1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/PFMReader.java b/src/org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/PFMReader.java
index cb6cfb09c..4d6601a2c 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/PFMReader.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/PFMReader.java
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 //Avalon
-import org.apache.avalon.framework.CascadingRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.ConsoleLogger;
@@ -199,19 +199,16 @@ public class PFMReader extends AbstractLogEnabled {
      * @param   doc The DOM Document to save.
      * @param   target The target filename for the XML file.
      */
-    public void writeFontXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, String target) {
+    public void writeFontXML(org.w3c.dom.Document doc, String target) 
+                throws TransformerException {
         getLogger().info("Writing xml font file " + target + "...");
         getLogger().info("");
 
-        try {
-            TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
-            Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
-            transformer.transform(
-                    new javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource(doc),
-                    new javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult(new File(target)));
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new CascadingRuntimeException("Error while serializing XML font metric file", e);
-        }
+        TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+        Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer();
+        transformer.transform(
+                new javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource(doc),
+                new javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult(new File(target)));
     }
 
     /**