XMLReader.readXMLFileToString no longer throws a Transformer exception.

racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class Event {
             this.boatXML = XMLReader.readXMLFileToString(boatsXMLFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             this.regattaXML = XMLReader.readXMLFileToString(regattaXMLFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
-        } catch (TransformerException | XMLReaderException e) {
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e) {
             throw new EventConstructionException("Could not read XML files.", e);
         }
 

racevisionGame/src/main/java/shared/dataInput/XMLReader.java

@@ -166,10 +166,9 @@ public abstract class XMLReader {
      * @param path path of the XML
      * @param encoding encoding of the xml
      * @return A string containing the contents of the specified file.
-     * @throws TransformerException Issue with the XML format
      * @throws XMLReaderException Thrown if file cannot be read for some reason.
      */
-    public static String readXMLFileToString(String path, Charset encoding) throws TransformerException, XMLReaderException {
+    public static String readXMLFileToString(String path, Charset encoding) throws XMLReaderException {
 
         InputStream fileStream = XMLReader.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path);
 
@@ -182,7 +181,11 @@ public abstract class XMLReader {
 
         doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();
 
-        return XMLReader.getContents(doc);
+        try {
+            return XMLReader.getContents(doc);
+        } catch (TransformerException e) {
+            throw new XMLReaderException("Could not get XML file contents.", e);
+        }
 
     }
 

racevisionGame/src/test/java/network/BinaryMessageDecoderTest.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class BinaryMessageDecoderTest {
             XMLMessageDecoderTest.compareXMLMessages(xmlMessage, xmlMessageDecoded);
 
 
-        } catch (XMLReaderException | TransformerException e){
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e){
             fail("couldn't read file" + e.getMessage());
         }
     }

racevisionGame/src/test/java/network/MessageDecoders/XMLMessageDecoderTest.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class XMLMessageDecoderTest {
             compareXMLMessages(message, decodedMessage);
 
 
-        } catch (XMLReaderException | TransformerException e){
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e){
             fail("couldn't read file" + e.getMessage());
         }
 

racevisionGame/src/test/java/shared/dataInput/BoatXMLReaderTest.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class BoatXMLReaderTest {
         try {
             boatXMLString = XMLReader.readXMLFileToString("mock/mockXML/boatTest.xml", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
-        } catch (TransformerException | XMLReaderException e) {
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e) {
             throw new InvalidBoatDataException("Could not read boat XML file into a string.", e);
 
         }

racevisionGame/src/test/java/shared/dataInput/RaceXMLReaderTest.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RaceXMLReaderTest {
         try {
             raceXMLString = XMLReader.readXMLFileToString("mock/mockXML/raceTest.xml", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
-        } catch (TransformerException | XMLReaderException e) {
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e) {
             throw new InvalidRaceDataException("Could not read race XML file into a string.", e);
 
         }

racevisionGame/src/test/java/shared/dataInput/RegattaXMLReaderTest.java

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class RegattaXMLReaderTest {
         try {
             regattaXMLString = XMLReader.readXMLFileToString("mock/mockXML/regattaTest.xml", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
-        } catch (TransformerException | XMLReaderException e) {
+        } catch (XMLReaderException e) {
             throw new InvalidRegattaDataException("Could not read regatta XML file into a string.", e);
 
         }