[jdom-interest] Parse errors unless comment added

[Fred Clewis]

I'm using JDOM b7 and xerces with JRE 1.2.2.  I don't think it's a JDOM
problem but I would appreciate any ideas.  My problems is that I get the
error:
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[Fatal Error] :-1:-1: XML document structures must start and end within the
same
 entity.
XMLMessage(String) constructor JDOM exception
org.jdom.JDOMException: Error in building from stream: XML document
structures m
ust start and end within the same entity.
        at org.jdom.JDOMException.<init>(JDOMException.java:119)
        at org.jdom.input.DOMBuilder.build(DOMBuilder.java:279)
        at
com.ibm.mqsfse.tools.XMLMessage.buildDocumentFromString(XMLMessage.ja
va:96)
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when I use the code below with either DOM or SAX:
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DOMBuilder builder = new DOMBuilder();
//SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
builder.setValidation(false);
thisDocument = builder.build(new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes()));
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to read the xml below if the comment is removed.  It works with the comment
as shown.  I have also determined that the problem is related to the
consolidated tag syntax:  <SystemBackupList/>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Message id="M11292064" version="1.4" bodyType="HUBONLYOFFLINE"
sourceLogicalId="FrontEnd" authenticationId="USERID">
 <COMMAND cmdType="GetSystemProfile">
  <!--filename=GetSystemProfile.xml-->
  <SystemSymbolic>FrontEnd</SystemSymbolic>
  <SystemBackupList/>
  <Language>10</Language>
  <Result>Success</Result>
 </COMMAND>
</Message>

does this weirdness sound familiar to anyone?

thanks,
Fred Clewis