C# XmlSerializer trim whitespaces
<p>I've trouble trimming strings when using the <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlserializer(v=vs.110).aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>XmlSerializer</code></a>, when using a XmlReader. The IgnoreWhitespace option shows no effect and the element string still contains \n and whitespaces.</p>

<p>Is there any way to trim it "on the fly"?
I would prefer such a method since I deserialize into an array of strings</p>

<p>Here's an example xml:    </p>

<pre><code>&lt;?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?&gt;
&lt;root&gt;
  &lt;element&gt;
    some random string
  &lt;/element&gt;
  &lt;element&gt;
    another random string
  &lt;/element&gt;
&lt;/root&gt;"
</code></pre>

<p>And here's the example code:</p>

<pre><code>class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string xml =
            @"&lt;?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?&gt;
            &lt;root&gt;
              &lt;element&gt;
                 some random string
              &lt;/element&gt;
                &lt;element&gt;
                 another random string
              &lt;/element&gt;
            &lt;/root&gt;";

            var string_reader = new StringReader(xml);

            var xml_reader = XmlReader.Create(string_reader, new XmlReaderSettings()
            {
                IgnoreWhitespace = true //setting this option doesn't work
            });
            root d = (root)new XmlSerializer(typeof(root)).Deserialize(xml_reader);
            d.elements[0].Contains("\n"); //true

            //Dispose string/xml reader

            Console.Read();
        }
    }

    public class root
    { 
        [XmlElement(ElementName ="element")]
        public string[] elements { set; get; }
    }
</code></pre>