root.getRootElement() is throwing an NullPointerException

[K Sathya Narayanan]

hi
i want to read a xml file and store it in a String Variable.i have placed test.xml in WEB-INF and Webcontent.

SAXBuilder builder;
Document root = null;

try
{
builder = new SAXBuilder(
"org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser" );

//i think test.xml is not found
root = builder.build("test.xml");
}
catch( Exception ee)
{}

The below code is throwing an Nullpointer exception
,since root has the value null.
context.put("root", root.getRootElement());

i guess the test.xml is not found in the above statement.
please tell me where to place the test.xml file or what changes i should make to make the above program work

Thanks in Advance

[K Sathya Narayanan]

hi
i have found out the solution

Steps
1.Download the xercesImpl.jar file from the below link
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Jar/XML/DownloadxercesImpljar.htm

there are lot such jar file in the below website
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Jar/CatalogJar.htm

2.Add xercesImpl.jar file in your WEB-INF/lib folder

This will prevent the ClasscastException

Next you will get the ClassNotFoundException is removed , but , i now get the below exception
java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Eclipse3.2\eclipse\test.xml (The system cannot find the file specified)

The SAXBuilder is looking for test.xml in D:\Eclipse3.2\eclipse

so for time-being , you have to spcify the exact path in which the xml file is
located

for example if test.xml is in d:\projects\DataProjects

use the below code

builder = new SAXBuilder( "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser" );



String path="D:\\projects\\DataProjects\\";

root = builder.build(path+"\\test.xml");


Then the fileNotException will be eliminated

[K Sathya Narayanan]

hi

if(root!=null)
{
context.put("root", root.getRootElement());

System.out.println("Value ="+ root.getRootElement().getChild("document").getChild("properties")
.getChild("title").getText());

}
/*root.getRootElement().getChild("document").getChild("properties")
.getChild("title").getText()

is throwing the NullPointer Exception*/

when i use the above line in my java class it is throwing the below exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
[ January 08, 2008: Message edited by: K Sathya Narayanan ]

[K Sathya Narayanan]

hi
i have found the solution

Thanks a Lot ,
i changed as below in java Code

builder = new SAXBuilder("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser" );


String path="D:
Program Files
Apache Software Foundation
Tomcat 5.5
" +
"webapps\\ROOT\\SampleVelocityProject\\WebContent
WEB-INF";

root = builder.build(path+"
test.xml");

System.out.println("Value = #"+ root.getRootElement().getChild("properties").getChild("title").getText());

context.put("root", root);

In Template file , i displayed using the below code.

$root.getRootElement().getChild("properties").getChild("title").getText()