XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Laurent Bihanic <laurent.bihanic AT atosorigin.com>]

Jason Bennett wrote:
> I'm trying to parse an XML file, by calling the build method in Builder, 
> passing a File object.
>
> If, however, I pass a file object where the complete filename includes a 
> directory name with a space, XOM throws an exception:
>
> nu.xom.MalformedURIException: URIs cannot contain 0x20
>     at nu.xom.Verifier.checkURI(Verifier.java:201)
>
> Now, I understand why URIs cannot have spaces, and I figure that I could 
> pass a stream instead of a File. Am I just not allowed to pass a File 
> object if that object could have a space in the path? I don't know of 
> any way to URI'ize a File object.

File.toURL() (since JDK 1.2) or File.toURI() (new in JDK 1.4).

Laurent