Java file: Content not allowed in prolog

Question

I\'m new to Spring and started using the Sprint Tool Suite (eclipse) and see this error in a java file in my maven project: \"Content is not allowed in prolog\". This preve

Answer 1

Most likely the error was generated by the UTF-8 BOM at the start of the XML file - applications like Notepad puts that at the start of the file and the Java streams cannot handle that automatically. Your XMLis correct, but the file is not UTF-8Encoded. I've seen this before.. try copying and pasting the XML from this forum into a text editor and saving it. Also make sure that you're text editor is really saving in UTF-8.

Also, Springwill work just fine without any declaration so go ahead and remove the comment between the DTDdeclaration and the starting element. Remove the UTF-8declaration. Problems with UTF-8encoded XMLin Java are pretty common, and not specific to Spring.