[BATIK-943] ClassCastException using org.apache.batik.swing.JSVGCanvas.setDocument

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 1.7
• Component/s: SVG DOM
• Environment: Operating System: Windows XP; Platform: PC
• Assignee: Batik Developer's Mailing list
• Reporter: Peter Hull
• Created: 07/Apr/10 09:40
• Updated: 07/Apr/10 09:40
• Resolved: 07/Apr/10 10:02

Description

If the document is set to one with a different implementation, an exception is thrown, for example:
Document d = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse(FILENAME);
JSVGCanvas canvas = new JSVGCanvas();
canvas.setDocument(d);
Gives an exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.batik.dom.GenericElement cannot be cast to org.w3c.dom.svg.SVGSVGElement
Example project attached.