Processing 2.0 is still in an alpha stage... you shouldn't be complaining that it's broken for you.

1.   public PShape loadShape(String filename) {
2.     String extension = PApplet.getExtension(filename);
3. 
   
4.     PShapeSVG svg = null;
5. 
   
6.     if (extension.equals("svg")) {
7.       svg = new PShapeSVG(parent, filename);
8. 
   
9.     } else if (extension.equals("svgz")) {
10.       try {
11.         InputStream input = new GZIPInputStream(parent.createInput(filename));
12.         XML xml = new XML(PApplet.createReader(input));
13.         svg = new PShapeSVG(xml);
14.       } catch (IOException e) {
15.         e.printStackTrace();
16.       }
17.     } else {
18.       PGraphics.showWarning("Unsupported format");
19.     }
20. 
    
21.     return svg;
22.   }