public void WitsmlParser_RemoveEmptyElements_Removes_Empty_Elements_From_Elements() { var xdoc = WitsmlParser.Parse(_wellXml); Assert.IsNotNull(xdoc.Root); var elemPurposeWell = new XElement(xdoc.Root.GetDefaultNamespace() + "purposeWell"); var elemStatusWell = new XElement(xdoc.Root.GetDefaultNamespace() + "statusWell", "plugged and abandoned"); var elemGroundElevation = new XElement(xdoc.Root.GetDefaultNamespace() + "groundElevation"); var nil = XNamespace.Get("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance").GetName("nil"); elemGroundElevation.Add(new XAttribute(nil, true)); xdoc.Root.Elements().FirstOrDefault()?.Add(elemPurposeWell); xdoc.Root.Elements().FirstOrDefault()?.Add(elemStatusWell); xdoc.Root.Elements().FirstOrDefault()?.Add(elemGroundElevation); WitsmlParser.RemoveEmptyElements(xdoc.Root); var welllist = EnergisticsConverter.XmlToObject <WellList>(xdoc.Root.ToString()); Assert.IsNotNull(welllist.Well[0].StatusWell); Assert.IsNull(welllist.Well[0].PurposeWell); Assert.IsNull(welllist.Well[0].GroundElevation); }