Read an XML file with java: Document to Node conversion

Question

Hello,
I want to read an XML file and convert data into a Node instance because I need this for an XForm application.
My code is:
private Node workstationType;
public Node initModel() {
try {
//This one will hold the results
Document document;
//loading from XML File
String fileName="C:\\documents\\iniForm.xml";
FileInputStream inXML = new FileInputStream(fileName);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inXML));
document = XMLLoader.loadFromStream(in);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("ERROR:" + e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
//Create the node for the root, 'typeOfWorkstation'
workstationType = document.getDocumentElement(); //A
//Return the root node
return (workstationType);
The problem: I can convert Node instance to Document instance (line A)
The error message is: "document cannot be resolved".
How can I do that??
Thank you
Sylvain

Answer 1

Here is my XMLLoader class:
public class XMLLoader {
     public static Document loadFromStream(Reader reader) throws Exception {
          //Build a DOM document with the reader
          //prepare DOM document
          DOMImplementation impl;
          DocumentBuilder builder;
          try {
               // Find the implementation
               DocumentBuilderFactory factory =
                    DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
               factory.setNamespaceAware(false);
               factory.setValidating(false);
               builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
               impl = builder.getDOMImplementation();
               //Read and parse the XML input stream into a DOM document
               Document document = builder.parse(new InputSource(reader));
               return document;
          } catch (IOException ex) {
               throw new RuntimeException(
                    "[XMLLoader.loadFromFile]: Failed loading the InputStream. Root cause: \n"
                         + ex);
          } catch (Exception ex) {
               throw new RuntimeException(
                    "[XMLLoader.loadFromFile]: Failed to initialize DOM factory. Root cause: \n"
                         + ex);