How To Validate Xml Against Schema   

Here's a quick sample for schema validation using Xerces:


import org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException; 
import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;  
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class SchemaValidationExample {
 
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();
        Document doc = null;
        try {
            parser.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation", true); 
            parser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", true);
            parser.setProperty("http://apache.org/xml/properties/schema/external-schemaLocation", "urn:mynamespace myschema.xsd");
            parser.parse("myinstance.xml");
            doc = parser.getDocument();
        } catch (IOException e){
            System.out.println("Could not read file: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (SAXNotRecognizedException e) {
            System.out.println("Feature not recognized: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (SAXNotSupportedException e) {
            System.out.println("Feature not supported: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            System.out.print("Parsing XML failed due to a " + e.getClass().getName() + ":");
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}