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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package org.w3c.dom.ptests;
+
+import static jaxp.library.JAXPTestUtilities.FILE_SEP;
+import static jaxp.library.JAXPTestUtilities.getPathByClassName;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+/*
+ * This class defines the path constant and common method
+ */
+public class DOMTestUtil {
+    /*
+     * XML source file directory.
+     */
+    public static final String XML_DIR = getPathByClassName(DOMTestUtil.class, ".." + FILE_SEP + "xmlfiles");
+
+    /*
+     * Golden validation files directory.
+     */
+    public static final String GOLDEN_DIR = getPathByClassName(DOMTestUtil.class, ".." + FILE_SEP + "xmlfiles" + FILE_SEP + "out");
+
+    /*
+     * Error Message for DOMException being expected.
+     */
+    public static final String DOMEXCEPTION_EXPECTED = "Should throw DOMException";
+
+    /*
+     * Create DOM Document from an xml file.
+     */
+    public static Document createDOM(String xmlFileName) throws SAXException, IOException, ParserConfigurationException {
+        return DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File(XML_DIR + xmlFileName));
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create DOM Document from an xml file with setNamespaceAware(true).
+     */
+    public static Document createDOMWithNS(String xmlFileName) throws IOException, SAXException, ParserConfigurationException {
+        DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
+        return dbf.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File(XML_DIR + xmlFileName));
+    }
+    
+    /*
+     * Create a new DOM Document.
+     */
+    public static Document createNewDocument() throws ParserConfigurationException {
+        DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+        return db.newDocument();
+    }
+}