Parse method hangs

Question

I am trying to to parse a file using DocumentBuilder. The parse() method hangs for no reason. There are no errors or exceptions thrown. I even used a StringReader but in vain. Pl see code below:
The file is read correctly and i could even print the XML string out.
System.out.println("Parsing XML file from performParsing():" +s);
          Document doc = null;
          DocumentBuilderFactory factory = null;
          DocumentBuilder builder = null;
          try{
               factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
               System.out.println("Parsing XML factory:" +factory);
               builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
               System.out.println("Parsing XML builder:" +builder);
               URL url = new URL(s);
               URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
               InputStream in = urlConnection.getInputStream();
               String XMLStr = getStringReaderFromFile(in); //private method that gives a string
               StringReader stReader = new StringReader(XMLStr);
               InputSource ins = new InputSource(stReader);
     doc = builder.parse(ins);--->IT HANGS HERE

Answer 1

Not an expert on this but presumably you have the properties set up correctly.
From javadoc ...
DocumentBuilderFactory uses the system property javax.xml.parsers.XmlDocumentParserFactory to find the class to load. So you can change the parser by calling:
System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.XmlDocumentParserFactory",
"com.foo.myFactory");