code: public boolean shouldStripWhiteSpace(
            org.apache.xpath.XPathContext support, 
            org.w3c.dom.Element targetElement) throws TransformerException
    {
      StylesheetRoot sroot = this.getStylesheetRoot();
      return (null != sroot) ? sroot.shouldStripWhiteSpace(support, targetElement) :false;
    }
docs: Get information about whether or not an element should strip whitespace.
  @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#strip">strip in XSLT Specification</a>
  
  @param support The XPath runtime state.
  @param targetElement Element to check
  
  @return true if the whitespace should be stripped.
  
  @throws TransformerException