White spaces in XML element

Question

Hi...
  I need to put in an XML element the string value "      ", that is six white spaces, but when the XML parser interpets the document this value is transform like a null value.
  Is there some way to preserve this value in the element?

Answer 1

Thanks for you replay Reddi,
  Let me explain the scenario: The scenario is RFC --> XI  --> JDBC, one of the element of the FM sometimes could be have the value "      ", when this occurrs in the SXMB_MONI TC I see the value null in the element, that is the tag is <Element />, in this case I need to preserve this white space in the element. The message could be something like this:
<root>
  <element1>value 1</element1>
  <element2>value 2</element2>
  <element3>      </element3>
</root> 
but I see the message in this form:
<root>
  <element1>value 1</element1>
  <element2>value 2</element2>
  <element3 />
</root>
In the message mapping tool I assign the string value "      " and the problem still the same.
  Any Idea?