XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["MULS PATRICK" <patrick.muls AT datassur.be>]

Hello,
 
I'm trying out XOM for an upcoming project. I created an XML-file
containing <?xml version ...> and <!DOCTYPE ...> tags and a comment-tag.
When I try to build the document in my application using:
                                    Builder builder = new Builder();
                                    Document doc = builder.build(flXml);
I get an IOException on the file. Removing those 3 tags from the file
solves this problem. But will they not always be present in an XML-file?
And having to remove them first seems a timewaisting operation. Any
suggestions?
 
Sincerely,
 
Patrick Muls