XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

Edwin Dankert wrote:

> This is where it all goes wrong:
>
> <code>
> StringReader reader = new StringReader(
>     "<test xmlns:test=\"http://www.edankert.com/test\";
> test:attribute=\"whatever\"/>");
>
> Builder builder = new Builder(
>     SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser().getXMLReader());
> builder.build(reader);
> </code>


Off the top of my head and without time to actually test, I suspect 
you're getting bitten by known design flaws in the SAXParser class.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use that class for anything.

If you can reproduce this problem without involving JAXP, I'll take 
another look at it.

--
Elliotte