According to documentation, to change the default XML Parser to user Xerces (as opposed to JAXP), the following two steps must be taken:
1) Add "-Dorg.apache.cocoon.components.parser.Parser=org.apache.cocoon.components.p arser.XercesParser" to the JVM Startup args for your servlet engine. 2) Place the following line in the cocoon.xconf: <parser class="org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.XercesParser" logger="core.parser"/> This worked for me in Cocoon 2.0. However now that I moved to 2.0.1, this causes an exception and fails to initialize Cocoon. If I remove the above steps, Cocoon runs. However I am getting other exceptions that may be caused by my change in parsers. What is the appropriate way to override the default parser now? Here is the exception (notice the [CONFLICT] line): ERROR (2002-02-12) 11:27.37:686 [core] (Unknown-URI) Unknown-thread/Cocoon: Could not load parser, Cocoon object not created. org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentException: Could not set up Component for role: org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.Parser at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentManager.addComponent (ExcaliburComponentManager.java:546) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.initialize(Cocoon.java:242) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.createCocoon(CocoonServlet.java:991) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.init(CocoonServlet.java:308) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:203) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:161) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServlet(../servlet/JRunServletLoa der.java:149) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.getServletReference(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1705) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.runServlet(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1231) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.forward(../servlet/JRunRequestDis patcher.java:89) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1552) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1542) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JvmContext.dispatch(../servlet/JvmContext.java:364) at allaire.jrun.http.WebEndpoint.run(../http/WebEndpoint.java:115) at allaire.jrun.ThreadPool.run(../ThreadPool.java:272) at allaire.jrun.WorkerThread.run(../WorkerThread.java:75) java.lang.Exception: [CONFLICT] lifestyle interfaces: org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.XercesParser at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ComponentHandler.getComponentHandler(C omponentHandler.java:61) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentManager.addComponent (ExcaliburComponentManager.java:528) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.initialize(Cocoon.java:242) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.createCocoon(CocoonServlet.java:991) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.init(CocoonServlet.java:308) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:203) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:161) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServlet(../servlet/JRunServletLoa der.java:149) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.getServletReference(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1705) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.runServlet(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1231) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.forward(../servlet/JRunRequestDis patcher.java:89) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1552) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1542) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JvmContext.dispatch(../servlet/JvmContext.java:364) at allaire.jrun.http.WebEndpoint.run(../http/WebEndpoint.java:115) at allaire.jrun.ThreadPool.run(../ThreadPool.java:272) at allaire.jrun.WorkerThread.run(../WorkerThread.java:75) ERROR (2002-02-12) 11:27.37:696 [access] (Unknown-URI) Unknown-thread/CocoonServlet: Exception reloading org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException: Could not load parser org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.XercesParser at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.initialize(Cocoon.java:245) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.createCocoon(CocoonServlet.java:991) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.init(CocoonServlet.java:308) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:203) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:161) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServlet(../servlet/JRunServletLoa der.java:149) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.getServletReference(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1705) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.runServlet(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1231) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.forward(../servlet/JRunRequestDis patcher.java:89) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1552) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1542) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JvmContext.dispatch(../servlet/JvmContext.java:364) at allaire.jrun.http.WebEndpoint.run(../http/WebEndpoint.java:115) at allaire.jrun.ThreadPool.run(../ThreadPool.java:272) at allaire.jrun.WorkerThread.run(../WorkerThread.java:75) org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentException: Could not set up Component for role: org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.Parser at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentManager.addComponent (ExcaliburComponentManager.java:546) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.initialize(Cocoon.java:242) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.createCocoon(CocoonServlet.java:991) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.init(CocoonServlet.java:308) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:203) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:161) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServlet(../servlet/JRunServletLoa der.java:149) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.getServletReference(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1705) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.runServlet(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1231) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.forward(../servlet/JRunRequestDis patcher.java:89) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1552) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1542) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JvmContext.dispatch(../servlet/JvmContext.java:364) at allaire.jrun.http.WebEndpoint.run(../http/WebEndpoint.java:115) at allaire.jrun.ThreadPool.run(../ThreadPool.java:272) at allaire.jrun.WorkerThread.run(../WorkerThread.java:75) java.lang.Exception: [CONFLICT] lifestyle interfaces: org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.XercesParser at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ComponentHandler.getComponentHandler(C omponentHandler.java:61) at org.apache.avalon.excalibur.component.ExcaliburComponentManager.addComponent (ExcaliburComponentManager.java:528) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.initialize(Cocoon.java:242) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.createCocoon(CocoonServlet.java:991) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.init(CocoonServlet.java:308) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:203) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServletInstance(../servlet/JRunSe rvletLoader.java:161) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunServletLoader.loadServlet(../servlet/JRunServletLoa der.java:149) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.getServletReference(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1705) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.runServlet(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1231) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.forward(../servlet/JRunRequestDis patcher.java:89) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1552) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JRunSE.service(../servlet/JRunSE.java:1542) at allaire.jrun.servlet.JvmContext.dispatch(../servlet/JvmContext.java:364) at allaire.jrun.http.WebEndpoint.run(../http/WebEndpoint.java:115) at allaire.jrun.ThreadPool.run(../ThreadPool.java:272) at allaire.jrun.WorkerThread.run(../WorkerThread.java:75) Thanks, Aaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>