XmlValidate()

  • Category:
  • XML

Uses a Document Type Definition (DTD) or XML Schema to validate an XML text document or an XML document object.

XmlValidate( xmlDoc=string, validator=any );

Returns: Struct

Argument Description
xmlDoc
string, required

The XML to validate

Alias: xml, xmlText, xmlString, xmlStr
validator
any, optional

Any of the following:

  • A string containing a DTD or Schema.
  • The name of a DTD or Schema file.
  • The URL of a DTD or Schema file; valid protocol identifiers include http, https, ftp, and file.

Alias: validators

Examples

validator = "
		<?xml version=""1.0""?>
		<xs:schema xmlns:xs=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"">
			<xs:element name=""note"">
				<xs:complexType>
					<xs:sequence>
						<xs:element name=""to"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""from"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""heading"" type=""xs:string""/>
						<xs:element name=""body"" type=""xs:string""/>
					</xs:sequence>
				</xs:complexType>
			</xs:element>
		</xs:schema>
		";

	<span class="nv">xml_stream</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span>



			<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>
			<note>
				<to>Alice</to>
				<from>Bob</from>
				<heading>Reminder</heading>
				<body>Here is the message you requested.</body>
			</note>";


	<span class="nv">xml_document</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nf">XmlParse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">xml_stream</span><span class="p">);</span>
	<span class="nf">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nf">xmlValidate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">xml_document</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">validator</span><span class="p">));</span>

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