How do I use PowerShell to Validate XML files against an XSD?

Question

As a part of my development I\'d like to be able to validate an entire folder\'s worth of XML files against a single XSD file. A PowerShell function seems like a good candid

Answer 1

I want to comment that the script in current accepted answer doesn't validate errors about incorrect orders of elements of xs:sequence. For example: test.xml

  

    Baker street 5
    Joe Tester
  

test.xsd

I wrote another version that can report this error:

function Test-XmlFile
{
    <#
    .Synopsis
        Validates an xml file against an xml schema file.
    .Example
        PS> dir *.xml | Test-XmlFile schema.xsd
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (     
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $SchemaFile,

        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
        [alias('Fullname')]
        [string] $XmlFile,

        [scriptblock] $ValidationEventHandler = { Write-Error $args[1].Exception }
    )

    begin {
        $schemaReader = New-Object System.Xml.XmlTextReader $SchemaFile
        $schema = [System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema]::Read($schemaReader, $ValidationEventHandler)
    }

    process {
        $ret = $true
        try {
            $xml = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
            $xml.Schemas.Add($schema) | Out-Null
            $xml.Load($XmlFile)
            $xml.Validate({
                    throw ([PsCustomObject] @{
                        SchemaFile = $SchemaFile
                        XmlFile = $XmlFile
                        Exception = $args[1].Exception
                    })
                })
        } catch {
            Write-Error $_
            $ret = $false
        }
        $ret
    }

    end {
        $schemaReader.Close()
    }
}

PS C:\temp\lab-xml-validation> dir test.xml | Test-XmlFile test.xsd

System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException: The element 'address' has invalid child element 'name'.
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