[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1393?page=comments#action_62161 ] Gareth Reakes commented on XERCESC-1393: ----------------------------------------
I completley agree. Xerces C/J should behave in the same way. > Identity constraint is not enforced on xs:anySimpleType > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: XERCESC-1393 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1393 > Project: Xerces-C++ > Type: Bug > Components: Validating Parser (Schema) (Xerces 1.5 or up only) > Versions: 2.6.0 > Environment: Windows XP SP2, Visual C++ 6.0 > Reporter: Alberto Massari > > I have this schema file > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > elementFormDefault="qualified"> > <xs:element name="Songs"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="Song" maxOccurs="unbounded"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:attribute name="title" use="required"/> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > <xs:unique name="Song"> > <xs:selector xpath="Song"/> > <xs:field xpath="@title"/> > </xs:unique> > </xs:element> > </xs:schema> > It defines a root named "Songs" with child nodes named "Song" having one > attribute, with no type specified (so, it is assumed to be xs:anySimpleType). > It also defines a uniqueness constraint to avoid having two "Song" element > with the same title. > I also have an XML associated with this schema, > <Songs xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="xsd_unique.xsd"> > <Song title="Hotel California"/> > <Song title="Hotel California"/> > </Songs> > that lists the same song twice. > However, running "Saxcount -n -s xsd_unique.xml" on the XML file result in no > validation errors being reported. > But changing the schema to say > <xs:attribute name="title" type="xs:string" use="required"/> > makes the validator report "Duplicate unique value declared for identity > constraint of element 'Songs'." > The cause of the error is in > inline int AnySimpleTypeDatatypeValidator::compare(const XMLCh* const, > const XMLCh* const > , MemoryManager* const) > { > return -1; > } > that always report two instances of xs:anySimpleType to be different, > regardless of their values. > Strictly speaking, this is not an error, as the XMLSchema specs say (§ > 2.2.1.2, Simple Type Definition): > "The mapping from lexical space to value space is unspecified for items whose > type definition is the ·simple ur-type definition·. Accordingly this > specification does not constrain processors' behaviour in areas where this > mapping is implicated, for example [...] checking identity constraints > involving such items. > Note: The Working Group expects to return to this area in a future version of > this specification." > Anyhow, this causes confusion in the users (because Xerces-J reports the > error, for instance) so I would like to do one (or both) of the following > changes: > 1) implement the "compare" operation to do a lexical space comparation (i.e. > using XMLString::equals) > 2) emit a warning when an identity field involves a xs:anySimpleType > Feedback? > Alberto -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - If you want more information on JIRA, or have a bug to report see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
