Using Jettison to go from JSON to DOM in Java

Question

So far, this is the story of a failure, and any advice is welcome. I tried the following:

XMLStreamReader to Document using JAXP with Saxon

The code:

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{\"alice\":{\"bob\": \"a\"}}");
AbstractXMLStreamReader reader = new MappedXMLStreamReader(obj);

StAXSource source = new StAXSource(reader);
Document document = XMLUtils.createDocument();
DOMResult result = new DOMResult(document);
Transformer identity = TransformerUtils.getIdentityTransformer();
identity.transform(source, result);
result.getNode();

This fails because the Saxon transformer we are using does not support a StAXSource. The exception is:

org.orbeon.saxon.trans.DynamicError: A source of type javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource is not supported in this environment
    org.orbeon.saxon.event.Sender.send(Sender.java:185)
    org.orbeon.saxon.IdentityTransformer.transform(IdentityTransformer.java:29)
    org.orbeon.oxf.xml.TransformerWrapper.transform(TransformerUtils.java:597)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:93)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

XMLStreamReader to Document using JAXP with Xalan

The code:

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{\"alice\":{\"bob\": \"a\"}}");
AbstractXMLStreamReader reader = new MappedXMLStreamReader(obj);

StAXSource source = new StAXSource(reader);
Document document = XMLUtils.createDocument();
DOMResult result = new DOMResult(document);
Transformer identity = orbeon.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newInstance().newTransformer();
identity.transform(source, result);
result.getNode();

This fails with Xalan 2.5.1 (the version we are using). The latest version is 2.7.1 and maybe they added support for StAXSource in that version.

javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: Can't transform a Source of type javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource
    orbeon.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:372)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:82)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

XMLStreamReader to Document using an XMLEventWriter and DOMResult

The code:

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{\"alice\":{\"bob\": \"a\"}}");
AbstractXMLStreamReader streamReader = new MappedXMLStreamReader(obj);
XMLInputFactory readerFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
XMLEventReader eventReader = readerFactory.createXMLEventReader(streamReader);

Document document = XMLUtils.createDocument();
DOMResult result = new DOMResult(document);
XMLOutputFactory outputFactory = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
XMLEventWriter eventWriter = outputFactory.createXMLEventWriter(result);
eventWriter.add(eventReader);
eventWriter.close();

result.getNode();

This one leads to an NPE in Xerces:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    orbeon.apache.xerces.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.setXmlVersion(CoreDocumentImpl.java:850)
    sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.writers.XMLDOMWriterImpl.writeStartDocument(XMLDOMWriterImpl.java:583)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.writers.XMLEventWriterImpl.add(XMLEventWriterImpl.java:96)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.writers.XMLEventWriterImpl.add(XMLEventWriterImpl.java:72)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:95)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

XMLStreamReader to Document using an XMLEventWriter and Writer

The code:

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{\"alice\": {\"bob\": \"a\"}}");
AbstractXMLStreamReader streamReader = new MappedXMLStreamReader(obj);
XMLInputFactory readerFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
XMLEventReader eventReader = readerFactory.createXMLEventReader(streamReader);

StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
XMLOutputFactory outputFactory = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
XMLEventWriter eventWriter = outputFactory.createXMLEventWriter(stringWriter);
eventWriter.add(eventReader);
eventWriter.close();

out.print(stringWriter.toString());

With Java 5, it looks for com.bea.xml.stream.MXParserFactory which is nowhere to be found:

javax.xml.stream.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider com.bea.xml.stream.MXParserFactory not found
    javax.xml.stream.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:72)
    javax.xml.stream.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:178)
    javax.xml.stream.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:92)
    javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory.newInstance(XMLInputFactory.java:136)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:79)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

With Java 6, it leads to a NPE in Sun's XMLEventAllocatorImpl:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.events.XMLEventAllocatorImpl.getXMLEvent(XMLEventAllocatorImpl.java:82)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.events.XMLEventAllocatorImpl.allocate(XMLEventAllocatorImpl.java:55)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.XMLEventReaderImpl.nextEvent(XMLEventReaderImpl.java:86)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.writers.XMLEventWriterImpl.add(XMLEventWriterImpl.java:72)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:85)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

Using BadgerFishDOMDocumentParser

Code:

ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream("{\"alice\": {\"bob\": \"a\"}}".getBytes());
Document resDOM = new BadgerFishDOMDocumentParser().parse(bais);

This one gives us an NPE in Sun's XMLEventAllocatorImpl:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.events.XMLEventAllocatorImpl.getXMLEvent(XMLEventAllocatorImpl.java:82)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.events.XMLEventAllocatorImpl.allocate(XMLEventAllocatorImpl.java:55)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.XMLEventReaderImpl.nextEvent(XMLEventReaderImpl.java:86)
    com.sun.xml.internal.stream.writers.XMLEventWriterImpl.add(XMLEventWriterImpl.java:72)
    org.codehaus.jettison.AbstractDOMDocumentParser.parse(AbstractDOMDocumentParser.java:66)
    org.apache.jsp.gaga_jsp._jspService(gaga_jsp.java:79)
    org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
    org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

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Answer 1

JSON isn't XML - It looks like you're trying to parse a JSON object using the XML parser? I might be misunderstanding what you're getting at, however.

Answer 2

No I don't think Xalan supports Stax, for some reason. Saxon does, so perhaps you could try it instead?

But if not, perhaps you should build a DOM tree from Stax, using link text, like this article explains? Xalan does accept DOM source as input.