Deserializing AXIS classes from XML files

Hi,

I'm battling this problem for some time now.
Assuming PlatformCatalogue is a class generated by AXIS, I'm circling
the following piece of code (on the idea that BeanDeserializer is a
org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler):

    TypeDesc plCatTypeDesc=PlatformCatalogue.getTypeDesc();
    BeanDeserializer deserializer=
        new BeanDeserializer(PlatformCatalogue.class,
plCatTypeDesc.getXmlType(), plCatTypeDesc);
    XMLReader reader;
    PlatformCatalogue toUse=null;
    try {
        reader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
        reader.setContentHandler(deserializer);
        reader.setErrorHandler(deserializer);
        reader.setEntityResolver(deserializer);
        reader.setDTDHandler(deserializer);
        reader.parse("/home/colo/PlatformCatalogue.xml");
        toUse=(PlatformCatalogue)deserializer.getValue();
    } catch (SAXException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch (IOException ioe) {
        ioe.printStackTrace();
    }

I my mind, the above should work, but in reality it doesn't!!
No exception thrown, however the loaded PlatformCatalogue toUse
instance is empty (no inner elements are created/set). What's wrong
with it? The XML file does have a valid and non-empty content for the
<PlatformCatalogue> root tag (I validated the file against the
original schema).
It drives my crazy, I'll end totally bald!! Someone, please help!

Best regards and thanks in advance,

Adrian