com.thaiopensource.validate
Class ValidationDriver

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.thaiopensource.validate.ValidationDriver

public class ValidationDriver

extends Object

Provides a simplified API for validating XML documents against schemas. This class is neither reentrant nor safe for access from multiple threads.

Author:

James Clark

Constructor Summary

ValidationDriver()
Equivalent to ValidationDriver(PropertyMap.EMPTY, PropertyMap.EMPTY, null).

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap properties)
Equivalent to ValidationDriver(properties, properties, null).

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap schemaProperties, PropertyMap instanceProperties)
Equivalent to ValidationDriver(schemaProperties, instanceProperties, null).

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap schemaProperties, PropertyMap instanceProperties, SchemaReader schemaReader)
Creates and initializes a ValidationDriver.

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap properties, SchemaReader sr)
Equivalent to ValidationDriver(properties, properties, sr).

ValidationDriver(SchemaReader sr)
Equivalent to ValidationDriver(PropertyMap.EMPTY, PropertyMap.EMPTY, null).

Method Summary

static InputSource	fileInputSource(File file) Returns an InputSource for a File.
static InputSource	fileInputSource(String filename) Returns an InputSource for a filename.
boolean	loadSchema(InputSource in) Loads a schema.
static InputSource	uriOrFileInputSource(String uriOrFile) Returns an InputSource for a string that represents either a file or an absolute URI.
boolean	validate(InputSource in) Validates a document against the currently loaded schema.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver(PropertyMap schemaProperties,
                        PropertyMap instanceProperties,
                        SchemaReader schemaReader)

Creates and initializes a ValidationDriver.

Parameters:

schemaProperties - a PropertyMap specifying properties controlling schema creation; must not be null

instanceProperties - a PropertyMap specifying properties controlling validation; must not be null

schemaReader - the SchemaReader to use; if this is null, then the schema must be in XML, and the namespace URI of the root element will be used to determine what the schema language is

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver(PropertyMap schemaProperties,
                        PropertyMap instanceProperties)

Equivalent to ValidationDriver(schemaProperties, instanceProperties, null).

See Also:

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap,PropertyMap,SchemaReader)

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver(PropertyMap properties,
                        SchemaReader sr)

Equivalent to ValidationDriver(properties, properties, sr).

See Also:

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap,PropertyMap,SchemaReader)

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver(PropertyMap properties)

Equivalent to ValidationDriver(properties, properties, null).

See Also:

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap,PropertyMap,SchemaReader)

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver(SchemaReader sr)

Equivalent to ValidationDriver(PropertyMap.EMPTY, PropertyMap.EMPTY, null).

See Also:

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap,PropertyMap,SchemaReader)

ValidationDriver

public ValidationDriver()

Equivalent to ValidationDriver(PropertyMap.EMPTY, PropertyMap.EMPTY, null).

See Also:

ValidationDriver(PropertyMap,PropertyMap,SchemaReader)

Method Detail

loadSchema

public boolean loadSchema(InputSource in)
                   throws SAXException,
                          IOException

Loads a schema. Subsequent calls to validate will validate with respect the loaded schema. This can be called more than once to allow multiple documents to be validated against different schemas.

Parameters:

in - the InputSource for the schema

Returns:

true if the schema was loaded successfully; false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurred

SAXException - if an XMLReader or ErrorHandler threw a SAXException

validate

public boolean validate(InputSource in)
                 throws SAXException,
                        IOException

Validates a document against the currently loaded schema. This can be called multiple times in order to validate multiple documents.

Parameters:

in - the InputSource for the document to be validated

Returns:

true if the document is valid; false otherwise

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if there is no currently loaded schema

IOException - if an I/O error occurred

SAXException - if an XMLReader or ErrorHandler threw a SAXException

fileInputSource

public static InputSource fileInputSource(String filename)
                                   throws MalformedURLException

Returns an InputSource for a filename.

Parameters:

filename - a String specifying the filename

Returns:

an InputSource for the filename

MalformedURLException

fileInputSource

public static InputSource fileInputSource(File file)
                                   throws MalformedURLException

Returns an InputSource for a File.

Parameters:

file - the File

Returns:

an InputSource for the filename

MalformedURLException

uriOrFileInputSource

public static InputSource uriOrFileInputSource(String uriOrFile)
                                        throws MalformedURLException

Returns an InputSource for a string that represents either a file or an absolute URI. If the string looks like an absolute URI, it will be treated as an absolute URI, otherwise it will be treated as a filename.

Parameters:

uriOrFile - a String representing either a file or an absolute URI

Returns:

an InputSource for the file or absolute URI

MalformedURLException