Hello Guys,

I am retrieving a XML file from a Url but the file returned contains xml tags but no Xml declaration and when i tried parsing it with SAX Parser i am getting the following errors

03-26 10:17:03.018: WARN/System.err(274): org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser$ParseException: At line 2, column 0: no element found

03-26 01:07:31.181: WARN/System.err(274): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.finish(ExpatPar ser.java:553)

03-26 01:07:31.181: WARN/System.err(274): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.parseDocument(E xpatParser.java:483)

03-26 01:07:31.181: WARN/System.err(274): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatReader.parse(ExpatRead er.java:320)

03-26 01:07:31.181: WARN/System.err(274): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatReader.parse(ExpatRead er.java:277)

03-26 01:07:31.181: WARN/System.err(274): at org.MystiqueCell.SevenDayForecast$1.onClick(SevenD ayForecast.java:50)



Is there a work around in parsing such files, Any help in this regard is appreciated

Thanks & Regards,
Zoheb

A lack of an XML declaration shouldn't be a problem. But I can't really say more without actually seeing the XML file you are talking about.

If the URL you refer to is a public URL then tell us what it is, otherwise try showing us the XML itself, and we may be able to help.

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Hi sam,

The url is not public the Xml however is this

<aws:weather xmlns:aws="http://www.aws.com/aws">
<aws:api version="2.0"/>
<aws:WebURL>http://weather.weatherbug.com/India/Bangalore-weather/local-forecast/7-day-forecast.html?ZCode=Z5546&amp;Units=1</aws:WebURL>
<aws:forecasts type="Detailed" date="Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT">
<aws:location>
<aws:city>Bangalore</aws:city>
<aws:citycode>64130</aws:citycode>
<aws:country>India</aws:country>
</aws:location>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="SAT">Saturday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Partly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond003.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond003.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Saturday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Partly cloudy. Temperature of 34&amp;deg;C. Winds E 5km/h. Humidity will be 51% with a dewpoint of 22&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 38&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">34</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">21</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="SUN">Sunday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Partly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond003.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond003.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Sunday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Partly cloudy. Temperature of 34&amp;deg;C. Winds NE 21km/h. Humidity will be 54% with a dewpoint of 24&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 41&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">34</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">20</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="MON">Monday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Mostly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond024.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond024.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Monday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Mostly cloudy. Temperature of 32&amp;deg;C. Winds NE 22km/h. Humidity will be 60% with a dewpoint of 23&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 38&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">32</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">19</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="TUE">Tuesday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Mostly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond024.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond024.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Tuesday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Mostly cloudy. Temperature of 33&amp;deg;C. Winds NE 26km/h. Humidity will be 58% with a dewpoint of 23&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 39&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">33</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">18</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="WED">Wednesday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Mostly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond024.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond024.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Wednesday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Mostly cloudy. Temperature of 33&amp;deg;C. Winds NE 28km/h. Humidity will be 58% with a dewpoint of 23&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 38&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">33</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">18</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="THU">Thursday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Partly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond003.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond003.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Thursday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Partly cloudy. Temperature of 33&amp;deg;C. Winds ENE 30km/h. Humidity will be 56% with a dewpoint of 23&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 39&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">33</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">18</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
<aws:forecast>
<aws:title alttitle="FRI">Friday</aws:title>
<aws:short-prediction>Partly Cloudy</aws:short-prediction>
<aws:image isNight="0" icon="cond003.gif">http://deskwx.weatherbug.com/images/Forecast/icons/cond003.gif</aws:image>
<aws:description>Friday</aws:description>
<aws:prediction> Partly cloudy. Temperature of 29&amp;deg;C. Winds NE 20km/h. Humidity will be 48% with a dewpoint of 17&amp;deg; and feels-like temperature of 29&amp;deg;C. </aws:prediction>
<aws:high units="°C">29</aws:high>
<aws:low units="°C">18</aws:low>
</aws:forecast>
</aws:forecasts>
</aws:weather>


I extended DefaultHandler to parse the data present within the tags but met with those errors i posted earlier, I however had no issues parsing an xml file with XML declaration.if you can successfully parse this file and show me an example of doing so it would be Big Help, thanks for taking interest in the problem tough