ValidationEventArgs.Severity Property

Definition

Gets the severity of the validation event.

C#
public System.Xml.Schema.XmlSeverityType Severity { get; }

Property Value

An XmlSeverityType value representing the severity of the validation event.

Examples

The following example validates an XML file and generates the appropriate error or warning.

C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;

public class Sample
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        //Load the XmlSchemaSet.
        XmlSchemaSet schemaSet = new XmlSchemaSet();
        schemaSet.Add("urn:bookstore-schema", "books.xsd");

        //Validate the file using the schema stored in the schema set.
        //Any elements belonging to the namespace "urn:cd-schema" generate
        //a warning because there is no schema matching that namespace.
        Validate("store.xml", schemaSet);
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static void Validate(String filename, XmlSchemaSet schemaSet)
    {
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nValidating XML file {0}...", filename.ToString());

        XmlSchema compiledSchema = null;

        foreach (XmlSchema schema in schemaSet.Schemas())
        {
            compiledSchema = schema;
        }

        XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
        settings.Schemas.Add(compiledSchema);
        settings.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler(ValidationCallBack);
        settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;

        //Create the schema validating reader.
        XmlReader vreader = XmlReader.Create(filename, settings);

        while (vreader.Read()) { }

        //Close the reader.
        vreader.Close();
    }

    //Display any warnings or errors.
    private static void ValidationCallBack(object sender, ValidationEventArgs args)
    {
        if (args.Severity == XmlSeverityType.Warning)
            Console.WriteLine("\tWarning: Matching schema not found.  No validation occurred." + args.Message);
        else
            Console.WriteLine("\tValidation error: " + args.Message);
    }
}

The preceding example uses the following input files.

store.xml

XML
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<bookstore xmlns="urn:bookstore-schema" xmlns:cd="urn:cd-schema">
  <book genre="novel">
    <title>The Confidence Man</title>
    <price>11.99</price>
  </book>
  <cd:cd>
    <title>Americana</title>
    <cd:artist>Offspring</cd:artist>
    <price>16.95</price>
  </cd:cd>
</bookstore>

books.xsd

XML
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns="urn:bookstore-schema"
    elementFormDefault="qualified"
    targetNamespace="urn:bookstore-schema">

 <xsd:element name="bookstore" type="bookstoreType"/>

 <xsd:complexType name="bookstoreType">
  <xsd:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <xsd:element name="book"  type="bookType"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

 <xsd:complexType name="bookType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="title" type="xsd:string"/>
   <xsd:element name="author" type="authorName"/>
   <xsd:element name="price"  type="xsd:decimal"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
  <xsd:attribute name="genre" type="xsd:string"/>
 </xsd:complexType>

 <xsd:complexType name="authorName">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="first-name"  type="xsd:string"/>
   <xsd:element name="last-name" type="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

</xsd:schema>

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1