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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "REXML::Element#whitespace" do
+  it "returns true if whitespace is respected in the element" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+    e.whitespace.should be_true
+
+    e = REXML::Element.new("root", nil, respect_whitespace: :all)
+    e.whitespace.should be_true
+
+    e = REXML::Element.new("root", nil, respect_whitespace: ["root"])
+    e.whitespace.should be_true
+  end
+
+  it "returns false if whitespace is ignored inside element" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new("root", nil, compress_whitespace: :all)
+    e.whitespace.should be_false
+
+    e = REXML::Element.new("root", nil, compress_whitespace: ["root"])
+    e.whitespace.should be_false
+  end
+end