Javascript created xml document formatting of empty elements

Question

Is it possible to control how an xml document is rendered by XMLSerializer when using your own namespace? Namely, when creating a document like this:

root = document.implementation.createDocument('hello-world', 'Something', null);
s = new XMLSerializer();
console.log(s.serializeToString(root));

The resulting xml from serializeToString is

<Something xmlns="hello-world"/>

Is there any way to change the formatting such that the output is instead

<Something xmlns="hello-world"></Something>

Bergi · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-21 16:19:30Z

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It worked for me to add an empty text node:

root.documentElement.appendChild(root.createTextNode(""));

With that line included, I get the output

<?xml version="1.0"?><Something xmlns="hello-world"></Something>

answered May 21, 2013 at 16:19

Bergi

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