public static Element parse(InputStream xmlStream) throws IOException
    {
        try
        {
            Document doc = getDocumentBuilder().parse(xmlStream);
            Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
            return root;
        }
        catch (SAXException e)
        {
            throw new IOException(e.toString());
        }
    }
public static Element parse ( InputStream xmlStream ) throws IOException { try { Document doc = getDocumentBuilder ( ) . parse ( xmlStream ) ; Element root = doc . getDocumentElement ( ) ; return root ; } catch ( SAXException e ) { throw new IOException ( e . toString ( ) ) ; } }
Parse the given XML stream and return the root Element
@param xmlStream
@return the element
@throws IOException