# File src/rexml/element.rb, line 105
                def whitespace
                        @whitespace = nil
                        if @context
                                if @context[:respect_whitespace]
                                        @whitespace = (@context[:respect_whitespace] == :all or
                                                                                                 @context[:respect_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
                                end
                                @whitespace = false if (@context[:compress_whitespace] and
                                        (@context[:compress_whitespace] == :all or
                                         @context[:compress_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
                                )
                        end
                        @whitespace = true unless @whitespace == false
                        @whitespace
                end