Re: validating xml and retrieval of xsd

Paul Tomsic <ptomsic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/17/2006 08:40:20 AM:

> what's the best way to validate an xml file against an
> xsd, when you have to retrieve the xsd from the header
> attribs via http?
> 
> for instance, if given an xml that contains the 
> 
> "schemaLocation="http://www.example.com/myschema.xsd
> http://www.example.com/myschema.xsd";
> 
> the process would be (a) retrieve the xsd from the
> schemaLocation, and (b) ensure that the xml file
> validates against the retrieved schema
> 
> retrieval of the xsd is trivial, but not sure about
> the validation part
> 
> is there an example that someone could point me to?

There are several samples [1][2] which come with the binary distribution 
that show how to do that.

> thanks
> 
> 
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[1] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/samples-jaxp.html#SourceValidator
[2] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/samples-jaxp.html#ParserAPIUsage

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@xxxxxxxxxx
E-mail: mrglavas@xxxxxxxxxx