org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog

Question

I have a Java based web service client connected to Java web service (implemented on the Axis1 framework).

I am getting following exception in my log file:

Answer 1

My answer wouldn't help you probably, but it help with this problem generally.

When you see this kind of exception you should try to open your xml file in any Hex Editor and sometime you can see additional bytes at the beginning of the file which text-editor doesn't show.

Delete them and your xml will be parsed.