XMLValidate Task

XMLValidate

Description

This task checks xml files are valid (or only well formed). The task uses the SAX2 parser implementation provided by JAXP by default (probably the one that is used by Ant itself), but one can specify any SAX1/2 parser if needed.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
file	the file(s) you want to check. (optionally can use an embedded fileset)	No
lenient	if true, only check the xml document is well formed (ignored if the specified parser is as SAX1 parser)	No
classname	the parser to use.	No
classpathref	where to find the parser class. Optionally can use an embedded classpath element.	No
failonerror	fails on a error if set to true (defaults to true).	No
warn	log parser warn events.	No

Nested Elements

dtd

<dtd> is used to specify different locations for DTD resolution.

Attribute	Description	Required
publicId	Public ID of the DTD to resolve	Yes
location	Location of the DTD to use, which can be a file, a resource, or a URL	Yes

Examples

<xmlvalidate file="toto.xml"/>

<xmlvalidate failonerror="no" lenient="yes" warn="yes"
             classname="org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser" >
             classpath="lib/xerces.jar">
  <fileset dir="src" includes="style/*.xsl"/>  
</xmlvalidate>
    
<xmlvalidate file="struts-config.xml" warn="false">
  <dtd publicId="-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.0//EN"
       location="struts-config_1_0.dtd"/>
</xmlvalidate>