SAXParser noSuchMethodError occurs in execution, not in debug with Forte

Question

Hi gurus
Im having some trouble with parsing an XML file using xerces.
Basically all i want to do is take a list of XML files from a JFileChooser and then change the list to display the value of an attribute within that file instead of the original file name. The list bit is easy and i have the file chooser list and all the File objects within it.
My code is as follows
"factory" is a SaxParserFactory and "handler" is an instance of a DefaultHandler subclass that i have written.
ListModel lm = fileList.getModel();
        SAXParser saxparser ;
        try {
            saxparser = factory.newSAXParser();
            for (int i = 0; i < lm.getSize(); i++) {
                File theFile = (File)lm.getElementAt(i);
                // sax parse each file
                if (!theFile.isDirectory() && theFile.getName().endsWith(".xml"))
                saxparser.parse(theFile, handler);
        catch (Throwable t ) {
         t.printStackTrace();  
        }The problem i have is that running this normally throws an exception, a NoSuchMethodError on the saxparser.parse(theFile, handler) method. HOWEVER, when i run this using the Forte debugger it works fine when i step through each line.
Anyone got any ideas??
Mark

Answer 1

I think I'm having a similar problem. When I try to compile my code that is almost identical to yours, it gives me a "Cannot resolve symbol" error on the SAXParser.parse() method. It only gives me this error when I pass in a DefaultHandler object. If I use a HandlerBase object, it seems to work, but I'd obviously rather not use a deprecated object. I've tried passing in File objects, InputStreamObjects, just about any possibility that it SAYS the method supports, but Forte won't compile it, while it seems to compile fine using the command line. Any thoughts?