Hi
I created an application that uses the following two methods to handle XML file communication between two servlets on different servers.

sendRequest takes two inputs and uses XMLSerializer to send the doc object.
recievexml is the listener and retrieves the contents of the inputstream,
the rest of the code (held in a package) unpacks the data and stores it in a database, the problem I have is
The lines A and B in the sendRequest method cause the following exception:

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The root element is required in a well-formed document.

but the aplication runs o.k,
removing the line causes the application to fail,
I need help with:

1, Why this situation happens (the exception being thrown, some how, completes the communication)

2, And how to solve it.

Thanks

Asante



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public static void sendRequest(Document doc, String add) throws
ServletException,
IOException

{

try {

URL url = new URL
("http://" + add);

HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

// inform the connection that we will send output and accept input


conn.setDoInput(true);

conn.setDoOutput(true);

// Don't use a cached version of URL connection

conn.setUseCaches (false);

conn.setDefaultUseCaches (false);

OutputStream out = conn.getOutputStream();

// Specify the content type that we will send binary data

XMLSerializer ser = new XMLSerializer(out, new OutputFormat("xml", "UTF-8", false));

ser.serialize(doc);

out.close();

A - DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();

B- parser.parse(new InputSource(conn.getInputStream()));

} catch (Throwable e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}


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public class recievexml extends HttpServlet

{

public void doPost (HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException

{

String mapFilename = "E:/Recieved/SeatRecieved.map",

xmlFilename = "E:/Recieved/RecievedXML.xml",

url = "jdbc:odbc:web_recieved";

PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();

res.setContentType("text/plain");

try

{

//Retrieve the xml file from the input stream

InputStream in = req.getInputStream();

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));

StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

String line = reader.readLine();

while (line != null)

{

sb.append(line);

line = reader.readLine();

}//end while

//Make the file physically available at client end

File outputFile = new File(xmlFilename);

FileWriter outF = new FileWriter(outputFile);

outF.write(sb.toString());

outF.close();

//Store file Contents

MyDBStore.toDBMS(mapFilename,xmlFilename,url);

}//end try

catch (Exception e)

{

out.println(e);

}//end catch

}//end doPost