Take a look at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/Docu mentBuilder.html#setEntityResolver (org.xml.sax.EntityResolver) .
You can programmatically tell DOM where to get the DTD. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:31:46 -0500 >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Urgent - Question about "web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd" >To: <[email protected]> > > >Hello, > > We are deploying our app for the first time in a pre- production environment, one that is protected by a firewall. Here is the bit of code that is giving us a hard time: > > >*** snip ************************* > >is = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/faces- config.xml"); > >DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); >DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); > > >Document xmlDocument = docBuilder.parse( is ); > >*********************************** > >When I call the "parse" line...I eventually get a "java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out" >exception. I figure one of the classes (not mine) is trying to dnload "web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd" but can't suddenly because of the firewall ( the first time this app runs behind a firewall ). > > >However, this file (versions 1_0 & 1_1) are both in myfaces.jar which is in the lib directory Under WEB-INF ... So I do not understand why this file needs to be downloaded from sun... > > >Note 1: We are still using myfaces 1.0.9 (migrating to the latest VERSION is out - our tests are already almost complete) Note 2: I use IBM RAD 6.0 (with all the service packs) Note 3: we are deploying on a websphere 5.x (all the latest patches) > > >Has anyone ever had this problem ? > >Any ideas on a workaround ? > >Thanks in advance, > > >Mark Dennis Byrne
