How can I generate xpath from an xsd? XSD validates an xml. I am working in a project where I am generating a sample XML from the xsd using java and then generating xpath from that XML. If there is any way to generate xpath directly from xsd please let me know.
This might be of use:
import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Stack;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
/**
* SAX handler that creates and prints XPath expressions for each element encountered.
*
* The algorithm is not infallible, if elements appear on different levels in the hierarchy.
* Something like the following is an example:
* - <elemA/>
* - <elemA/>
* - <elemB/>
* - <elemA/>
* - <elemC>
* - <elemB/>
* - </elemC>
*
* will report
*
* //elemA[0]
* //elemA[1]
* //elemB[0]
* //elemA[2]
* //elemC[0]
* //elemC[0]/elemB[1] (this is wrong: should be //elemC[0]/elemB[0] )
*
* It also ignores namespaces, and thus treats <foo:elemA> the same as <bar:elemA>.
*/
public class SAXCreateXPath extends DefaultHandler {
// map of all encountered tags and their running count
private Map<String, Integer> tagCount;
// keep track of the succession of elements
private Stack<String> tags;
// set to the tag name of the recently closed tag
String lastClosedTag;
/**
* Construct the XPath expression
*/
private String getCurrentXPath() {
String str = "//";
boolean first = true;
for (String tag : tags) {
if (first)
str = str + tag;
else
str = str + "/" + tag;
str += "["+tagCount.get(tag)+"]";
first = false;
}
return str;
}
@Override
public void startDocument() throws SAXException {
tags = new Stack();
tagCount = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
}
@Override
public void startElement (String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts)
throws SAXException
{
boolean isRepeatElement = false;
if (tagCount.get(localName) == null) {
tagCount.put(localName, 0);
} else {
tagCount.put(localName, 1 + tagCount.get(localName));
}
if (lastClosedTag != null) {
// an element was recently closed ...
if (lastClosedTag.equals(localName)) {
// ... and it's the same as the current one
isRepeatElement = true;
} else {
// ... but it's different from the current one, so discard it
tags.pop();
}
}
// if it's not the same element, add the new element and zero count to list
if (! isRepeatElement) {
tags.push(localName);
}
System.out.println(getCurrentXPath());
lastClosedTag = null;
}
@Override
public void endElement (String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
// if two tags are closed in succession (without an intermediate opening tag),
// then the information about the deeper nested one is discarded
if (lastClosedTag != null) {
tags.pop();
}
lastClosedTag = localName;
}
public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception {
if (args.length < 1) {
System.err.println("Usage: SAXCreateXPath <file.xml>");
System.exit(1);
}
// Create a JAXP SAXParserFactory and configure it
SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
spf.setNamespaceAware(true);
spf.setValidating(false);
// Create a JAXP SAXParser
SAXParser saxParser = spf.newSAXParser();
// Get the encapsulated SAX XMLReader
XMLReader xmlReader = saxParser.getXMLReader();
// Set the ContentHandler of the XMLReader
xmlReader.setContentHandler(new SAXCreateXPath());
String filename = args[0];
String path = new File(filename).getAbsolutePath();
if (File.separatorChar != '/') {
path = path.replace(File.separatorChar, '/');
}
if (!path.startsWith("/")) {
path = "/" + path;
}
// Tell the XMLReader to parse the XML document
xmlReader.parse("file:"+path);
}
}
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