Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; public class Main { public static Document getDocumentFromFile(String absolutePath) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory oDocumentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder oDocumentBuilder = oDocumentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document oDocument = null; oDocument = oDocumentBuilder.parse(new File(absolutePath)); return oDocument; } }