Hi, Yet another mail.
Ref: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/batik/trunk/sources/org/apache/batik/transcoder/XMLAbstractTranscoder.java In method: public void transcode(TranscoderInput input, TranscoderOutput output) This line causes NullPointerException if the key is missing: boolean b = ((Boolean)hints.get(KEY_XML_PARSER_VALIDATING)).booleanValue(); The few lines above carefully check if various keys exist and throw meaningful exceptions if missing. Can you please add the same check for this key? Kind regards, Kevin Connor ARPE Hongkong