This error is caused by a rogue '&' in database_properties.xml. This xml tag...
should actually read...
This is because the sax xml parsing libraries used by jwnl are generic xml libraries and therefore expect an escaped charcter sequence.
<param name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://129.12.16.16/jwnl?user=myusername&password=mypassword"/>
should actually read...
<param name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://129.12.16.16/jwnl?user=myusername&password=mypassword"/>
This is because the sax xml parsing libraries used by jwnl are generic xml libraries and therefore expect an escaped charcter sequence.