xmerl_xsd

Interface module for XML Schema vlidation.

Interface module for XML Schema vlidation. It handles the W3.org specifications of XML Schema second edition 28 october 2004. For an introduction to XML Schema study part 0. An XML structure is validated by xmerl_xsd:validate/[2,3].

Types

global_state()

option_list()

Functions

validate(Xml::Element, State) -> Result

Equivalent to validate(Element, State, []).

validate(Xml::Element, State, Opts::Options) -> Result

  • Element = XmlElement
  • Options = option_list()
  • Result = {ValidElement, global_state()} | {error, Reasons}
  • ValidElement = XmlElement
  • State = global_state()
  • Reasons = [ErrorReason] | ErrorReason

Validates a parsed well-formed XML element (Element).

A call to validate/2 or validate/3 must provide a well formed parsed XML element #xmlElement{} and a State, global_state(), which holds necessary information from an already processed schema. Thus validate enables reuse of the schema information and therefore if one shall validate several times towards the same schema it reduces time consumption.

The result, ValidElement, is the valid element that conforms to the post-schema-validation infoset. When the validator finds an error it tries to continue and reports a list of all errors found. In those cases an unexpected error is found it may cause a single error reason.

Usage example:

1>{E,_} = xmerl_scan:file("my_XML_document.xml").
2>{ok,S} = xmerl_xsd:process_schema("my_XML_Schema.xsd").
3>{E2,_} = xmerl_xsd:validate(E,S).

Observe that E2 may differ from E if for instance there are default values defined in my_XML_Schema.xsd.

state2file(S::State) -> ok | {error, Reason}

Same as state2file(State,SchemaName)

The name of the saved file is the same as the name of the schema, but with .xss extension.

state2file(S::State, FileName) -> ok | {error, Reason}

  • State = global_state()
  • FileName = filename()

Saves the schema state with all information of the processed schema in a file. You can provide the file name for the saved state. FileName is saved with the .xss extension added.

file2state(FileName) -> {ok, State} | {error, Reason}

  • State = global_state()
  • FileName = filename()

Reads the schema state with all information of the processed schema from a file created with state2file/[1,2]. The format of this file is internal. The state can then be used validating an XML document.

process_validate(Schema, Xml::Element) -> Result

Equivalent to process_validate(Schema, Xml, []).

process_validate(Schema, Xml::Element, Opts::Options) -> Result

  • Schema = filename()
  • Element = XmlElement
  • Options = option_list()
  • Result = {ValidXmlElement, State} | {error, Reason}
  • Reason = [ErrorReason] | ErrorReason

Validates a parsed well-formed XML element towards an XML schema.

Validates in two steps. First it processes the schema, saves the type and structure info in an ets table and then validates the element towards the schema.

Usage example:

1>{E,_} = xmerl_scan:file("my_XML_document.xml").
2>{E2,_} = xmerl_xsd:validate("my_XML_Schema.xsd",E).

Observe that E2 may differ from E if for instance there are default values defined in my_XML_Schema.xsd.

process_schema(Schema) -> Result

Equivalent to process_schema(Schema, []).

process_schema(Schema, Options) -> Result

  • Schema = filename()
  • Result = {ok, State} | {error, Reason}
  • State = global_state()
  • Reason = [ErrorReason] | ErrorReason
  • Options = option_list()

Reads the referenced XML schema and checks that it is valid. Returns the global_state() with schema info or an error reason. The error reason may be a list of several errors or a single error encountered during the processing.

process_schemas(Schemas) -> Result

Equivalent to process_schema(Schemas, []).

process_schemas(Schemas, Options) -> Result

  • Schemas = [{NameSpace, filename()} | Schemas] | []
  • Result = {ok, State} | {error, Reason}
  • Reason = [ErrorReason] | ErrorReason
  • Options = option_list()

Reads the referenced XML schemas and controls they are valid. Returns the global_state() with schema info or an error reason. The error reason may be a list of several errors or a single error encountered during the processing.

format_error(L::Errors) -> Result

  • Errors = error_tuple() | [error_tuple()]
  • Result = string() | [string()]

Formats error descriptions to human readable strings.