Trying to parse a file with SAX

Question

Hi All,
I have some code which takes a XML DTD and parses it, writing information to System.out. Or it's meant to - I cannot get the parser to see the DTD file.
The code is:
public static void main (String[] args)
try
Class loadedClass = Class.forName("com.ibm.xml.parser.SAXDriver");
Parser xParser = (Parser)loadedClass.newInstance();
CatalogueReader cr = new CatalogueReader();
xParser.setDocumentHandler(cr);
xParser.setErrorHandler(cr);
xParser.parse("catalogue1.txt");
catch(Exception e)
{System.out.println("Problem: " +e.getMessage());}
which produces the following message:
Problem: catalogue1.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)
I have added the text file to the project and tried putting it in various folders without success.
I've been stuuck on this for a day now and would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.
Many thanks.

Answer 1

You might try creating a separate class and putting all your code in that class's constructor and seeing if that works. (have main() instansiate that class in order to run the code). I try to avoid putting code that parses directly in main(). You can also add the following to your main() and / or class's constructor to see what directory its is running from:
          File file=new File("");
          System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
Lets say your catalogue1.txt file is two directories 'up' from the path given from getAbsolutePath() above, and one level down in a package called 'books', then this
might work:
xParser.parse("../../books/catalogue1.txt");
or
xParser.parse("././books/catalogue1.txt");