Actually the Variables view in Eclipse right before the line executes shows:
   saxParser=SaxParserImpl (id=50)
        namespaceAware=false
        parser=null
        validating=false
....
The "parser=null" designation in the Eclipse variables window does not seem right but I have looked at the documentation several times and it look like I should have a valid SAXParser instance.

According to the Javadoc, there is description of the appropriate parse method for a SAXParser:

parse

public void parse(File f,
                  DefaultHandler dh)
           throws SAXException,
                  IOException
Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified DefaultHandler.

Parameters:
f - The file containing the XML to parse
dh - The SAX DefaultHandler to use.
Throws:
IOException - If any IO errors occur.
IllegalArgumentException - If the File object is null.
SAXException - If the underlying parser throws a SAXException while parsing.
See Also:
DocumentHandler

The stack trace is as follows:

java.lang.NullPointerException

at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:691)

at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:337)

at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:448)

at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:345)

at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:281)

at Tree.rulesTree.main(rulesTree.java:103)




Ray

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Subject: Re: [Juglist] SAX Parse Exception

I wonder if your variable saxParser is null.

Raymond Hooker (rhooker) wrote:
> Pardon the basic question but I cannot see what the problem is.  I was
> going through the SAX tutorials using Eclipse 3.0.2 and Java SDK
> 1.4.2_07.  Anyhow the following code gets throws
> java.lang.NullPointerException:
>
>
>               String rulesFile =
> fileDialog.getDirectory()+fileDialog.getFile();
>         // Use an instance of ourselves as the SAX event handler
>                 DefaultHandler handler = new Echo();
>               
>                       // Use the default (non-validating) parser
>                 SAXParserFactory factory =
> SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
>                 try {
>                   // Set up output stream
>                   out = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, "UTF8");
>               
>                    // Parse the input
>                   File Filerules = new File(rulesFile);
>                   SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
>                   saxParser.parse( Filerules, handler ); <----Exception occurs
> here
>               
>                       } catch (Throwable t) {
>                   t.printStackTrace();
>                 }
>
> I verified that by a breakpoint that the time of exception Filerules
> was File object that is not null, and handler is a Echo instance. 
> Echo is class that extends DefaultHandler.  Echo has a number of
> methods to handle events like startDocument and startElement. 
> According to the JavaDoc, I don't believe that the parse method is
> supposed to throw a nullPointerException.  BTW the actual stack trace is:
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>       at
> org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:691)
>       at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:337)
>       at
> org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:448)
>       at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:345)
>       at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:281)
>       at Tree.rulesTree.main(rulesTree.java:103)
>
> I have tried various file contents.
>
> Ray
>
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