Dom parsing -- ruturning null?

Question

when trying to parse an xml file using DocumentBuilder.parse, i dont get any exceptions, it just returns null. I wrote a succinct Test class to debug and still cannot find the problem. below is the output, and the method i wrote.
thanx for your help:-)
matt
output looks like this:
entering Test.parse
factory = org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl@7fa65e
builder = org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl@8385e3
doc = [#document: null]
leaving Test.parse
the parse method looks like this:
public Document parse(File xmlFile)
System.out.println("entering Test.parse");
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = null;
DocumentBuilder builder = null;
Document doc = null;
try
factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
doc = builder.parse(xmlFile);
System.out.println("factory = " + factory);
System.out.println("builder = " + builder);
System.out.println("doc = " + doc);
}//end try
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}//end catch e
System.out.println("leaving Test.parse");
return doc;
}//end parse

Answer 1

The parse() method doesn't return null, "[#document: null]" is what's returned by toString() method when you print it. Call getDocumentElement() method for the document returned by parse() to get the root node of the document.
/Sasha
when trying to parse an xml file using
DocumentBuilder.parse, i dont get any exceptions, it
just returns null. I wrote a succinct Test class to
debug and still cannot find the problem. below is the
output, and the method i wrote.
thanx for your help:-)
matt
output looks like this:
entering Test.parse
factory =
org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl@7fa65
builder =
org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl@8385e3
doc = [#document: null]
leaving Test.parse
the parse method looks like this:
public Document parse(File xmlFile)
System.out.println("entering Test.parse");
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = null;
DocumentBuilder builder = null;
Document doc = null;
try
factory =
factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
doc = builder.parse(xmlFile);
System.out.println("factory = " +
ctory = " + factory);
System.out.println("builder = " +
ilder = " + builder);
System.out.println("doc = " + doc);
}//end try
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}//end catch e
System.out.println("leaving Test.parse");
return doc;
}//end parse