How do I load an org.w3c.dom.Document from XML in a string?

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I have a complete XML document in a string and would like a Document object. Google turns up all sorts of garbage. What is the simplest solution? (In Java 1.5)

Solution Thanks to Matt McMinn, I have settled on this implementation. It has the right level of input flexibility and exception granularity for me. (It's good to know if the error came from malformed XML - SAXException - or just bad IO - IOException.)

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1. public static org.w3c.dom.Document loadXMLFrom(String xml)  
2.     throws org.xml.sax.SAXException, java.io.IOException {  
3.     return loadXMLFrom(new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes()));  
4. }  
5.   
6. public static org.w3c.dom.Document loadXMLFrom(java.io.InputStream is)   
7.     throws org.xml.sax.SAXException, java.io.IOException {  
8.     javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory factory =  
9.         javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();  
10.     factory.setNamespaceAware(true);  
11.     javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder builder = null;  
12.     try {  
13.         builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();  
14.     }  
15.     catch (javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException ex) {  
16.     }    
17.     org.w3c.dom.Document doc = builder.parse(is);  
18.     is.close();  
19.     return doc;  
20. }  

public static org.w3c.dom.Document loadXMLFrom(String xml)
    throws org.xml.sax.SAXException, java.io.IOException {
    return loadXMLFrom(new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes()));
}

public static org.w3c.dom.Document loadXMLFrom(java.io.InputStream is) 
    throws org.xml.sax.SAXException, java.io.IOException {
    javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory factory =
        javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
    javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder builder = null;
    try {
        builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
    }
    catch (javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException ex) {
    }  
    org.w3c.dom.Document doc = builder.parse(is);
    is.close();
    return doc;
}