Setting the JAXP validation file (updated)

A JAXP parser validates (version >= 1.2) by default using a DTD. Here are some variations that can be used when validating

• If you are using SAX and obtained this parser from the SAXParserFactory:

javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser parser

• To validated using a schema (xsd) add this line of code to your parser setup:

parser.setProperty("http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage", 

  XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI); 

• To specify the schema file in your code (for both DTD and XSD) add this line to your parser setup:

parser.setProperty("http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource", 

  new File("checkers.xsd")); 

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• The source can be a File, InputStream, InputSource or an Object array containing these types

• If you are using DOM, and you created this DocumentBuilderFactory instance :
  

javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory builder

• To validated using a schema (xsd) add this line of code to your parser setup:

builder.setAttribute("http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage", 

  XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);

• XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI = http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema

The corresponding constant for DTD (the default) in these cases is  

• XMLConstants.XML_DTD_NS_URI = http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml

• To specify the schema file in your code (for both DTD and XSD) add this line to your parser setup:

builder.setAttribute("http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaSource", 

  new File("checkers.xsd"));