Index: src/java/org/apache/fop/svg/SimpleSVGUserAgent.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/fop/svg/SimpleSVGUserAgent.java	(revision 1542309)
+++ src/java/org/apache/fop/svg/SimpleSVGUserAgent.java	(working copy)
@@ -79,17 +79,26 @@
         return null; // userStyleSheetURI;
     }
 
+
+    private static final String xmlParserClassName;
+
+    static {
+        String result;
+        try {
+            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+            result = factory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader().getClass().getName();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            result = null;
+        }
+        xmlParserClassName = result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the class name of the XML parser.
      * @return the XML parser class name
      */
     public String getXMLParserClassName() {
-        try {
-            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
-            return factory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader().getClass().getName();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            return null;
-        }
+        return xmlParserClassName;
     }
 
     /**