xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_COALESCING, Boolean.TRUE);
xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE, Boolean.FALSE);
// just so it won't try to load DTD in if there's DOCTYPE
xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.SUPPORT_DTD, Boolean.FALSE);
xmlFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_VALIDATING, Boolean.FALSE);
SMInputFactory inputFactory = new SMInputFactory(xmlFactory);
try {
SMHierarchicCursor rootC = inputFactory.rootElementCursor(reader);
rootC.advance(); // <rules>
List<Rule> rules = new ArrayList<Rule>();
SMInputCursor rulesC = rootC.childElementCursor("rule");
while (rulesC.getNext() != null) {