InputStream is = null;
try {
is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
XStream xStream = new XStream(new DomDriver());
XStreamPathConverter pConv = new XStreamPathConverter();
pConv.setPrependSlash(true);
xStream.registerConverter(pConv);
try {
return xStream.fromXML(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));
} catch (StreamException ex) {