Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.xml.sax.SAXException; public class Main { public static Document file2Document(String filename) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, IOException { InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename); if (is == null) { is = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename); } if (is == null) { return null; } return inputStream2Document(is); } public static Document inputStream2Document(InputStream is) throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, IOException { Document document = null; DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); document = builder.parse(is); return document; } }