edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat

Class DBValidate

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.DBValidate

public class DBValidate
extends java.lang.Object

Name: DBValidate.java Purpose: A Class that validates XML documents This class is designed to be parser independent i.e. it uses only org.xml.sax classes It is tied to SAX 2.0 methods Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis April 28, 2000 Authors: Dan Higgins, Matt Jones

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
boolean	alreadyHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DBValidate() Construct a new validation object
DBValidate(DBConnection conn) Construct a new validation object using a database entity resolver
DBValidate(java.lang.String xmlcatalogfile) Construct a new validation object using an OASIS catalog file

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) main method for testing
java.lang.String	returnErrors() provide a list of errors from the validation process
boolean	validate(java.lang.String doc) validate an xml document against its DTD
boolean	validateString(java.lang.String xmldoc) validate an xml document against its DTD

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

alreadyHandle

public boolean alreadyHandle

Constructor Detail

DBValidate

public DBValidate()

Construct a new validation object

DBValidate

public DBValidate(java.lang.String xmlcatalogfile)

Construct a new validation object using an OASIS catalog file

DBValidate

public DBValidate(DBConnection conn)

Construct a new validation object using a database entity resolver

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(java.lang.String doc)

validate an xml document against its DTD

Parameters:

doc - the filename of the document to validate

validateString

public boolean validateString(java.lang.String xmldoc)

validate an xml document against its DTD

Parameters:

xmldoc - the String containing the xml document to validate

returnErrors

public java.lang.String returnErrors()

provide a list of errors from the validation process

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

main method for testing

Usage: java DBValidate