removeWhitespacesAndComments

# File lib/xmlrpc/parser.rb, line 175
      def removeWhitespacesAndComments(node)
        remove = []
        childs = node.childNodes.to_a
        childs.each do |nd|
          case _nodeType(nd)
          when :TEXT
            # TODO: add nil?
            unless %(i4 int boolean string double dateTime.iso8601 base64).include? node.nodeName

               if node.nodeName == "value"
                 if not node.childNodes.to_a.detect {|n| _nodeType(n) == :ELEMENT}.nil?
                   remove << nd if nd.nodeValue.strip == ""
                 end
               else
                 remove << nd if nd.nodeValue.strip == ""
               end
            end
          when :COMMENT
            remove << nd
          else
            removeWhitespacesAndComments(nd)
          end
        end

        remove.each { |i| node.removeChild(i) }
      end