validate xml with a dtd in java

[Mithil]

Hi all,

I am new to xml, could some one please tell me how to validate xml
against a DTD in java ? or even point me in the right direction ?

Thanks in advance,
Mithil

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Mithil wrote:
...

I am new to xml, could some one please tell me how to validate xml
against a DTD ..

An XSD can check a lot more.

..in java ?

Do you run Ant? An easy way to validate XML is
to use the Ant based XMLValidate task.

..or even point me in the right direction ?

Or alternately (for a stand-alone app.) you might look
into using the same functionality (code, API's) as the
Ant task. And that seems to be..
<http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxp/>

HTH

 

[Greg R. Broderick]

Hi all,

I am new to xml, could some one please tell me how to validate xml
against a DTD in java ? or even point me in the right direction ?

See the javadocs for javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory, especially the
setValidating() method.

Cheers!
GRB

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[Mithil]

thanks Andrew and Greg, I will look at some of the docs and come back
to u guys if I need any more help.

Regards,

Mithil

 

[Roedy Green]

I am new to xml, could some one please tell me how to validate xml
against a DTD in java ? or even point me in the right direction ?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/xml.html