iBatis DTD validation

[Sathish S]

Hi All,
    I have been facing some problems using iBatis. I have noticed that whenever the site (iBatis.apache.org) is down, the application hangs and it does not perform anything (Its probably because the schemas are validated using the DTD's from this site). How do we overcome such a scenario? Also how do we deploy our application  in  intranet where there's no connection to the internet?

   I appreciate any help / suggestion on this.

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Thanks,
Sathish S