Validate an XML File Against Multiple Schema Definitions

Question

I\'m trying to validate an XML file against a number of different schemas (apologies for the contrived example):

• a.xsd
• b.xsd
• c.xsd

Answer 1

I ended up using this:

import org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
import java.io.IOException;
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 try {
        SAXParser parser = new SAXParser();
        parser.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation", true);
        parser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", true);
        parser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema-full-checking", true);
        parser.setProperty("http://apache.org/xml/properties/schema/external-noNamespaceSchemaLocation", "http://your_url_schema_location");

        Validator handler = new Validator();
        parser.setErrorHandler(handler);
        parser.parse("file:///" + "/home/user/myfile.xml");

 } catch (SAXException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
 } catch (IOException ex) {
    e.printStackTrace();
 }


class Validator extends DefaultHandler {
    public boolean validationError = false;
    public SAXParseException saxParseException = null;

    public void error(SAXParseException exception)
            throws SAXException {
        validationError = true;
        saxParseException = exception;
    }

    public void fatalError(SAXParseException exception)
            throws SAXException {
        validationError = true;
        saxParseException = exception;
    }

    public void warning(SAXParseException exception)
            throws SAXException {
    }
}

Remember to change:

1) The parameter "http://your_url_schema_location" for you xsd file location.

2) The string "/home/user/myfile.xml" for the one pointing to your xml file.

I didn't have to set the variable: -Djavax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory:http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema=org.apache.xerces.jaxp.validation.XMLSchemaFactory