I'm trying to validate an XML file against the schemas it references. (Using Delphi and MSXML2_TLB.) The (relevant part of the) code looks something like this:
procedure TfrmMain.ValidateXMLFile;
var
xml: IXMLDOMDocument2;
err: IXMLDOMParseError;
schemas: IXMLDOMSchemaCollection;
begin
xml := ComsDOMDocument.Create;
if xml.load('Data/file.xml') then
begin
schemas := xml.namespaces;
if schemas.length > 0 then
begin
xml.schemas := schemas;
err := xml.validate;
end;
end;
end;
This has the result that cache is loaded (schemas.length > 0
), but then the next assignment raises an exception: "only XMLSchemaCache-schemacollections can be used."
How should I go about this?
I've come up with an approach that seems to work. I first load the schema's explicitly, then add themn to the schemacollection. Next I load the xml-file and assign the schemacollection to its schemas property. The solution now looks like this:
uses MSXML2_TLB
That is:
// Type Lib: C:\Windows\system32\msxml4.dll
// LIBID: {F5078F18-C551-11D3-89B9-0000F81FE221}
function TfrmMain.ValidXML(
const xmlFile: String;
out err: IXMLDOMParseError): Boolean;
var
xml, xsd: IXMLDOMDocument2;
cache: IXMLDOMSchemaCollection;
begin
xsd := CoDOMDocument40.Create;
xsd.Async := False;
xsd.load('http://the.uri.com/schemalocation/schema.xsd');
cache := CoXMLSchemaCache40.Create;
cache.add('http://the.uri.com/schemalocation', xsd);
xml := CoDOMDocument40.Create;
xml.async := False;
xml.schemas := cache;
Result := xml.load(xmlFile);
if not Result then
err := xml.parseError
else
err := nil;
end;
It is important to use XMLSchemaCache40 or later. Earlier versions don't follow the W3C XML Schema standard, but only validate against XDR Schema, a MicroSoft specification.
The disadvantage of this solution is that I need to load the schema's explicitly. It seems to me that it should be possible to retrieve them automatically.