StringBuffer lead = new StringBuffer();
Document xmlDoc = null;
//get the parse utilities from the parent of this xformer
XmlParseUtils xmlParser = super.getXmlParseUtils();
try {
xmlDoc = xmlParser.convertStringToXmlDocument(nDocument, false);
} catch (SAXException e) {
errEntry.setThrowable(e);
errEntry.setAppContext("getLeadFromDOM()");
errEntry.setDocInfo(super.nitfProcessorConfigFilename);
errEntry.setAppMessage("Document format error while parsing: " + nitfDoc.getFileName()