Re: using createDocument() to read an SVG file with new lines

Hi Anjello,

Anjello <[email protected]> wrote on 06/11/2011 12:14:30 PM:

> I use the createDocument() method to read in an SVG file.
> When I read a file with tags separated with new lines, and then try to
> access the last element of the document element, i get the exception
 
        The problem is that the last 'node' of your document is not an
Element.  It's a text element (probably containting your newline).  You
should simply use "getPreviousSibling" until you get a Node that is
an "instanceof" Element.

> java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.batik.dom.GenericText cannot be
> cast to org.w3c.dom.Element

Thomas DeWeese | CDG Advanced Development | 
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> 
> but if the same file didnt have any newlines or spaces between the tags,
> everything works perfectly. is this a problem of encoding? How can I 
solve
> this problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance..
> Anjello
> 
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