XmlSchemaValidator Class
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Represents an XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) Schema validation engine. The XmlSchemaValidator class cannot be inherited.
public ref class XmlSchemaValidator sealedpublic sealed class XmlSchemaValidatortype XmlSchemaValidator = classPublic NotInheritable Class XmlSchemaValidator- Inheritance
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XmlSchemaValidator
The following example validates the contosoBooks.xml file against the contosoBooks.xsd schema. The example uses the XmlSerializer class to deserialize the contosoBooks.xml file and pass the value of the nodes to the methods of the XmlSchemaValidator class.
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Collections;
namespace Microsoft.Samples.Xml.Schema
{
class XmlSchemaValidatorExamples
{
static void Main()
{
// The XML document to deserialize into the XmlSerializer object.
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("contosoBooks.xml");
// The XmlSerializer object.
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ContosoBooks));
ContosoBooks books = (ContosoBooks)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
// The XmlSchemaSet object containing the schema used to validate the XML document.
XmlSchemaSet schemaSet = new XmlSchemaSet();
schemaSet.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", "contosoBooks.xsd");
// The XmlNamespaceManager object used to handle namespaces.
XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(reader.NameTable);
// Assign a ValidationEventHandler to handle schema validation warnings and errors.
XmlSchemaValidator validator = new XmlSchemaValidator(reader.NameTable, schemaSet, manager, XmlSchemaValidationFlags.None);
validator.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler(SchemaValidationEventHandler);
// Initialize the XmlSchemaValidator object.
validator.Initialize();
// Validate the bookstore element, verify that all required attributes are present
// and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateElement("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(new ArrayList());
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(null);
// Get the next exptected element in the bookstore context.
XmlSchemaParticle[] particles = validator.GetExpectedParticles();
XmlSchemaElement nextElement = particles[0] as XmlSchemaElement;
Console.WriteLine("Expected Element: '{0}'", nextElement.Name);
foreach (BookType book in books.Book)
{
// Validate the book element.
validator.ValidateElement("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
// Get the exptected attributes for the book element.
Console.Write("\nExpected attributes: ");
XmlSchemaAttribute[] attributes = validator.GetExpectedAttributes();
foreach (XmlSchemaAttribute attribute in attributes)
{
Console.Write("'{0}' ", attribute.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine();
// Validate the genre attribute and display its post schema validation information.
if (book.Genre != null)
{
validator.ValidateAttribute("genre", "", book.Genre, schemaInfo);
}
DisplaySchemaInfo();
// Validate the publicationdate attribute and display its post schema validation information.
if (book.PublicationDate != null)
{
validator.ValidateAttribute("publicationdate", "", dateTimeGetter(book.PublicationDate), schemaInfo);
}
DisplaySchemaInfo();
// Validate the ISBN attribute and display its post schema validation information.
if (book.Isbn != null)
{
validator.ValidateAttribute("ISBN", "", book.Isbn, schemaInfo);
}
DisplaySchemaInfo();
// After validating all the attributes for the current element with ValidateAttribute method,
// you must call GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes to validate the default attributes.
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(new ArrayList());
// Verify that all required attributes of the book element are present
// and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(null);
// Validate the title element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("title", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.ValidateEndElement(null, book.Title);
// Validate the author element, verify that all required attributes are present
// and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateElement("author", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(new ArrayList());
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(null);
if (book.Author.Name != null)
{
// Validate the name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.ValidateEndElement(null, book.Author.Name);
}
if (book.Author.FirstName != null)
{
// Validate the first-name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("first-name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.ValidateEndElement(null, book.Author.FirstName);
}
if (book.Author.LastName != null)
{
// Validate the last-name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("last-name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.ValidateEndElement(null, book.Author.LastName);
}
// Validate the content of the author element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(null);
// Validate the price element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books", null);
validator.ValidateEndElement(null, book.Price);
// Validate the content of the book element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(null);
}
// Validate the content of the bookstore element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(null);
// Close the XmlReader object.
