Java XML Parse String parseXMLString(final String xml)

Description

Reads a string that contains XML markup as a DOM.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
xml	String with XML content.

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	on error.

Return

Returns the root Element.

Declaration

public static final Element parseXMLString(final String xml) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;

public class Main {
    /** Reads a string that contains XML markup as a DOM.
     * @param xml String with XML content.
     * @return Returns the root Element.
     * @throws Exception on error.//from   www  . ja  v  a2 s  .  co m
     */
    public static final Element parseXMLString(final String xml) throws Exception {
        Document doc;
        // Open the XML file, read as DOM
        try {
            DocumentBuilder docBuilder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
            Reader r = new StringReader(xml);
            InputSource s = new InputSource(r);
            doc = docBuilder.parse(s);
        } catch (SAXParseException err) {
            throw new Exception("Parse error in '" + xml + "', line " + err.getLineNumber() + ", uri "
                    + err.getSystemId() + " " + err.getMessage());
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            Exception x = e.getException();
            throw (x == null) ? e : x;
        }
        doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();
        return doc.getDocumentElement();
    }
}

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