Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: XML.Validate

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XML.Validate

Validates XML against schema.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
XML	8.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "XML.Validate"; XML; Schema { ; Flags } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

XML The XML to process.
Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time. "<test>Hello</test>"

Schema The schema definition. $schema

Flags Various Flags.
Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read.
Add 8 to remove all namespaces before query to have queries easier. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
XML	The XML to process. Can be XML as text or the reference returned by XML.Parse function, so you can make several times changes to the XML without parsing it each time.	"<test>Hello</test>"
Schema	The schema definition.	$schema
Flags	Various Flags. Add 1 to ignore errors in xml and continue parsing. This may lead to not everything in the xml being read. Add 8 to remove all namespaces before query to have queries easier.	0	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Validates XML against schema.
Please pass in XML (or reference number from XML.Parse) and a valid XSD schema.

Version 8.2 or newer will return list of errors, so you see them all.

Examples

Validate XML:

Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("XML.Validate"; XML Validation::XML; XML Validation::Schema; 0) ]

Example Databases

XML/XML Validation

Blog Entries

Release notes

Version 10.2
- Changed XML.ValidateFile to accept schema as XML file path.
Version 8.2
- Added XML.ValidateFile function.
- Changed XML.Validate to return errors about parsing the XSD schema.
- Improved XML.Validate to return several errors.
Version 8.1
- Added XML.Validate function.

Created 6th February 2018, last changed 16th May 2019

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