reader.Close();
}
static XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo = new XmlSchemaInfo();
static object dateTimeGetterContent;
static object dateTimeGetterHandle()
{
return dateTimeGetterContent;
}
static XmlValueGetter dateTimeGetter(DateTime dateTime)
{
dateTimeGetterContent = dateTime;
return new XmlValueGetter(dateTimeGetterHandle);
}
static void DisplaySchemaInfo()
{
if (schemaInfo.SchemaElement != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Element '{0}' with type '{1}' is '{2}'",
schemaInfo.SchemaElement.Name, schemaInfo.SchemaType, schemaInfo.Validity);
}
else if (schemaInfo.SchemaAttribute != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Attribute '{0}' with type '{1}' is '{2}'",
schemaInfo.SchemaAttribute.Name, schemaInfo.SchemaType, schemaInfo.Validity);
}
}
static void SchemaValidationEventHandler(object sender, ValidationEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.Severity)
{
case XmlSeverityType.Error:
Console.WriteLine("\nError: {0}", e.Message);
break;
case XmlSeverityType.Warning:
Console.WriteLine("\nWarning: {0}", e.Message);
break;
}
}
}
[XmlRootAttribute("bookstore", Namespace = "http://www.contoso.com/books", IsNullable = false)]
public class ContosoBooks
{
[XmlElementAttribute("book")]
public BookType[] Book;
}
public class BookType
{
[XmlAttributeAttribute("genre")]
public string Genre;
[XmlAttributeAttribute("publicationdate", DataType = "date")]
public DateTime PublicationDate;
[XmlAttributeAttribute("ISBN")]
public string Isbn;
[XmlElementAttribute("title")]
public string Title;
[XmlElementAttribute("author")]
public BookAuthor Author;
[XmlElementAttribute("price")]
public Decimal Price;
}
public class BookAuthor
{
[XmlElementAttribute("name")]
public string Name;
[XmlElementAttribute("first-name")]
public string FirstName;
[XmlElementAttribute("last-name")]
public string LastName;
}
}
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Schema
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Collections
Namespace Microsoft.Samples.Xml.Schema
Class XmlSchemaValidatorExamples
Shared Sub Main()
' The XML document to deserialize into the XmlSerializer object.
Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("contosoBooks.xml")
' The XmlSerializer object.
Dim serializer As XmlSerializer = New XmlSerializer(GetType(ContosoBooks))
Dim books As ContosoBooks = CType(serializer.Deserialize(reader), ContosoBooks)
' The XmlSchemaSet object containing the schema used to validate the XML document.
Dim schemaSet As XmlSchemaSet = New XmlSchemaSet()
schemaSet.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", "contosoBooks.xsd")
' The XmlNamespaceManager object used to handle namespaces.
Dim manager As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(reader.NameTable)
' Assign a ValidationEventHandler to handle schema validation warnings and errors.
Dim validator As XmlSchemaValidator = New XmlSchemaValidator(reader.NameTable, schemaSet, manager, XmlSchemaValidationFlags.None)
'validator.ValidationEventHandler += New ValidationEventHandler(SchemaValidationEventHandler)
AddHandler validator.ValidationEventHandler, AddressOf SchemaValidationEventHandler
' Initialize the XmlSchemaValidator object.
validator.Initialize()
' Validate the bookstore element, verify that all required attributes are present
' and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateElement("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(New ArrayList())
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(Nothing)
' Get the next exptected element in the bookstore context.
Dim particles() As XmlSchemaParticle = validator.GetExpectedParticles()
Dim nextElement As XmlSchemaElement = particles(0)
Console.WriteLine("Expected Element: '{0}'", nextElement.Name)
For Each book As BookType In books.book
' Validate the book element.
validator.ValidateElement("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
' Get the exptected attributes for the book element.
Console.Write(vbCrLf & "Expected attributes: ")
Dim attributes() As XmlSchemaAttribute = validator.GetExpectedAttributes()
For Each attribute As XmlSchemaAttribute In attributes
Console.Write("'{0}' ", attribute.Name)
Next
Console.WriteLine()
' Validate the genre attribute and display its post schema validation information.
If Not book.Genre Is Nothing Then
validator.ValidateAttribute("genre", "", book.Genre, schemaInfo)
End If
DisplaySchemaInfo()
' Validate the publicationdate attribute and display its post schema validation information.
