RE: XML Schema validation using JAXP Q?

I didn't mean to imply "must" in any of my msgs.  I was just attempting to
give one code example of schema validation using a JAXP 1.1 compliant
(specification compliant) parser.  My example used Xerces 2, but I didn't
mean to imply that other JAXP 1.1 compliant parsers (like the reference
implementation) wouldn't work.  I'm glad to know that JAXP 1.1 ref impl can
also be used.  
 
I have only recently been successful validating schema documents with Xerces
and was just trying to share what I discovered.
 
The quote:
 
"Currently the JAXP 1.1 specification does not expose XML Schema nor any
other non-DTD schema language directly via the API. However, in Xerces-j 1.x
parsers, turning on both validation and namespace processing features will
cause XML Schema validation to occur."

Is from:
 
http://xml.apache.org/~edwingo/jaxp-faq.html

I believe that it is talking about the specification and not the reference
implementation.
 
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Rowland [mailto:tomorrwland@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:11 PM
To: Tom Preston; 'Jakub.Valenta@Deio.net '; 'xmlschema-dev@w3.org '
Subject: RE: XML Schema validation using JAXP Q?



Hello, I am a little confused by some of the recent comments regarding JAXP
1.1 and XML Schema support.
I have successfully validated instance documents, using Xalan and JAXP1.1,
against XMLSchema (single and multiple schema, using both include and
import). Mr. Preston, you offered the following code and also stated that we
must be implementation :

//  Create a Xerces DOM Parser
        DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();
 
        //  Turn Validation on
        try {
            parser.setFeature
            (" http://xml.org/sax/features/validation
<http://xml.org/sax/features/validation> ", true);
            parser.setFeature 
            (" http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema
<http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema> ",true);
            parser.setFeature

However, the following works quite well for me when validating against
XMLSchema. No reference to Xerces other than classpath is needed:

DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
dbf.setValidating (true);
dbf.setNamespaceAware (true);
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder ();
db.setErrorHandler (new MyErrorHandler ());
Document d = db.parse (uri);

Unless I am missing the point here, or possibly confused between Reference
Implementation and Specification, as you included a reference to, JAXP1.1 is
XMLSchema-aware while JAXP1.0.1 is not.

Tom Rowland
  

  Tom Preston <tpreston@amadeusboston.com> wrote: 


http://xml.apache.org/~edwingo/jaxp-faq.html

"Currently the JAXP 1.1 specification does not expose XML Schema nor any
other non-DTD schema language directly via the API. However, in Xerces-j 1.x
parsers, turning on both validation and namespace processing features will
cause XML Schema validation to occur."

Therefore, lines of code like 
setAttribute("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", true); need
be implementation specific.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Jakub.Valenta@Deio.net
To: Tom Preston; xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Sent: 12/18/01 2:55 AM
Subject: RE: XML Schema validation using JAXP Q?


Thanks a lot for help,
I would like to ask one more think. Is the example, you gave me, going
to
work with any JAXP compatible parser, or is the validation Xerces
proprietary?

br,

Jakub





Tom Preston on 12/17/2001 10:57:20 PM

To: Jakub.Valenta@Deio.net, xmlschema-dev@w3.org
cc:

Subject: RE: XML Schema validation using JAXP Q?

You write a trivial java program like this:

Compile and run it like this (notice xerces.jar and xml-apis.jar are
needed):

C:\xml>javac -classpath
.;c:\thirdparty\apache\xerces.jar;c:\thirdparty\apache\x
ml-apis.jar SchemaValidate.java

C:\xml>java -classpath
.;c:\thirdparty\apache\xerces.jar;c:\thirdparty\apache\xm
l-apis.jar SchemaValidate editor99.xml
Error: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Datatype error: In element
'allowNull' :
tru is not a boolean.


NOtice that editor99.xml failed validation. Here is editor99.xml and
editor.xsd which it validates against (note the xsi:schemaLocation is
defined in the .xml file):

------
editor.xml
------


xmlns="http://www.emilygraham.com/java/other/Editor"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.emilygraham.com/java/other/Editor
http://www.emilygraham.com/java/other/editor.xsd">

1999-05-31T13:20:00


Short Desc

firstName
lastName

tru
Blueberry




------
editor.xsd
------


xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:e="http://www.emilygraham.com/java/other/Editor"
elementFormDefault="qualified">



Editor document definition defines an html based editor











/>









maxOccurs="1"/>

maxOccurs="1"/>

maxOccurs="1" />
























------
hope this helps.

TOm

-----Original Message-----
From: Jakub.Valenta@Deio.net [mailto:Jakub.Valenta@Deio.net]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:26 PM
To: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
Subject: XML Schema validation using JAXP Q?


Hi all,
I would like to ask if it is possible to validate xml document against
XML
Schema using JAXP? At the moment I am using XALAN and it should be XML
Schema aware, but I have no clue how to do the vlidation using JAXP.

Any help appreciated,

Jaub







Thomas Rowland
Software Engineer
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Bethel, CT 06801
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