org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog

Question

I have a Java based web service client connected to Java web service (implemented on the Axis1 framework).

I am getting following exception in my log file:

Answer 1

What i have tried [Did not work]

In my case the web.xml in my application had extra space. Even after i deleted ; it did not work!.

I was playing with logging.properties and web.xml in my tomcat, but even after i reverted the error persists!.

Solution

To be specific i tried do adding

org.apache.catalina.filters.ExpiresFilter.level = FINE

Tomcat expire filter is not working correctly