Java - when changing from jre 1.6 to 1.7 DocumentBuildFactory fails

Question

I am trying to change a project to work on jre 1.7. But when I change the referenced library, I get an error with the following:

DocumentBuildFactory documentBuildFactory = (DocumentBuilderFactory) = new  org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl();

Any ideas why? as I didn't think it was deprecated.

The error I am getting is org.apache.xerces cannot be resolved to a type

What error are you getting exactly? – Buhake Sindi Aug 22 '13 at 16:25 — Buhake Sindi, Aug 22 '13 at 16:25
isn't it `DocumentBuilderFactory`? – Katona Aug 22 '13 at 16:25 — Katona, Aug 22 '13 at 16:25
added error - that was just a typo in the qn - sorry – Pectus Excavatum Aug 22 '13 at 16:34 — Pectus Excavatum, Aug 22 '13 at 16:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '13 at 16:28

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Don't instantiate an org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl directly. Always use DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance, which will use (among other things) the Services API to locate the actual DocumentBuilderFactory to instantiate.

answered Aug 22 '13 at 16:28

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Java - when changing from jre 1.6 to 1.7 DocumentBuildFactory fails

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