Path specification problem

[uhdam]

Hi...

i have an xml file and from that i need to refer to the dtds...

In my system the dtd path accepts only if it is set as
"/c:/Documents and settings/.... "

but by default it has to be set as "c:/documents and settings/..."

And because of this when i get absolute path and assign the value for opening a file or saving a file it shows error and i couldnt get the needed output.

How to resolve.... what has to be done and why is this so....

Thank you..

[r035198x]

I don't understand the parts

In my system the dtd path accepts only if it is set as
"/c:/Documents and settings/.... "

and

but by default it has to be set as "c:/documents and settings/..."

Why don't you post what you have tried and the error message that you got.

[uhdam]

the error i got was null pointer.. i am sure that the path has to be set without the / in front... but it does not accept so...

[r035198x]

Like I said, post the code you used before and including the line reported for the nullpointer exception.

[uhdam]

i got MalformedURL exception: protocol c

[uhdam]

When i run my project it runs to certain extent and when it needs the support of dtd and xml it fails at that stage.

It returns error in console as
C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Uhdam/Prj/src/xmldet/xmlinfo.xml

java.lang.NullPointerException

[JosAH]

@uhdam
You can't use an absolute file path as a URL; you have to use something like:

"file:///c:/path/to/your/file"

The first part is the protocol (your error message showed 'c', indicating that your drive designator was used as the protocol); the additional slashes are URL syntax plus path separators.

kind regards,

Jos

[uhdam]

Sir the dtd definition file path is to be mentioned in xml file na. in the top of xml file where i need to specify the dtd file path if i give the path as

"C:/Documents and settings/Uhdam/Prj/src/Parser/dtdefintion.dtd" it shows me error and specifies that it should be in the format as below

"/C:/Documents and settings/Uhdam/Prj/src/Parser/dtdefintion.dtd"

So when i use methodname.getAbsolutePath(); it returns an error because it wouldnt consider the / in front of drive name by default.

What to do to make the system recognize without slash in front of drive name.

[JosAH]

Did you try my suggestion? Your software wants a URL and you're not supplying a valid URL, i.e. you are supplying a file path.

kind regards,

Jos

ps. don't PM me nor try to hurry me; this problem may be urgent to you but it isn't to us nor is your problem more important to us than the other problems posted in this forum.