DTD API in java

[Arun Hallan]

Hi,

I need to parse a DTD file to check if a certain sequence of elements
in an XML file are correct.

EG

XML sequence: project --> target --> javac --> classpath

Then the DTD parser wud check for a project element, then see if
target is valid under that, then check if javac is valid under that
etc etc...

(BTW the dtd schema is for apache ant)

I have tried converting the DTD to XML with stylus studio, but the
generated XML is too large and it won't allow it (i presume because of
the vast amount of possibilities).

Is there an API that will deal with DTD's in such a way? I want to be
able to take an XML element, and check if all it's children are valid
under the DTD, then do the same recursively for each of their
children.

Any help appreciated.