Index: src/main/java/org/apache/tika/sax/WriteOutContentHandler.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/tika/sax/WriteOutContentHandler.java	(revision 736785)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/tika/sax/WriteOutContentHandler.java	(working copy)
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Writes the given ignoreable characters to the given character stream.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, int start, int length)
+            throws SAXException {
+        try {
+            writer.write(ch, start, length);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new SAXException("Error writing out character content", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Flushes the character stream so that no characters are forgotten
      * in internal buffers.
      *