Java XML Document Parse parseDocument(File file)

Description

Utility method for constructing a Document from an XML file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	File containing the XML string.

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	if an error is encountered while reading the file or parsingits content.

Return

a instance representing the XML structure.

Declaration

public static Document parseDocument(File file) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Utility method for constructing a {@link Document} from an XML file.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            {@link File} containing the XML string.
     * @return a {@link Document} instance representing the XML structure.
     * @throws Exception
     *             if an error is encountered while reading the file or parsing
     *             its content.
     */
    public static Document parseDocument(File file) throws Exception {
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory
                .newInstance();
        DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
        return builder.parse(file);
    }
}

Related

1. parse(final DocumentBuilder documentBuilder, final File pomFile)
2. parse(String document)
3. parseDocument(byte[] bytes)
4. parseDocument(File f)
5. parseDocument(InputSource is)
6. parseDocument(InputStream documentXml)
7. parseDocument(InputStream in)
8. parseDocument(InputStream is)