t you do

node.SelectNodes("*")

Or are you saying that <root><child></root> results in root having three child nodes?