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<DIV><SPAN class=888062017-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Alex,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=888062017-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=888062017-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well,
the reality is that many customers have proxy servers...so it probably makes
sense to use a properties file containing this and other info that you can set
in your constructor. I know that its a pain in the butt just for this
reason though.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=888062017-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=888062017-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
parser are you using, and can anyone else suggest a way to make this parser not
resolve external entities? The only time I ever disabled the resolution of
external entities was in Perl (XML::Parser/expat).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Matthew MacKenzie<BR>VP Research & Development<BR>XML
Global Technologies, Inc. </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Colic
[mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 7, 2001 9:15
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Matthew MacKenzie<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [jdom-interest]
Newbie can't parse document!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Well, well, that was the solution.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>But, I was hopping that builder(false) or
builder.setValidation(false) would bypass the dtd. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I can't distribute a class to customers if I have to worry
about setting up the properties for a proxyserver and host.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Is there a way to get around this?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Alex</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=matt@xmlglobal.com href="mailto:matt@xmlglobal.com">Matthew
MacKenzie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=alex.colic@pop-ware.com
href="mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com">Alex Colic</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [jdom-interest] Newbie
can't parse document!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365475916-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365475916-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Okay, do you have a HTTP proxy? If so, try doing this at the
start of your class:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365475916-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365475916-07032001><PRE>Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("http.proxyHost", "my.proxyhost.com");
props.put("http.proxyPort", "8080");</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>(make sure you customize the values).
</SPAN><FONT size=2></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT size=2>--<BR>Matthew MacKenzie<BR>VP Research & Development<BR>XML Global Technologies, Inc. </FONT></PRE></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Colic
[mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 7, 2001 9:04
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Matthew MacKenzie<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [jdom-interest]
Newbie can't parse document!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>you are right. I took the:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><!DOCTYPE web-app<BR> PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application
2.2//EN"<BR> "<A
href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd">http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd</A>"></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>out of the web.xml file and it parsed
correctly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This works but this does not seem correct. Is this a bug
in the parser?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=matt@xmlglobal.com href="mailto:matt@xmlglobal.com">Matthew
MacKenzie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=alex.colic@pop-ware.com href="mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com">Alex
Colic</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 07, 2001
11:55 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [jdom-interest] Newbie
can't parse document!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890425316-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>I am not sure if that is the problem, because I was able to
connect to the URL below. Why not try commenting out the DTD
reference and see is the problem persists before blaming validation
:-) I don't know what else would be trying to connect, unless you
are connecting somewhere in your file. It is possible that the
underlying parser is trying to grab the DTD unsuccessfully because of
your proxy server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Matthew MacKenzie<BR>VP Research &
Development<BR>XML Global Technologies, Inc. </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Colic
[mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 7, 2001 8:50
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Matthew MacKenzie<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[jdom-interest] Newbie can't parse document!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi, thanks for the reply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The file I am using is the standard web.xml file
used by Tomcat. It does have a DTD:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><!DOCTYPE web-app<BR> PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application
2.2//EN"<BR> "<A
href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd">http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd</A>"></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I thought if I created the builder with the (false)
constructor it would bypass the above. Is my thinking
incorrect?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I tried to ping java.sun.com but that failed do to
our use of a proxy server. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Is the above my problem?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Alex</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=matt@xmlglobal.com href="mailto:matt@xmlglobal.com">Matthew
MacKenzie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=alex.colic@pop-ware.com
href="mailto:alex.colic@pop-ware.com">Alex Colic</A> ; <A
title=jdom-interest@jdom.org
href="mailto:jdom-interest@jdom.org">jdom-interest@jdom.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 07, 2001
11:39 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [jdom-interest]
Newbie can't parse document!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=906143816-07032001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Does the XML file in question contain a reference to a DTD or
Schema that is located on a server that does not resolve to an IP
(aka does not exist)??</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Matthew MacKenzie<BR>VP Research &
Development<BR>XML Global Technologies, Inc. </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:jdom-interest-admin@jdom.org">jdom-interest-admin@jdom.org</A>
[mailto:jdom-interest-admin@jdom.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Alex
Colic<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 7, 2001 8:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:jdom-interest@jdom.org">jdom-interest@jdom.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[jdom-interest] Newbie can't parse document!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi, I am new to using JDOM. I think I have done
everything correctly to create a SAXBuilder but I am getting an
exception. I created a FileInputStream and passing a File object,
the same that I am passing to the SAXBuilder, I can read and print
the file to the screen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>My code is as follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> String
directory="C:\\JBuilder4\\Projects\\pwWorkRequest\\src\\WEB-INF\\";<BR>
String file="web.xml";</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> File f=new File(directory +
file);<BR> FileInputStream fis=new
FileInputStream(f);<BR> int n;<BR> while
((n=fis.available()) >0)<BR>
{<BR> byte[] b=new
byte[n];<BR> int
results=fis.read(b);<BR>
if(results==-1) break;<BR> String
s=new String(b);<BR>
System.out.print(s);<BR> }</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This works OK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>But this causes an exception:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> SAXBuilder builder=new
SAXBuilder(false);<BR> Document
doc=builder.build(f);</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The exception message is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>java.sun.com: java.sun.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The printstack trace:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>org.jdom.JDOMException: java.sun.com:
java.sun.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:320)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:373)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:354)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at test.main(test.java:52)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Root cause: java.net.UnknownHostException:
java.sun.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:571)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:540)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
java.net.InetAddress.getByName(InetAddress.java:449)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:100)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:50)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:331)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:517)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:267)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:277)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:289)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:379)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:472)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:798)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultReaderFactory.createReader(DefaultReaderFactory.java:149)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromExternalEntity(DefaultEntityHandler.java:747)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.readers.DefaultEntityHandler.startReadingFromExternalSubset(DefaultEntityHandler.java:566)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDTDScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDTDScanner.java:1131)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanDoctypeDecl(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2177)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.access$0(XMLDocumentScanner.java:2133)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$PrologDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumentScanner.java:882)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner.java:380)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:861)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:302)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:373)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at
org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:354)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>at test.main(test.java:52)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Any help in figuring out what is going on is
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><BR>Alex
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