XDocument.Save Method (TextWriter)

The serialized XML will be indented. All insignificant white space will be removed, and additional white space will be added so that the XML will be properly indented. The behavior of this method is that insignificant white space will not be preserved.

If you want to control white space, use the overload of Save that takes SaveOptions as a parameter. For more information, see Preserving White Space while Loading or Parsing XML and Preserving White Space While Serializing.

The following example creates an XDocument, saves the document to a StringWriter, and then prints the string to the console.

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

XDocument doc = new XDocument(
    new XElement("Root",
        new XElement("Child", "content")
    )
);
TextWriter tr = new StringWriter(sb);
doc.Save(tr);
Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());

This example produces the following output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Root>
  <Child>content</Child>
</Root>

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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