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Synopsis Convert a DOM instance to a compact XML string (with minimal white space).
Function str xmlCompact(Node x)
Usage import lang::xml::DOM;
Examples Read the sample note file, parse it, construct a DOM instance, and convert it to a string: 
rascal>import IO;
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rascal>import lang::xml::DOM;
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rascal>F = readFile(|courses:///Rascal/Libraries/lang/xml/note.xml|);
str: "\<note\>\n\<to\>Jurgen\</to\>\n\<to\>Tijs\</to\>\n\<from\>Paul\</from\>\n\<date\>2012-04-01\</date\>\n\<heading font=\"bold\"\>Reminder\</heading\>\n\<body\>Don\'t forget to run the Rascal tests!\</body\>\n\</note\>"
rascal>println(F);
<note>
<to>Jurgen</to>
<to>Tijs</to>
<from>Paul</from>
<date>2012-04-01</date>
<heading font="bold">Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget to run the Rascal tests!</body>
</note>
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rascal>S = xmlCompact(parseXMLDOM(F));
str: "\<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?\>\r\n\<note\>\<to\>Jurgen\</to\>\<to\>Tijs\</to\>\<from\>Paul\</from\>\<date\>2012-04-01\</date\>\<heading font=\"bold\"\>Reminder\</heading\>\<body\>Don\'t forget to run the Rascal tests!\</body\>\</note\>\r\n"
rascal>println(S);
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<note><to>Jurgen</to><to>Tijs</to><from>Paul</from><date>2012-04-01</date><heading font="bold">Reminder</heading><body>Don't forget to run the Rascal tests!</body></note>

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The output S of xmlCompact is a version of the original source file F with all white space removed.
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