Sax Parser No method found to parse

Question

Tried to run the code mentioned in the following tutorial Everything compiles perfectly but it shows the error in the main method.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.jar.Attributes;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;


public class SaxParserExample {

public static void main (String argv []) {
    SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
    try {
        InputStream    xmlInput  =
            new FileInputStream("data\\sax-example.xml");

        SAXParser      saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
        SaxHandler handler   = new SaxHandler();
        saxParser.parse(xmlInput, handler);

        for(Driver driver : handler.drivers){
            System.out.println(driver);
        }
    } catch (Throwable err) {
        err.printStackTrace ();
    }
}

}

on the following line:

saxParser.parse(xmlInput, handler);

Error:

error: no suitable method found for parse(InputStream,SaxHandler)
            saxParser.parse(xmlInput, handler);
    method SAXParser.parse(InputStream,HandlerBase) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; SaxHandler cannot be converted to HandlerBase)
    method SAXParser.parse(InputStream,DefaultHandler) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; SaxHandler cannot be converted to DefaultHandler)
    method SAXParser.parse(String,HandlerBase) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to String)
    method SAXParser.parse(String,DefaultHandler) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to String)
    method SAXParser.parse(File,HandlerBase) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to File)
    method SAXParser.parse(File,DefaultHandler) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to File)
    method SAXParser.parse(InputSource,HandlerBase) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to InputSource)
    method SAXParser.parse(InputSource,DefaultHandler) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; InputStream cannot be converted to InputSource)

As you can see I have already included necessary files yet it doesn't compile.

You can find it in the following link: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-xml/sax-example.html it's the same, — LeDerp, May 18 '15 at 00:28
Are you developing without an IDE? Half of these dependencies are unused. Also, copying form the tutorial works for me, so you must have done something differently. — Deltharis, May 18 '15 at 00:33
Yep - I think your IDE has auto-imported the wrong class(es) for `SAXException` and/or `DefaultHandler` — millhouse, May 18 '15 at 00:33
I'm using Netbeans IDE, my IDE imported the classes automatically, should I copy the imports from the websites and try ? — LeDerp, May 18 '15 at 00:41
IntelliJ at the moment, though any IDE should work - see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/956900/code-cleanup-in-netbeans for Netbeans. Also, yes, if you imported the dependencies manually (especially for your `SaxHandler` implementation which seems to be the problem) you should try to revert to the ones in the tutorial, you might have gotten the wrong classes there. — Deltharis, May 18 '15 at 00:52
Waaaait a second. Did you put everything from the tutorial into a single file? Is that why Netbeans put those dependencies there? In that case @MadProgrammer was correct in his (now deleted) answer — Deltharis, May 18 '15 at 00:55
No, I made 4 classes, driver.java, veichle.java, SaxHandler.java, SaxParserExample.java — LeDerp, May 18 '15 at 01:00
Do you have the libraries of a parser implementation (i.e. Xerces, Saxon, ....) correctly set in your classpath? — potame, May 18 '15 at 06:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '15 at 17:59

Changing the imports from

import jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

to

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

solves the error

Sax Parser No method found to parse

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