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Asked: 2026-05-24T17:14:38+00:00

I have an xml like this which is a valid xml. Now if i

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I have an xml like this which is a valid xml. Now if i parse through it using SaxParser, it validates perfectly.

                     <A>
                        <B>
                            <C>
                                <D/>
                            </C>
                            <C>
                                <D/>
                            </c>
                        </B>
                    </A>

Consider next xml which is not well structured and not valid ( < /C> is missing).It will throw SaxParserException at that point. But i need to write a code which catches this exception AND continues validating the next set of tags in this xml.

                    <A>
                        <B>
                            <C>
                                <D/>

                            <C>
                                <D/>
                            </c>
                        </B>
                    </A>

Do anyone know how to continue validating the xml from the point where it caught exception

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  1. Editorial Team

    Usually it’s not possible and shouldn’t be possible. At you second example, we have no idea, what’s actually missing: is it one end tag (1) after the first <C> or (2) after the second <C>, do we have (3) too many opening <C> tags, should one of the <C> tags actually read <C />? Far too many ways to correct the document structure.

    Anyway, there is a project called xmlunit on sourceforge which contains a TolerantSaxDocumentBuilder that claims to be able to handle missing start and end tags. It may already solve your actual problem or. At least it points in the right direction: you need a custom sax parser that implements the required behaviour.

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