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1. Why can't I open this XML in SAXParser?    stackoverflow.com

public static void parseit(String thexml){
     SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
     SAXParser saxParser;

    try {
        ...

2. Java SAX Parse Exception: Content is not allowed in trailing section    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to parse a simple XML document with SAX, and I get the following error:

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in trailing section.

3. Exception Handling Strategy for XML Parsing Utility    forums.oracle.com

Hi Just trying to get my head around exception handling strategies. I'm developing a simple util method that will take an xml String (which is assumed should be conformant with a schema we have defined) and will parse it and return a proprietary "event" object using JDOM. I can't decide whether this method should throw checked or unchecked exceptions or a ...