[Pljava-dev] Error trapping help

Folks,

I have loaded my Jasper report definition (.jrxml) into a postgresql
database as a text field. I can retrieve the record and convert it to
an InputStream. This is where the problem breaks down. When I pass the
InputStream to JRXmlLoader.load(is) to get a JasperDesign to then
continue on the compile and execution process I receive an error that I
have not been able to trap.

The following jar files are loaded:
commons-beanutils-1.5.jar
commons-collections-2.1.jar
commons-digester-1.7.jar
commons-logging-1.0.2.jar
itext-1.3.1.jar
jasperreports-1.2.6.jar
jdt-compiler-3.1.1.jar
pljava.jar

The following code snipet show what I am doing:
try
{
rs.next();
String reportSource = rs.getString("report_source");
InputStream is = fromString(rs.getString("report_source"));
// is.read(returnString, 0, is.available); -- read of
buffer works
try
{
jasperDesign = JRXmlLoader.load(is); <<<== dies on this line
}
catch (JRException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return "JRXmlLoader failure";
}
}
catch (SQLException se)
{
se.printStackTrace();
if (rs != null)
{
rs.close();
}
return "InputStream failure";
}

I was able to read the InputStream in a previous test. But when I add
the line that contains JRXmlLoader.load(is) the program returns the
following error:

psql:java_test:112: ERROR: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

I have 2 issues. First how do I get past this issue? The second
problem is how can I get more information on what the problem is in
order to track it down.

Any and all help appreciated.
Scott.