/// <summary>
/// Strip all namespaces from an existing <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlDocument"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="document"><see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlDocument"/></param>
/// <returns>XML as <see cref="T:System.String"/> with namespaces removed.</returns>
public static String RemoveNameSpaces(this XmlDocument document)
{
if (document != null)
{
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
{
using (XmlNoNamespaceWriter xw = new XmlNoNamespaceWriter(sw, new XmlWriterSettings()
{
ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Auto,
OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
Indent = false
}))
{
document.Save(xw);
}
return sw.ToString();
}
}
return String.Empty;
}
/// <summary>
/// Removes any XML namespaces from a <see cref="T:System.String" /> representing an XML fragment
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"><see cref="T:System.String" /> representing an XML fragment</param>
/// <returns><see cref="T:System.String" /> with namespaces removed</returns>
public static String RemoveNameSpaces(this String value)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
{
using (XmlNoNamespaceWriter xw = new XmlNoNamespaceWriter(sw, new XmlWriterSettings()
{
ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment,
OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
Indent = false
}))
{
using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(value))
{
using (XmlReader xr = XmlReader.Create(sr, new XmlReaderSettings()
{
ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment,
ValidationType = ValidationType.None
}))
{
while (xr.Read())
{
while (xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element ||
xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Comment ||
xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Whitespace ||
xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace ||
xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction ||
xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.DocumentType)
xw.WriteNode(xr, true);
}
}
}
}
return sw.ToString();
}
}
return String.Empty;
}
