exception : org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl cannot be cast to javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory

apedko

I am trying to use Tika http://tika.apache.org/ to convert doc or pdf files to text.

        File document = new File(target);

        Parser parser = new AutoDetectParser();

        ContentHandler handler = new BodyContentHandler();

        Metadata metadata = new Metadata();

During execution " Parser parser = new AutoDetectParser(); " 

I get an exception : org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl cannot be cast to javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory

I found some similar problem on stackoverflow : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19585014/was-8-5-java-lang-classcastexception-org-apache-xerces-jaxp-saxparserfactoryim

where is proposed to remove that jar file.

there are dependencies :

[INFO] +- com.atlassian.jira:jira-api:jar:6.4.3:provided

[INFO] |  +- com.atlassian.annotations:atlassian-annotations:jar:0.14:provided

[INFO] |  +- com.atlassian.ofbiz:entityengine-share:jar:1.0.64:provided

[INFO] |  |  \- xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.4.0:provided

but com.atlassian.jira depends on xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.4.0

Is it possible to remove xerces:xercesImpl.jar file from dependencies to be able to use Tika http://tika.apache.org/ and don't break com.atlassian.JIRA dependency?

Is there another solution to fix exception : "org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl cannot be cast to javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory" ?

Thank you

Petar Petrov _Appfire_

Can you paste the full exception stacktrace?