Hi, I think I encountered the same error as described at http://marc.info/?l=xerces-j-user&m=120452263925040&w=2, another email thread.
Console message: Exception in thread "main" *java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException*: 8192 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.UTF8Reader.read( *UTF8Reader.java:543*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.load( *XMLEntityScanner.java:1742*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.arrangeCapacity( *XMLEntityScanner.java:1619*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.skipString( *XMLEntityScanner.java:1657*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement( *XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1740*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next( *XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2930*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next( *XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument( *XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse( *XML11Configuration.java:807*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse( *XML11Configuration.java:737*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse( *XMLParser.java:107*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse( *AbstractSAXParser.java:1205*) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse( *SAXParserImpl.java:522*) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse( *SAXParser.java:395*) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse( *SAXParser.java:277*) at fullHistory.CompHistory.main( *CompHistory.java:39*) I did not see a solution for this OOB, and I was using version 2.9.1 at the moment. If I still want to use Xerces, what shall I do then? Thank you very much. I look forward to your reply. Best Regards, Xiang Zhao -- Xiang ZHAO - PhD Student School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales(UNSW) | National ICT Australia(NICTA) A: Level 4, 223 Anzac Parade, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2033, Australia P: +61 412 525 004 | +61 2 8306 0539 E: xz...@cse.unsw.edu.au | xiang.z...@nicta.com.au W: http://sites.google.com/site/jasonxiangzhao/ * Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of PRC | UNSW !