1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/XmlParser.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/XmlParser.java
index 06a4a66..a9902d2 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/XmlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/dcae/common/XmlParser.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class XmlParser {
             InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(s.getBytes());
             saxParser.parse(in, handler);
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException | NumberFormatException e) {
-            throw new Exception("Unable to convert XML to properties" + e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
+            throw new IOException("Unable to convert XML to properties" + e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
         }
         return handler.getProperties();
     }