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XDocument Parse Method creates a new XDocument from a string, 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 str As String = _
"<?xml version= '1.0'?>" & Environment.NewLine & _
"<!-- comment at the root level -->" & Environment.NewLine & _
"<Root>" & Environment.NewLine & _
" <Child>Content</Child>" & Environment.NewLine & _
"</Root>"
Dim doc1 As XDocument = XDocument.Parse(str, LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace)
Console.WriteLine("nodes when preserving whitespace: {0}", doc1.DescendantNodes().Count())
Dim doc2 As XDocument = XDocument.Parse(str, LoadOptions.None)
Console.WriteLine("nodes when not preserving whitespace: {0}", doc2.DescendantNodes().Count())
End Sub
End Class
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