import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception{
DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
factory.setValidating(true);
factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false);
Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File("filename"));
Element root = null;
NodeList list = doc.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
if (list.item(i) instanceof Element) {
root = (Element) list.item(i);
break;
}
}
root = doc.getDocumentElement();
}
}