Thanks for the response! The second solution (EntityResolver) is only valid if I'm using a SAXParser, correct? I'm actually using a DOMParser. Is there an equivilent at this point? My search yields that there is an experiemental version as part of the DOM 3 functionality.
Thanks! Christian > > 3) How else can I store schemas, other than placing schemas on a public > > web site to be accessed by all? I'd like to explore the option of keeping > > them locally stored, without hard-coding a complete path to the schema. > > > > You can specify/override which schema to use progmatically. IE: > static string EXTERNAL_SCHEMA_PROPERTY = > "http://apache.org/xml/properties/schema/external-noNamespaceSchemaLocation";; > XMLReader xr = new SAXParser(); > xr.setProperty(EXTERNAL_SCHEMA_PROPERTY, "/path/to/schema"); > > You can use an entity resolver to "find" the schema for you: > public class MyEntityResolver implements EntityResolver > { > public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicID, String systemID) > throws SAXException{ > if (systemID.toLowerCase().endsWith(".xsd")){ > // Return local copy of the copyright.xml file > String target = "/home/richard/dev/import_spec/" + systemID; > return new InputSource( target ); > } > // If no match, returning null makes process continue normally > return null; > } > } > > XMLReader xr = new SAXParser(); > xr.setEntityResolver(new MyEntityResolver()); > > My problem with the above approach is that my schema has several files > in it. The entity resolver is only called once for the "top" level .xsd > file. The parser then tries to find the other .xsd files which are > included from the top level schema in the current working directory > (which fails). I asked about this behaviour about a week ago on the > list and got no response, hopefully you will fair better. > > -- > Richard Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian 'xian' Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -- Howard Thurman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
