How to convert to with libxml (converting empty elements to start-end tag pairs)

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While generating an XML content, I get an empty node <node/>, and I want it to be <node></node>. (Since <node></node> is the correct form of c14n, the progress called "converting empty elements to start-end tag pairs")

How should I convert it?

There's a way hinted by Jim Garrison(Thank you) to do this, by using xmlBufferCreate, xmlSaveToBuffer, xmlSaveDoc, xmlSaveClose with xmlSaveOption: XML_SAVE_NO_EMPTY

I'm wondering if there's some kind of function supported by libxml to do this? Since libxml can do c14n, there should be one handling this situation, or maybe I miss something when producing the node. — iOS Padawan, Jun 12 '12 at 22:54
possible duplicate of [libxml2 preserve empty tags](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10423839/libxml2-preserve-empty-tags) — hakre, Feb 07 '13 at 15:02

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 22:58

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Take a look at the libxml2 documentation, specifically xmlSaveOption value XML_SAVE_NO_EMPTY

answered Jun 12 '12 at 22:58

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '12 at 00:52

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I found another way which is easier when the nodes are generated under control, by simply giving value "" to the node.

answered Jun 13 '12 at 00:52

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How to convert to with libxml (converting empty elements to start-end tag pairs)

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