If Not book.PublicationDate = Nothing Then
validator.ValidateAttribute("publicationdate", "", dateTimeGetter(book.PublicationDate), schemaInfo)
End If
DisplaySchemaInfo()
' Validate the ISBN attribute and display its post schema validation information.
If Not book.Isbn Is Nothing Then
validator.ValidateAttribute("ISBN", "", book.Isbn, schemaInfo)
End If
DisplaySchemaInfo()
' After validating all the attributes for the current element with ValidateAttribute method,
' you must call GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes to validate the default attributes.
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(New ArrayList())
' Verify that all required attributes of the book element are present
' and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(Nothing)
' Validate the title element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("title", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing, book.Title)
' Validate the author element, verify that all required attributes are present
' and prepare to validate child content.
validator.ValidateElement("author", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.GetUnspecifiedDefaultAttributes(New ArrayList())
validator.ValidateEndOfAttributes(Nothing)
If Not book.Author.Name Is Nothing Then
' Validate the name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing, book.Author.Name)
End If
If Not book.Author.FirstName Is Nothing Then
' Validate the first-name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("first-name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing, book.Author.FirstName)
End If
If Not book.Author.LastName Is Nothing Then
' Validate the last-name element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("last-name", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing, book.Author.LastName)
End If
' Validate the content of the author element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing)
' Validate the price element and its content.
validator.ValidateElement("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books", Nothing)
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing, book.Price)
' Validate the content of the book element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing)
Next
' Validate the content of the bookstore element.
validator.ValidateEndElement(Nothing)
' Close the XmlReader object.
reader.Close()
End Sub
Shared schemaInfo As XmlSchemaInfo = New XmlSchemaInfo()
Shared dateTimeGetterContent As Object
Shared Function dateTimeGetterHandle() As Object
Return dateTimeGetterContent
End Function
Shared Function dateTimeGetter(ByVal dateTime As DateTime) As XmlValueGetter
dateTimeGetterContent = dateTime
Return New XmlValueGetter(AddressOf dateTimeGetterHandle)
End Function
Shared Sub DisplaySchemaInfo()
If Not schemaInfo.SchemaElement Is Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine("Element '{0}' with type '{1}' is '{2}'", schemaInfo.SchemaElement.Name, schemaInfo.SchemaType, schemaInfo.Validity)
ElseIf Not schemaInfo.SchemaAttribute Is Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine("Attribute '{0}' with type '{1}' is '{2}'", schemaInfo.SchemaAttribute.Name, schemaInfo.SchemaType, schemaInfo.Validity)
End If
End Sub
Shared Sub SchemaValidationEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ValidationEventArgs)
Select Case e.Severity
Case XmlSeverityType.Error
Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Error: {0}", e.Message)
Exit Sub
Case XmlSeverityType.Warning
Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Warning: {0}", e.Message)
Exit Sub
End Select
End Sub
End Class
<XmlRootAttribute("bookstore", Namespace:="http://www.contoso.com/books", IsNullable:=False)> _
Public Class ContosoBooks
<XmlElementAttribute("book")> _
Public book() As BookType
End Class
Public Class BookType
<XmlAttributeAttribute("genre")> _
Public Genre As String
<XmlAttributeAttribute("publicationdate", DataType:="date")> _
Public PublicationDate As DateTime
<XmlAttributeAttribute("ISBN")> _
Public Isbn As String
<XmlElementAttribute("title")> _
Public Title As String
<XmlElementAttribute("author")> _
Public Author As BookAuthor
<XmlElementAttribute("price")> _
Public Price As Decimal
End Class
Public Class BookAuthor
<XmlElementAttribute("name")> _
Public Name As String
<XmlElementAttribute("first-name")> _
Public FirstName As String
<XmlElementAttribute("last-name")> _
Public LastName As String
End Class
End Namespace
The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as input.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">
<book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">
<title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
<author>
<first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
<last-name>Franklin</last-name>
</author>
<price>8.99</price>
</book>
<book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">
<title>The Confidence Man</title>
<author>
<first-name>Herman</first-name>
<last-name>Melville</last-name>
</author>
<price>11.99</price>
</book>
<book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">
<title>The Gorgias</title>
<author>
<name>Plato</name>
</author>
<price>9.99</price>
</book>
</bookstore>
The example also takes the contosoBooks.xsd as an input.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://www.contoso.com/books" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="bookstore">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" name="book">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="title" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="author">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="name" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="first-name" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="last-name" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="price" type="xs:decimal" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="genre" type="xs:string" use="required" />
<xs:attribute name="publicationdate" type="xs:date" use="required" />
<xs:attribute name="ISBN" type="xs:string" use="required" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
Important
- Do not use schemas from unknown or untrusted sources or locations. Doing so will compromise the security of your code.
