# File /home/ser/Work/rexml/rexml/element.rb, line 87
  def whitespace
			@whitespace = nil
			if @context
				@whitespace = (@context[:respect_whitespace] and
					(@context[:respect_whitespace] == :all or
					 @context[:respect_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
				)
				@whitespace = (@context[:compress_whitespace] and
					(@context[:compress_whitespace] == :all or
					 @context[:compress_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
				)
			end
			@whitespace = true unless @whitespace == false
			@whitespace
		end