xerces-1_1_1 fails to compile under jdk1.1 (because of one line of code)

[William Maurer]

The compile error I'm getting:

SAXParser.java:170: Method toURL() not found in class java.io.File.
        this.parse(new InputSource(file.toURL().toString()),base);
                                             ^
Note: SAXParser.java uses a deprecated API.  Recompile with "-deprecation" for 
details.
1 error, 1 warning

My environment:

xerces-1_1_1

Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
Kernel 2.2.12-20 on an i686

jdk1.1.7_v3

William

ps: I get an error accessing the "Bugs" at xml.apache.org/bugs: "You don't
have permission to access /bugs/ on this server."