java.net.MalformedURLException - at parsing XML file by StAX

Question

I have to parse XML file with StAX.

I caught bunch of exceptions:

javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: java.net.MalformedURLException
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.setInputSource(XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:217)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.<init>(XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:189)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.stream.XMLInputFactoryImpl.getXMLStreamReaderImpl(XMLInputFactoryImpl.java:262)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.stream.XMLInputFactoryImpl.createXMLStreamReader(XMLInputFactoryImpl.java:129)
    at com.epam.lab.StaxXmlParser.<init>(StAXParserDemo.java:46)
    at com.epam.lab.StAXParserDemo.main(StAXParserDemo.java:20)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:120)
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException
    at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:619)
    at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:482)
    at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:431)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:610)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:1290)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDocumentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:1242)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.setInputSource(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:257)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.setInputSource(XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:204)

here is how xml file loooks:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<staff xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="newEmployee.xsd">    
    <employee>
        <name>Carl Cracker</name>
        <salary>75000</salary>
        <hiredate year="1987" month="12" day="15" />
    </employee>
    <employee>
        <name>Harry Hacker</name>
        <salary>50000</salary>
        <hiredate year="1989" month="10" day="1" />
    </employee>
    <employee>
        <name>Tony Tester</name>
        <salary>40000</salary>
        <hiredate year="1990" month="3" day="15" />
    </employee>    
</staff>

Here is code snippet:

public class StAXParserDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            StaxXmlParser staxXmlParser = new StaxXmlParser(EMPLOYEE_XML.getFilename());
            List<Employee> employees = staxXmlParser.parseEmployee();
            for (Employee emp : employees) {
                System.out.println(emp);
            }
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }    
    }
}

class StaxXmlParser {

    private List<Employee> employeeList;
    private Employee currentEmployee;
    private String tagContent;
    private XMLStreamReader reader;

    public StaxXmlParser(String filename) {
        employeeList = null;
        currentEmployee = null;
        tagContent = null;

        try {
            XMLInputFactory factory = XMLInputFactory.newFactory();
            reader = factory.createXMLStreamReader(ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(filename));
            parseEmployee();
        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public List<Employee> parseEmployee() throws XMLStreamException {
        while (reader.hasNext()) {
            int event = reader.next();

            switch (event) {
                case XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT:
                    if ("employee".equals(reader.getLocalName())) {
                        currentEmployee = new Employee();
                    }
                    if ("staff".equals(reader.getLocalName())) {
                        employeeList = new ArrayList<>();
                    }
                    if ("hireday".equals(reader.getLocalName())) {
                        int yearAttr = Integer.parseInt(reader.getAttributeValue(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI, "year"));
                        int monthAttr = Integer.parseInt(reader.getAttributeValue(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI, "month"));
                        int dayAttr = Integer.parseInt(reader.getAttributeValue(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_INSTANCE_NS_URI, "day"));

                        currentEmployee.setHireDay(yearAttr, monthAttr, dayAttr);
                    }
                    break;

                case XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS:
                    tagContent = reader.getText().trim();
                    break;

                case XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT:
                    switch (reader.getLocalName()) {
                        case "employee":
                            employeeList.add(currentEmployee);
                            break;
                        case "name":
                            currentEmployee.setName(tagContent);
                            break;
                        case "salary":
                            currentEmployee.setSalary(Double.parseDouble(tagContent));
                            break;
                    }
            }
        }
        return employeeList;
    }
}

UPDATE:

Follow suggestions I changed to next:

reader = factory.createXMLStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(filename)));

And now it printed next output:

Employee { name=Carl Cracker, salary=75000.0, hireDay=null }
Employee { name=Harry Hacker, salary=50000.0, hireDay=null }
Employee { name=Tony Tester, salary=40000.0, hireDay=null }

What is wrong with attributes extracting? I changed question closer to new issue.

Why does this happen? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Your issue is seemingly with ClassLoader#getSystemResourceAsStream(). This method would look for the resources within the classpath and if not found you would get your XMLStreamReader complaining about MalformedURL.

Options:

1. Use FileInputStream and provide your path to your file.

   reader = factory.createXMLStreamReader(new FileInputStream(PATH_TO_XML));

2. Add your xml to your eclipse classpath by - Run As -> Run Configurations -> Classpath -> Click User Entries and Click Advanced -> Add External Folder (go to the folder containing your xml)