I have an XML file with no DOCTYPE declaration that I would like to validate with an external DTD upon reading.
Dim x_set As Xml.XmlReaderSettings = New Xml.XmlReaderSettings()
x_set.XmlResolver = Nothing
x_set.CheckCharacters = False
x_set.ProhibitDtd = False
x = XmlTextReader.Create(sChemin, x_set)
How do you set the path for that external DTD? How do you validate?
I have used the following function successfully before, which should be easy to adapt. How ever this relies on creating a XmlDocument as magnifico mentioned. This can be achieved by:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load( filename );
doc.InsertBefore( doc.CreateDocumentType( "doc_type_name", null, DtdFilePath, null ),
doc.DocumentElement );
/// <summary>
/// Class to test a document against DTD
/// </summary>
/// <param name="doc">XML The document to validate</param>
private static bool ValidateDoc( XmlDocument doc )
{
bool isXmlValid = true;
StringBuilder xmlValMsg = new StringBuilder();
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
doc.Save( sw );
doc.Save( TestFilename );
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.ProhibitDtd = false;
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD;
settings.ValidationFlags = XmlSchemaValidationFlags.ReportValidationWarnings;
settings.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler( delegate( object sender, ValidationEventArgs args )
{
isXmlValid = false;
xmlValMsg.AppendLine( args.Message );
} );
XmlReader validator = XmlReader.Create( new StringReader( sw.ToString() ), settings );
while( validator.Read() )
{
}
validator.Close();
string message = xmlValMsg.ToString();
return isXmlValid;
}
Could you create an Xml.XmlDocument with the DTD you want, then append the XML file data to the in-memory Xml.XmlDocument, then validate that?
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