code: public static Element parse(String xmlString) throws IOException
     {
        try
        {
           return parse(new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlString.getBytes("UTF-8")));
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
           ROOT_LOGGER.cannotParse(xmlString);
           throw e;
        }
     }
docs: Parse the given XML string and return the root Element
  This uses the document builder associated with the current thread.