Re: oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Start of root element expected.

Hi:
The problem is resolved.

Thanks.


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:27:22 -0800, Nishi Prafull
<> wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I get the following exception while trying to parse a file using DOM Parser
> 
> oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Start of root element expected.
> at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLError.flushErrors1(XMLError.java:324)
> at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElementNonValidatingParser.java:316)
> at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(NonValidatingParser.java:278)
> at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:267)
> 
> The relevant code is --
> URL out_xml_url = new URL("file://" + getOutFileSpec()); //create URL
> from the file
> File newFile = new File(m_outfileSpec);
> if (!newFile.exists())
>      {
>       System.out.print("The file does not exists");
>      }
>    else
>    {
>     System.out.print("The file exists");
>     }
>    if(!newFile.canWrite())
>     {
>      System.out.println("The file cannot be written");
>     }
>    else
>    {
>      System.out.println("The file can be written");
>    }
> parser.setValidationMode(XMLConstants.NONVALIDATING);
> parser.setBaseURL(out_xml_url);
> parser.parse(new FileInputStream(newFile)); //get the error here
> XMLDocument document1 =parser.getDocument();
> 
> How should I resolve this error?
> I even tried using
> parser.parse(out_xml_url); but still get the same error.
>