I do validation w/ant as well as via a custom class so it looks like I'm covered on that part anyhow. Thanks!
- Andy On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:49:00 -0500 (EST), Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Andy J wrote: > > > HI, all. . . I just downloaded and installed Forrest yesterday to try > > to determine if it would work in my case. So I spent all day with it > > and was pretty happy and optimistic about the prospects. It will be > > deployed on a SunOne java server so using the webapp-war option > > bundled up my webapp and that part went great. I'm finally starting > > to grok the concepts and successfully put some sdocbook source in > > which transformed perfectly, very slick. > > > > I'm still trying to figure out if it will work in my case and was > > hoping someone could pipe in about two questions. > > > > 1. I know the surest way to determine this is to try it - but I > > didn't get that far and someone might know: will Forrest validate > > against an XML Schema schema? I have a lot invested in an existing > > schema and don't want to spend more time morphing it to RNG or DTD. > > So this is sort of a showstopper (or starter) issue. > > > > We generally have forrest do minimal validation (just to make sure it can > handle the input files). You should do editing and validation with a > seperate tool designed to do that to get the best error messages possible. > > Forrest's validation stages are done via Ant, so you can modify it to > support whatever type of validation you need. You could also add a Ant > "wrapper" script which does your own validation stages first and then > invokes the main forrest targets. Then you wouldn't have to modify > forrest itself. > > -- > Dave Brondsema : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.brondsema.net : personal > http://www.splike.com : programming > http://csx.calvin.edu : student org >
