Package net.ionite.docval.validation.validator

Class XSDValidator

java.lang.Object

net.ionite.docval.validation.validator.XSDValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DocumentValidator

public class XSDValidator
extends Object
implements DocumentValidator

This class implements the DocumentValidor interface for XML Schema (XSD) validation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XSDValidator(InputStream stream)	Construct an XSD Validator with the XML Schema definition provided in the given input stream.
XSDValidator(String filename)	Construct an XSD Validator with the given XML Schema definition (XSD) file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	reload()	Reload the XSD file this validator was initialized with.
ValidationResult	validate(byte[] source)	Validate the given XML document, and return a new ValidationResult structure containing the validation results.
ValidationResult	validate(byte[] source, ValidationResult result)	Validate the given XML document, and add the validation results to the given ValidationResult structure

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XSDValidator

public XSDValidator(String filename)
             throws ValidatorException

Construct an XSD Validator with the given XML Schema definition (XSD) file.

Parameters:

filename - The file containing the XML schema definition

Throws:

ValidatorException - if there is an error reasing the schema

XSDValidator

public XSDValidator(InputStream stream)
             throws ValidatorException

Construct an XSD Validator with the XML Schema definition provided in the given input stream. Note that the 'reload' method is disabled when this constructor is used.

Parameters:

stream - the InputStream containing the XML schema definition

Throws:

ValidatorException - if there is an error reasing the schema

Method Detail

reload

public void reload()
            throws ValidatorException

Reload the XSD file this validator was initialized with.

Specified by:

reload in interface DocumentValidator

Throws:

ValidatorException - If there is an error reloading the file, or if this validator was initialized with an input stream.

validate

public ValidationResult validate(byte[] source)
                          throws ValidatorException

Validate the given XML document, and return a new ValidationResult structure containing the validation results.

Specified by:

validate in interface DocumentValidator

Parameters:

source - Byte-array containing the XML document to validate

Returns:

A newly initialized ValidationResult containing the results of the validation

Throws:

ValidatorException - Thrown when there is an error performing the validation

validate

public ValidationResult validate(byte[] source,
                                 ValidationResult result)
                          throws ValidatorException

Validate the given XML document, and add the validation results to the given ValidationResult structure

Specified by:

validate in interface DocumentValidator

Parameters:

source - Byte-array containing the XML document to validate

result - The structure to add the validation results to

Returns:

The modified ValidationResult instance

Throws:

ValidatorException - Thrown when there is an error performing the validation