help understanding java docs - using javax.xml

[MrTom]

sorry, i'm new to all this

i'm looking at

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/DocumentBuilder.html

more specifically at the "parse" method. much of it makes sense to me and seems obvious. what seems to be missing is sending a string to the parse method since this seems to be equal in importance to giving it a uri or a file. since i am generating my xml on the fly in a string, that is what i want to give to parse.

is it really missing, or is there something subtle in the docs that i haven't noticed?

thanks.