    # File temp/element.rb, line 145
                    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