Hi All,

I have been trying to parse an XML string using the StringReader and
InputSource interface but the document returned to me is always null.
Please find the code below which i have been experimenting with:

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import java.io.StringReader;

public class Test {
    
    /** Creates a new instance of Test */
    public Test() 
    {
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try {
            String xml = "<a><b/></a>";

            DocumentBuilderFactory factory =
DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            //  set namespace and validating options on factory, if
necessary
            factory.setValidating(false);
            factory.setIgnoringComments(true);
            DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
            StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml);
            InputSource source = new InputSource(reader);
            Document document = builder.parse(source);
            System.out.println(document.toString());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Any pointers on how to resolve this issue will be of great help also
any tip for an alternative way is just as well fine for me.

Warm Regards,
Watsh