- XML schemas (including inline schemas) are inherently vulnerable to denial of service attacks; do not accept them in untrusted scenarios.
- Schema validation error messages and exceptions may expose sensitive information about the content model or URI paths to the schema file. Be careful not to expose this information to untrusted callers.
The XmlSchemaValidator class provides an efficient, high-performance mechanism to validate XML data against XML schemas in a push-based manner. For example, the XmlSchemaValidator class allows you to validate an XML infoset in-place without having to serialize it as an XML document and then reparse the document using a validating XML reader. The XmlSchemaValidator class can also be used to build validation engines over custom XML data sources or as a way to build a validating XML writer.
For more information about the XmlSchemaValidator class, see the XmlSchemaValidator Push-Based Validation topic.
Important
The ProcessInlineSchema and ProcessSchemaLocation validation flags of an XmlSchemaValidator object are not set be default. Additionally, the XmlResolver property of an XmlSchemaValidator object is null by default. As a result, external schemas referenced in include, imports, or redefine elements are not resolved by default.
|
Xml |
Initializes a new instance of the XmlSchemaValidator class. |
|
Line |
Gets or sets the line number information for the XML node being validated. |
|
Source |
Gets or sets the source URI for the XML node being validated. |
|
Validation |
Gets or sets the object sent as the sender object of a validation event. |
|
Xml |
Sets the XmlResolver object used to resolve |
|
Add |
Adds an XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schema to the set of schemas used for validation. |
|
End |
Ends validation and checks identity constraints for the entire XML document. |
| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
|
Get |
Returns the expected attributes for the current element context. |
|
Get |
Returns the expected particles in the current element context. |
|
Get |
Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
|
Get |
Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
|
Get |
Validates identity constraints on the default attributes and populates the ArrayList specified with XmlSchemaAttribute objects for any attributes with default values that have not been previously validated using the ValidateAttribute method in the element context. |
| Initialize() |
Initializes the state of the XmlSchemaValidator object. |
|
Initialize(Xml |
Initializes the state of the XmlSchemaValidator object using the XmlSchemaObject specified for partial validation. |
|
Memberwise |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
|
Skip |
Skips validation of the current element content and prepares the XmlSchemaValidator object to validate content in the parent element's context. |
|
To |
Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
|
Validate |
Validates the attribute name, namespace URI, and value in the current element context. |
|
Validate |
Validates the attribute name, namespace URI, and value in the current element context. |
|
Validate |
Validates the element in the current context with the |
|
Validate |
Validates the element in the current context. |
|
Validate |
Verifies if the text content of the element specified is valid according to its data type. |
|
Validate |
Verifies if the text content of the element is valid according to its data type for elements with simple content, and verifies if the content of the current element is complete for elements with complex content. |
|
Validate |
Verifies whether all the required attributes in the element context are present and prepares the XmlSchemaValidator object to validate the child content of the element. |
|
Validate |
Validates whether the text |
|
Validate |
Validates whether the text returned by the XmlValueGetter object specified is allowed in the current element context, and accumulates the text for validation if the current element has simple content. |
|
Validate |
Validates whether the white space in the |
|
Validate |
Validates whether the white space returned by the XmlValueGetter object specified is allowed in the current element context, and accumulates the white space for validation if the current element has simple content. |
|
Validation |
The ValidationEventHandler that receives schema validation warnings and errors encountered during schema validation. |
| 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 | 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 |
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