Native Java API for Checking Valid XML

Question

How do you determine whether a Document object in Java contains valid XML. Is this checked when the object is constructed?

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Answer 1

Use the Java DOM API. It can handle any valid XML document. A valid document will give no exception. You need no external libraries for DOM.

In case of an error the exception message looks like this:

[Fatal Error] MyXMLFile.xml:6:2: The end-tag for element type "lastname" must end with a '>' delimiter.
The end-tag for element type "lastname" must end with a '>' delimiter.
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