Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; import org.xml.sax.SAXException; public class Main { private static DocumentBuilder documentBuilder; public static Document parseXmlStringToDocument(String xmlString) { if (xmlString == null) return null; Document document; try { InputSource source = new InputSource(new StringReader(xmlString)); document = documentBuilder.parse(source); } catch (IOException ex) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to parse input stream due to I/O errors: " + ex.getMessage(), ex); } catch (SAXException ex) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to parse input stream due to SAX errors: " + ex.getMessage(), ex); } return document; } }