JAVA-XML Please Help

Question

Hello All,
I'm somewhat new to Java and XML and I'm having this problem:
I have an program that does an HTTP Post and gets back an XML response. I'm trying to parse the response. I'm completely lost I think, and I apologize for my utter stupidity or if I haven't provided enough information. What follows is a snippet of code and the error message I'm getting:
//conn is my Http connection
// get the results
     conn.connect(); // throws IOException
     int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode(); // 200, 404, etc
     String responseMsg = conn.getResponseMessage(); // OK, Forbidden, etc
// Read the response XML document
XMLReader parser = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler = new DefaultHandler();
parser.setContentHandler(handler);
InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
InputSource source = new InputSource(in);
parser.parse(source);
in.close();
conn.disconnect();
Error Message:
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The root element is required in a well-formed document.
I think my problem is here but I'm not sure:
org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler = new DefaultHandler();
Thanks for all of your help,
Lance

Answer 1

hi
i think u should first read the file using JFlieChooseran d grt the file likr this:::::::
public File getXMLFileChooser()
     //Create a file chooser
     fc     = new JFileChooser();
     String type[] = new String[] {"xml"};
     fc.addChoosableFileFilter(new MyFileFilter(type,"XML Files(*.xml)"));
fc.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);
int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(XMLFileChooser.this);
     if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
     file     =fc.getSelectedFile();
          return file;
///now this file is to be read using BufferedReader & FileInputStream
     File file;
     FileInputStream fis;
BufferedReader bdr=null;
String record=null;
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
bdr= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
while ( (record=bdr.readLine()) != null )
ParseFile(record);//in this method u can parse the file
if it something u want i can help u more....
cheers||||