Hi, Perhaps you are using the wrong prefix for the "type" element? In my (valid) XML Schema, I do not define a prefix for the type attribute, and instead have the default namespace as http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema. Perhaps that's the difference? Eclipse also seems to come bundled with an XML Schema validator. That gave me a lot of (painfully cryptic, but correct) error messages when I tried to define my own schema.
Good luck! Mike On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:15 PM, jgagnon <joseph.gag...@ll.mit.edu> wrote: > I have written an application that generates XML files that represent test > cases for a collection of types defined by an XML schema. Some of these > types contain elements that are abstract. The logic locates all concrete > implementers of the abstract type and when an instance is generated, > processes one of the concrete types in place of the abstract type. > > It's my understanding that the element must have a type reference attribute > that indicates the concrete type name. So, as an example: > > ... > <SomeElement xsi:type="ConcreteType"> > ... content ... > </SomeElement> > ... > > The schema defines the SomeElement field as being defined by an abstract > type. ConcreteType is one of many possible concrete implementers of that > abstract type. > > To take this a little further, a namespace entry is made in the document > that defines a prefix for the schema types. So, in the root element there > would be entry like: > > <Root xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xmlns:myPrefix="http://my-schema-site"/> > > The prefix is applied to all elements that are defined by the schema. E.g. > <myPrefix:SomeElement>. I would also assume that the prefix needs to be > used in the concrete type reference. So, what I have above now becomes: > > ... > <SomeElement xsi:type="myPrefix:ConcreteType"> > ... content ... > </SomeElement> > ... > > My application does all of this. > > I have also added the option to validate the instance once it's been > generated. *Here is where the problem enters the story.* For some reason, > it fails validation with the complaint: > > error: cvc-elt.4.2: Invalid xsi:type qname: 'myPrefix:ConcreteType' in > element SomeElement@my-schema-site > > Oddly, if I validate the instance externally using XMLBeans validate > utility > (.../xmlbeans-2.6.0/bin/validate), there is no complaint. > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://xmlbeans.996285.n3.nabble.com/Validation-issues-tp7520.html > Sent from the XMLBeans User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@xmlbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@xmlbeans.apache.org > >
