The JDOM Process

• Construct an org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder or an org.jdom.input.DOMBuilder

• Invoke the builder's build() method to build a Document object from a

  • Reader

  • InputStream

  • URL

  • File

  • SYSTEM ID String

• If there's a problem building the document, a JDOMException is thrown

• Work with the resulting Document object