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XDocument Load(String, LoadOptions) creates a new XDocument from a file, optionally preserving white space
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Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim doc1 As XDocument = XDocument.Load("data.xml", LoadOptions.None)
Console.WriteLine("nodes if not preserving whitespace: {0}", doc1.DescendantNodes().Count())
Dim doc2 As XDocument = XDocument.Load("data.xml", LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace)
Console.WriteLine("nodes if preserving whitespace: {0}", doc2.DescendantNodes().Count())
End Sub
End Class
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