docs: public static Document convertXMLToDOM(String strXML)
      {
          DocumentBuilder db = Util.getDocumentBuilder();
          // Parse the input file
          Document doc = null;
          try {
              synchronized (db)
              {   // db is not thread safe
                  doc = db.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(strXML)));
              }
          } catch (SAXException se) {
              System.out.println(se.getMessage());
              return null;
          } catch (IOException ioe) {
              System.out.println(ioe);
              return null;
          } catch (Exception ioe) {
              System.out.println(ioe);
              return null;
          }
          return doc;
      }