Inline XML validation against XSD

15/10/2012 11:48

#there must be reference to xsd file in xml file

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Tasks xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="c:\temp\TFSdefaultTasksXML.xsd">
  <Task>
    <Titles>Create project and TFS structure</Titles>
    <Description>Create project and TFS structure, set up builds</Description>
    <Effort>1</Effort>
    <Priority></Priority>
  </Task>
  <Task>
    <Title>Preliminary Technical design</Title>
    <Description></Description>
    <Efforty>4</Efforty>
    <Priority></Priority>
  </Task>

</Tasks>

 

#TFSdefaultTasksXML.xsd content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="Tasks">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" name="Task">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="Title" type="xs:string" />
              <xs:element name="Description" type="xs:string" />
              <xs:element name="Effort" type="xs:unsignedByte" />
              <xs:element name="Priority" type="xs:string" />
      </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

#Powershell script

 

$xmlFileName="c:\temp\TFSdefaultTasksXMLinvalid1.xml"

# Validate Schema
#
# Description
# -----------
# Validates an XML file against its inline provided schema reference
#
# Command line arguments
# ----------------------
# xmlFileName: Filename of the XML file to validate

# Check if the provided file exists
if((Test-Path -Path $xmlFileName) -eq $false)
{
    Write-Host "XML validation not possible since no XML file found at '$xmlFileName'"
    exit 2
}

# Get the file
$XmlFile = Get-Item($xmlFileName)

# Keep count of how many errors there are in the XML file
$errorCount = 0

# Perform the XSD Validation
$readerSettings = New-Object -TypeName System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings
$readerSettings.ValidationType = [System.Xml.ValidationType]::Schema
$readerSettings.ValidationFlags = [System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationFlags]::ProcessInlineSchema -bor [System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationFlags]::ProcessSchemaLocation
$readerSettings.add_ValidationEventHandler(
{
    # Triggered each time an error is found in the XML file
    Write-Host $("`nError found in XML: " + $_.Message + "`n") -ForegroundColor Red
    $errorCount++
});
$reader = [System.Xml.XmlReader]::Create($XmlFile.FullName, $readerSettings)
while ($reader.Read()) { }
$reader.Close()

# Verify the results of the XSD validation
if($errorCount -gt 0)
{
    # XML is NOT valid
    exit 1
}
else
{
    # XML is valid
    exit 0
}