On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Tal Dayan wrote:
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:36:35 -0800
> From: Tal Dayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Digester - forcing a DTD
>
> Hello,
>
> We plan to use Digester to read an XML configuration file. When a digester
> reads an XML
> file, is there a way to force validation against a predefined DTD or is it
> up to the user
> to specify the correct DTD at the top of the XML file ?
>
> We would like to always use our predefined DTD whatever DTD the user
> specifies in the
> file (if at all).
>
You need to do two things to make this happen:
* Your XML document needs to include a <DOCTYPE> element at the top
that declares the public and system identifiers of the DTD that
you want to use.
* Prior to calling digester.parse(), call digester.setValidating(true)
to say that you want a validating parse against the DTD.
Digester also includes the ability to register internal copies of DTDs so
that you don't have to go out across the network to get them. This is
done by calling the register() method, and passing two arguments:
* The public identifier of the DTD you are registering (must
match the public identifier in the document to be parsed)
* The path of a resource file (loaded via ClassLoader.getResource())
containing the text of the DTD.
An example of this technique can be found in the
org.apache.commons.digester.rss.RSSDigester class, which knows how to
parse Rich Site Summary documents. The digester.jar file includes an
internal copy of the DTD so that you can run validating parses against it,
even when not connected to the Internet.
This is set up by the register() calls in the configure() method.
> Thanks,
>
> Tal
>
Craig
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