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

Just in case, anybody still come here to find the solution for validating xml or object against multiple XSDs, I am mentioning it here

//Using **URL** is the most important here. With URL, the relative paths are resolved for include, import inside the xsd file. Just get the parent level xsd here (not all included xsds).

URL xsdUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("my/parent/schema.xsd");

SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);
Schema schema = schemaFactory.newSchema(xsdUrl);

JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyClass.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
unmarshaller.setSchema(schema);

/* If you need to validate object against xsd, uncomment this
ObjectFactory objectFactory = new ObjectFactory();
JAXBElement<MyClass> wrappedObject = objectFactory.createMyClassObject(myClassObject); 
marshaller.marshal(wrappedShipmentMessage, new DefaultHandler());
*/

unmarshaller.unmarshal(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("your/xml/file.xml"));

Answer 2

From the xerces documentation : http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-xs.html

import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
import javax.xml.validation.Schema;
import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
import javax.xml.validation.Validator;

...

StreamSource[] schemaDocuments = /* created by your application */;
Source instanceDocument = /* created by your application */;

SchemaFactory sf = SchemaFactory.newInstance(
    "http://www.w3.org/XML/XMLSchema/v1.1");
Schema s = sf.newSchema(schemaDocuments);
Validator v = s.newValidator();
v.validate(instanceDocument);

Answer 3

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;
 .
 .
 .
 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

Answer 4

http://www.kdgregory.com/index.php?page=xml.parsing section 'Multiple schemas for a single document'

My solution based on that document:

URL xsdUrlA = this.getClass().getResource("a.xsd");
URL xsdUrlB = this.getClass().getResource("b.xsd");
URL xsdUrlC = this.getClass().getResource("c.xsd");

SchemaFactory schemaFactory = schemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);
//---
String W3C_XSD_TOP_ELEMENT =
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n"
   + "<xs:schema xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" elementFormDefault=\"qualified\">\n"
   + "<xs:include schemaLocation=\"" +xsdUrlA.getPath() +"\"/>\n"
   + "<xs:include schemaLocation=\"" +xsdUrlB.getPath() +"\"/>\n"
   + "<xs:include schemaLocation=\"" +xsdUrlC.getPath() +"\"/>\n"
   +"</xs:schema>";
Schema schema = schemaFactory.newSchema(new StreamSource(new StringReader(W3C_XSD_TOP_ELEMENT), "xsdTop"));

Answer 5

I faced the same problem and after investigating found this solution. It works for me.

Enum to setup the different XSDs:

public enum XsdFile {
    // @formatter:off
    A("a.xsd"),
    B("b.xsd"),
    C("c.xsd");
    // @formatter:on

    private final String value;

    private XsdFile(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public String getValue() {
        return this.value;
    }
}

Method to validate:

public static void validateXmlAgainstManyXsds() {
    final SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);

    String xmlFile;
    xmlFile = "example.xml";

    // Use of Enum class in order to get the different XSDs
    Source[] sources = new Source[XsdFile.class.getEnumConstants().length];
    for (XsdFile xsdFile : XsdFile.class.getEnumConstants()) {
        sources[xsdFile.ordinal()] = new StreamSource(xsdFile.getValue());
    }

    try {
        final Schema schema = schemaFactory.newSchema(sources);
        final Validator validator = schema.newValidator();
        System.out.println("Validating " + xmlFile + " against XSDs " + Arrays.toString(sources));
        validator.validate(new StreamSource(new File(xmlFile)));
    } catch (Exception exception) {
        System.out.println("ERROR: Unable to validate " + xmlFile + " against XSDs " + Arrays.toString(sources)
                + " - " + exception);
    }
    System.out.println("Validation process completed.");
}

Answer 6

If all XSDs belong to the same namespace then create a new XSD and import other XSDs into it. Then in java create schema with the new XSD.

Schema schema = xmlSchemaFactory.newSchema(
    new StreamSource(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/path/to/all_in_one.xsd"));

all_in_one.xsd :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
 xmlns:ex="http://example.org/schema/" 
 targetNamespace="http://example.org/schema/" 
 elementFormDefault="unqualified"
 attributeFormDefault="unqualified">

    <xs:include schemaLocation="relative/path/to/a.xsd"></xs:include>
    <xs:include schemaLocation="relative/path/to/b.xsd"></xs:include>
    <xs:include schemaLocation="relative/path/to/c.xsd"></xs:include>

</xs:schema>