XmlReaderSettings.ValidationType Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlReaderSettings.cs

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the XmlReader will perform validation or type assignment when reading.

C#

public System.Xml.ValidationType ValidationType { get; set; }

Property Value

ValidationType

One of the ValidationType values that indicates whether XmlReader will perform validation or type assignment when reading. The default is ValidationType.None.

Examples

The following example validates using a schema stored in the XmlSchemaSet.

C#

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;
using System.IO;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main() {

    // Create the XmlSchemaSet class.
    XmlSchemaSet sc = new XmlSchemaSet();

    // Add the schema to the collection.
    sc.Add("urn:bookstore-schema", "books.xsd");

    // Set the validation settings.
    XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
    settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
    settings.Schemas = sc;
    settings.ValidationEventHandler += ValidationCallBack;

    // Create the XmlReader object.
    XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("booksSchemaFail.xml", settings);

    // Parse the file.
    while (reader.Read());
  }

  // Display any validation errors.
  private static void ValidationCallBack(object sender, ValidationEventArgs e) {
    Console.WriteLine($"Validation Error:\n   {e.Message}\n");
  }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//   Validation Error:
//        The element 'book' in namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema' has invalid child element 'author'
//        in namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema'. List of possible elements expected: 'title' in
//        namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema'.
//
//    Validation Error:
//       The element 'author' in namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema' has invalid child element 'name'
//       in namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema'. List of possible elements expected: 'first-name' in
//       namespace 'urn:bookstore-schema'.

The sample uses the following input files:

booksSchemaFail.xml

XML

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<bookstore xmlns="urn:bookstore-schema">
  <book>
    <author>
      <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
      <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
    </author>
  </book>
  <book genre="novel">
    <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">
    <title>The Gorgias</title>
    <author>
      <name>Plato</name>
    </author>
    <price>9.99</price>
  </book>
</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>

Remarks

The following table describes the ValidationType values.

注意

The Auto and XDR enumeration values are obsolete in .NET Framework version 2.0.

ValidationType	Description
DTD	Validation is performed using a document type definition (DTD). Note: The DtdProcessing property must also be set to Parse.
None	The XmlReader does not validate data, or perform any type assignment.
Schema	Validation and type assignment is performed using an XML Schema definition language (XSD) schema. The reader accesses the XML Schema using the following: - Uses the Schemas property to access the XmlSchemaSet object associated with this reader. - Uses the in-line schema contained in the XML instance document. (The ProcessInlineSchema option must be enabled.) - Uses the XML Schema specified by schema location hints (xsi:schemaLocation or xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation attribute) found in the XML instance document. (The ProcessSchemaLocation option must be enabled.)

Applies to

See also

• XmlReader
• Create(String)
• XmlSchemaValidationFlags