Set path for DTD in java app

[Moth]

Obscure subject I know.

I have an application which loads data from an xml file. That xml file has
an associated dtd to ensure that it is correctly formatted. The dtd is in
the same folder as the xml file. The application does not know the path of
xml file and searches for it a run time. When it opens the xml file, it
assumes that the dtd file is in the folder of the default path of the
application rather than the same folder as the xml file. How do I get the
xml parser to check for the dtd in the same path as the xml file?

[Raymond DeCampo]

Moth wrote:

Obscure subject I know.

I have an application which loads data from an xml file. That xml file has
an associated dtd to ensure that it is correctly formatted. The dtd is in
the same folder as the xml file. The application does not know the path of
xml file and searches for it a run time. When it opens the xml file, it
assumes that the dtd file is in the folder of the default path of the
application rather than the same folder as the xml file. How do I get the
xml parser to check for the dtd in the same path as the xml file?

Try using org.xml.sax.InputSource.setSystemId() to set the location of
the XML before parsing.

HTH,
Ray

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XML is the programmer's duct tape.