SAX DefaultHandler throws SAXException trying to get Attributes

I have a class that extends org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler. In my startElement() method I try to access the Attributes and my program throws a SAXException.

I can't imagine why. If I debug my Attributes are all there. But doing something as simple as System.out.println(atts) throws an Exception:

publicvoid startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts)throws SAXException

{

System.out.println("Attributes: " + atts);

}

Which tells me that atts is null or something (but it is not ...) and as such, getLength(), and every other get also throws an Exception.

I am using Java 1.6. Anybody seen this before?

Thanks

Bob

[903 byte] By [syg6a] at [2007-11-27 11:03:34]