I've tested it. Axis2 happily sends and receives MessageID like "abc 123 4as arw4343 -?;,[EMAIL PROTECTED] $". I was also able to send 1000 characters long MessageID without any problem. Does it conform to IRI standard?
Thanks a lot. Ali Sadik Kumlali --- Ali Sadik Kumlali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you very much for the quick answer. > > Please see my inline comments. > > --- David Illsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > According to http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing > > > schema, it can be any value. > > > > That's not entirely correct, the definition is broad but > > there are some requirements. The specification text > > requires [message id] be a valid absolute IRI while the > > schema requires an xs:anyURI > You seem right. But, I was able to put any text in any > size into xs:anyURI qualified field. You can test it > with the following schema and instance. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > anyURITest.xsd > ------------------------------------------------------------ > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"; > elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> > > <xs:import > namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"; > > schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/ws-addr.xsd"/> > > <xs:element name="URITest"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="xsAnyURI" type="xs:anyURI"/> > <xs:element name="wsaAttributedURIType" > type="wsa:AttributedURIType"/> > <xs:element ref="wsa:MessageID"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > > </xs:schema> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Xml instance which is valid against the anyURITest.xsd > ------------------------------------------------------------ > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <URITest xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="anyURITest.xsd"> > <xsAnyURI>abc 123 4as arw4343 -?;,[EMAIL PROTECTED] $</xsAnyURI> > <wsaAttributedURIType>abc 123 4as arw4343 -?;,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > $</wsaAttributedURIType> > <wsa:MessageID>abc 123 4as arw4343 -?;,[EMAIL PROTECTED] $</wsa:MessageID> > </URITest> > > > > <snip> > > > > > > 1) I need to write MessageID value to the database and > > > therefore need to know exact size and format of it. > > > Is there a *sender neutral* way of this? > > > > No. All you can know is that a conformant message id is an IRI > If I'm not missing something, according to the my previous > comment, IRI can be *anything*. > > > > > > > 2) Although http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing schema > > > does not mandate for a special format, does Axis2 expect > > > a special pattern? > > > > The spec requires an IRI so if it did expect something > > I'd be more than a little surprised given the interop > > results. > Is there any interop test that sets MessageID to the > nonconformant IRI value? I mean, if someone has sent > a value like "abc 123 4as arw4343 -?;,[EMAIL PROTECTED] $" ? > (I'm going to try it with Axis2 :-) > > > > 3) Must I make sure that I can safely write MessageID > > > without contradicting database schema constraints, > > > if it has passed through Axis2? > > > > A quick look at the code suggests no :-( I can't see > > any validation of the MessageID e.g. that it is > > actually a valid URI/IRI > > > > Hope this helps, > > David > Thanks again. > > Ali Sadik Kumlali > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
