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+/* $Id: XMLValidator.java 1 2010-02-24 13:03:05Z haidw $ */
+package dol.helper.validator;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.jdom.JDOMException;
+import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Class to check well-formedness and validity of XML documents.
+ */
+public class XMLValidator {
+
+ /**
+ * Check the well-formedness and validity of an XML document.
+ * The file is checked against the schema which is referenced from
+ * within the file. When the document is an XML schema, it is checked
+ * against <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd"
+ * target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd</a>.
+ *
+ * @param filename filename of the file to be checked
+ */
+ public static boolean isValid(String filename) {
+ SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(true);
+ builder.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation",
+ true);
+ builder.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/"
+ + "schema", true);
+ builder.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/"
+ + "schema-full-checking", true);
+ builder.setProperty("http://apache.org/xml/properties/schema/"
+ + "external-schemaLocation",
+ "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema "
+ + "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd "
+ + dol.util.SchemaLocation.getExternalSchemaLocation());
+ try {
+ builder.build(filename);
+ }
+ catch (JDOMException e) {
+ System.out.println("Found an error in " + filename + ".");
+ System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+ System.out.println("");
+ return false;
+ }
+ catch (IOException e) {
+ System.out.println("Found an error in " + filename + ".");
+ System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+ System.out.println("");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Main function. We might extend the validator to validate different
+ * kind of XMLs based on different schemas.
+ *
+ * @param args The command line argument.
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+ /* Check command line parameters */
+ /* maybe add options to check both external/internal schema */
+ if (args.length != 1) {
+ System.out.println("Usage: XMLValidator <file>");
+ System.out.println();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (XMLValidator.isValid(args[0])){
+ System.out.println(args[0] + " is valid.");
+ } else {
+ System.exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+}