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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Group,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am currently taking an XML
String and building a JDOM Document by using the SAXBuilder.build(Reader)
method. I instantiate the SAXBuilder by calling the SAXBuilder(boolean)
constructor and set validation to true. I have been able to parse and
create the document when the DTD is within the XML text, but I get the following
Exception when I try to reference an external DTD:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>org.jdom.JDOMException: Error on line 1: Relative URI
"C:\testing\item_validation_request.dtd"; can not be resolved without a document
URI.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am trying to determine what my <!DOCTYPE
...> element should look like (specifically the publicID and the
systemID)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and I would like to eventually make reference to
this DTD with an relative path instead of the absolute path.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently my DOCTYPE looks like the
following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><!DOCTYPE REQUEST_ITEM_VALIDATION SYSTEM
"C:\testing\item_validation_request.dtd" ></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I notice in the documentation that there is a
SAXBuilder.build(Reader, String) method, but I have not been successful
implementing this method as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone provide me with some insight on how I
should reference this external DTD in my XML String?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>