x:parse returning [#document: null]

the following code is outputting [#document: null]

<c:import var="sampleXML" url="../common/sample.xml" />

<x:parse xml="${sampleXML}" var="parsedXML" />

yet, if it c:out the variable sampleXML, it spits out the xml I have in the sample.xml file. any thoughts why this might be happening?

thanks.

[333 byte] By [onassara] at [2007-11-27 11:44:47]
# 1

Is it valid XML?

How are you outputting the values?

evnafetsa at 2007-7-29 17:57:54 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 2

ya, it's valid, and im just using <c:out value="${parsedXML}" />

it's weird though. on my local i copy and pasted whats done here:

http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/JSTL/JSTLparseXMLdocument.htm

and it still doesn't work, which would lead me to believe that it must be some config on my server? any thoughts?

onassara at 2007-7-29 17:57:54 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...