Problems with SAXParser and getErrorCount

Given the following code, I create a SAXParser and call the methods as shown.

DTDValidator *validator = new DTDValidator();
SAXParser saxParser(validator);
saxParser.setValidationScheme(SAXParser::Val_Always);
saxParser.setErrorHandler(&handler);
saxParser.setDTDHandler(&dtdHandler);
saxParser.setDocumentHandler(saxReader);
saxParser.parse(fileName);

if (saxParser.getErrorCount() != 0)
ThrowException("Invalid format or corrupted file.");

The XML file I am reading in has an embedded DTD within it using the !DOCTYPE
tag. When I set breakpoints in my custom DTDHandler as well as my custom
ErrorHandler, the only methods that get called are the standard Reset ones. I
can purposely make the file invalid by removing tags and no error calls are
ever made to the ErrorHandler. getErrorCount never returns zero, even for a
correct file. Is the SAXParser ignoring an embedded DTD or something? I've had
this problem in both 2.4.0 and 1.6.0. Please advise. Thank you.

Ryan Jackson
Software Engineer
Applied Technologies Associates