@Override public P parse(final InputStream stream) throws IOException { final SAXReader reader = new SAXReader(); // Remove nodes generated by indentation. reader.setStripWhitespaceText(true); reader.setMergeAdjacentText(true); final Document domdoc; try { domdoc = reader.read(stream); } catch (DocumentException e) { throw new IOException("Failed to parse XML, probably malformed input."); } return this.parse(domdoc.getRootElement()); }