Unable to parse xml file

Question

public class DOMEcho1 {
     static Document document;
     static String FILE_NAME = "slideSample01.xml";
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
          Node node = null;
          try{
               DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
               document = builder.parse(new File(FILE_NAME));
               node = document.getParentNode();
          catch(SAXException e) {
          catch(ParserConfigurationException e) {
          catch(IOException e) {
}the XML file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!-- A SAMPLE set of slides -->
<slideshow
title="Sample Slide Show"
date="Date of publication"
author="Yours Truly"
>
<!-- TITLE SLIDE -->
<slide type="all">
<title>Wake up to WonderWidgets!</title>
</slide>
<!-- OVERVIEW -->
<slide type="all">
<title>Overview</title>
<item>Why <em>WonderWidgets</em> are great</item>
<item/>
<item>Who <em>buys</em> WonderWidgets</item>
</slide>
</slideshow>
I was unable to parse this xml file properly. When I called the method "getParentNode" it returns me a null value.
Anyone out there please guide me how to parse this xml file or advice me on the additional tasks I need to perform before I can start parsing.
Your advices will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

The documentation for getParent Node says:
All nodes, except Attr, Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, and Notation may have a parent.
I think what you want is getDocumentElement to get the root element (slideshow in your case).
Dave Patterson