XmlSlurper changing empty node to null node

Question

I am fetching a part of xml using XmlSlurper, when xml has <node> </node>(value with 2 space), its converting it as <node/>, but i want to keep it as original XML

Original XML <node> </node>

Converted by XmlSlurper: <node/>

how to avoid XML conversion to <node/>

i am using below code

XmlSlurper slurper = new XmlSlurper();
def xml = slurper.parseText(testxml);
def node=XmlUtil.serialize(xml.MessageRequest.LineSize[1]);
msg.put("node",node);

daggett · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-16 13:44:54Z

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use slurper.setKeepWhitespace(true) method to instruct slurper to keep whitespaces in values

import groovy.xml.*

def testxml = '''<root><a><node>  </node></a></root>'''

XmlSlurper slurper = new XmlSlurper();
slurper.setKeepWhitespace(true);         //<<------ this line
def xml = slurper.parseText(testxml);
def node=XmlUtil.serialize(xml.a);

result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><a>
  <node>  </node>
</a>

answered Jun 16 at 13:44

daggett

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