XmlSchemaValidationFlags Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Schema

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Specifies schema validation options used by the XmlSchemaValidator and XmlReader classes.

This enumeration supports a bitwise combination of its member values.

public enum class XmlSchemaValidationFlags

[System.Flags]
public enum XmlSchemaValidationFlags

[<System.Flags>]
type XmlSchemaValidationFlags = 

Public Enum XmlSchemaValidationFlags

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

Enum

XmlSchemaValidationFlags

Attributes

FlagsAttribute

Fields

Name	Value	Description
None	0	Do not process identity constraints, inline schemas, schema location hints, or report schema validation warnings.
ProcessInlineSchema	1	Process inline schemas encountered during validation.
ProcessSchemaLocation	2	Process schema location hints (xsi:schemaLocation, xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation) encountered during validation.
ReportValidationWarnings	4	Report schema validation warnings encountered during validation.
ProcessIdentityConstraints	8	Process identity constraints (xs:ID, xs:IDREF, xs:key, xs:keyref, xs:unique) encountered during validation.
AllowXmlAttributes	16	Allow xml:* attributes even if they are not defined in the schema. The attributes will be validated based on their data type.

Examples

For an example that uses the XmlSchemaValidationFlags enumeration, see the XmlSchemaValidator class.

Remarks

When used with the XmlReader, XmlSchemaValidationFlags values define validation options used by a schema validating XmlReader to perform XML validation against a schema. XmlSchemaValidationFlags values for a validating XmlReader are specified using the XmlReaderSettings.ValidationFlags property.

When using the AllowXmlAttributes value:

1. When a schema doesn't import the Xml namespace.

   1. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to true (default) and the instance document contains Xml attributes, the validation engine will load a snapshot of the default Xml namespace schema and use it for validation. If Xml attributes used in the instance document are not found in the default schema, the document will not validate.

   2. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false and the instance document contains Xml attributes, the validation engine will report an error.

2. When a schema imports the Xml namespace without a location.

   1. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to true (default) and the instance document contains Xml attributes, the validation engine will use the default Xml namespace schema for validation. If Xml attributes used in the instance document are not found in the default schema, the document will not validate.

   2. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false and the instance document contains Xml attributes that are not explicitly allowed by the schema, the validation engine will report an error.

   3. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false and the instance document contains Xml attributes that are explicitly allowed by the schema, the validation engine will validate the attributes the same way it validates other attributes using the default Xml namespace schema.

3. When a schema imports a custom Xml namespace schema with a custom schemaLocation.

   1. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to true (default) and the instance document contains Xml attributes, the validation engine will use the custom Xml namespace schema for validation. If Xml attributes used in the instance document are not found in the specified schema, the document will not validate.

   2. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false and the instance document contains Xml attributes that are not explicitly allowed by the schema, the validation engine will report an error.

   3. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false and the instance document contains Xml attributes that are explicitly allowed by the schema, the validation engine will validate the attributes the same way it validates other attributes using specified Xml namespace schema.

4. When a schema defines an xml:* attribute with use="required".

   1. The following applies when AllowXmlAttributes is set to true and false. Required xml:* attributes should be treated as other attributes and validated using the specified Xml namespace schema.

5. When a schema defines an xml:* attribute with use="prohibited".

   1. The following applies when AllowXmlAttributes is set to true and false. If an instance document contains xml:* attributes that are explicitly prohibited by the schema, the validation engine will report an error.

6. When a schema specifies an attribute wildcard.

   1. If an instance document contains an Xml attribute and the schema specifies an attribute wildcard with processContents either omitted or set to "strict", the validation engine will use the Xml namespace schema present in the XmlSchemaSet. If no Xml namespace schema is specified, the validation engine will behave as follows.

   2. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to true, the validation engine will use the default Xml namespace schema to perform validation.

   3. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false, the validation engine will report an error.

   4. If an instance document contains an Xml attribute and the schema specifies an attribute wildcard with processContents set to "skip", the validation engine will skip attribute validation.

   5. If an instance document contains an Xml attribute and the schema specifies an attribute wildcard with processContents set to "lax", the validation engine will use the Xml namespace schema present in the XmlSchemaSet. If no Xml namespace schema is specified, the validation engine will behave as follows.

   6. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to true, the validation engine will use the default Xml namespace schema to perform validation.

   7. If AllowXmlAttributes is set to false, attribute validation will not be performed.

7. When validating simple types.

   1. When AllowXmlAttributes is set to true (default), Xml attributes will be allowed on elements of simple types.

See also

• XmlSchemaValidator