FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.6.0-beta2-b72)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-beta2-b72, mixed mode, sharing)

NB: also occurs on 1.5.0_04

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux blackbox 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
According to the javadoc for org.xml.sax.ContentHandler#endDocument, the endDocument method should be called even when "an unrecoverable error" has occurred during parsing.

The XML parser bundled with sun java 1.5.0 and 1.6-beta2 does not do this; when SAXException is thrown by a ContentHandler implementation the endDocument method is never called.

The Kaffe 1.1.6 JVM (which uses the Aelfred parser I believe) *does* call endDocument when a SAXException is thrown by a ContentHandler method.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See attached testclass. To run:
   java -cp . ParseTest

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
output:
  --endDocumentCalled:true
ACTUAL -
output:
  --endDocumentCalled:false

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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// filename: ParseTest.java

import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;

import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.EntityResolver;
import org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.Locator;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;



public class ParseTest extends DefaultHandler {
  private boolean endDocumentCalled = false;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    String inputXML = "<root><item/></root>";
    Reader reader = new StringReader(inputXML);

    SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
    SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser();

    InputSource source = new InputSource(reader);
    ParseTest handler = new ParseTest();
    try {
      parser.parse(source, handler);
    } catch(SAXException ex) {
      // ok, expected
      System.out.println("exception caught");
    }

    if (handler.endDocumentCalled) {
      System.out.println("--endDocumentCalled:true");
    } else {
      System.out.println("--endDocumentCalled:false");
    }
  }

  public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qname) throws SAXException {
    throw new SAXException("a problem occurred");
  }

  public void endDocument() {
    this.endDocumentCalled = true;
    System.out.println("END DOCUMENT CALLED");
  }
}

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