Parse the XML file and create Document - Java XML

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Parse the XML file and create Document

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//package com.java2s;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parse the XML file and create Document
     * @param fileName
     * @return Document
     */
    public static Document parse(String fileName) throws Exception {
        Document document = null;
        // Initiate DocumentBuilderFactory
        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory
                .newInstance();

        // To get a validating parser
        factory.setValidating(false);
        // To get one that understands namespaces
        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);

        //try {
        // Get DocumentBuilder
        DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
        // Parse and load into memory the Document
        document = builder.parse(new File(fileName));
        return document;
        /*
        } catch (SAXParseException spe) {
        // Error generated by the parser
        System.out.println("\n** Parsing error , line " + spe.getLineNumber()
                           + ", uri " + spe.getSystemId());
        System.out.println(" " + spe.getMessage() );
        // Use the contained exception, if any
        Exception x = spe;
        if (spe.getException() != null)
          x = spe.getException();
        x.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SAXException sxe) {
        // Error generated during parsing
        Exception x = sxe;
        if (sxe.getException() != null)
          x = sxe.getException();
        x.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
        // Parser with specified options can't be built
        pce.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
        // I/O error
        ioe.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null; //*/
    }
}

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