[jdom-interest] verify document with JDom?

[Peter Bismuti]

If I try this code without validation it works fine, if I turn on validation then it hangs.  If I give a bogus URL for the DTD then it throws an exception.  Given this I think my environment should be OK. 

Any ideas on why it would just hang? 

Thx

<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE creditscore-request SYSTEM "file://home/userName/Gateway/CreditScoreRequest.dtd">


<!--Generated by XML Authority.-->
<creditscore-request>
 <!--(agent , customer)-->
 <agent>
  <!--(agent-code , phone-number , email)-->
  <agent-code issued-by = "ATT">12345</agent-code>
  <phone-number type = "business">4258838888</phone-number>
  <email>bob at bob.com</email>
 </agent>
 <customer type = "individual">
  <!--(name , address , phone-number? , fax? , mobile? , email? , identifier+ , number-of-service)-->
  <name first-name = "bob" middle-name = "" last-name = "Jackson" company-name = ""/>
  <address address1 = "123 redmondway" address2 = "" city = "redmond" state = "wa" zip = "98052" country = ""/>
  <phone-number type = "business">4258838888</phone-number>
  <fax>4253333333</fax>
  <mobile>4322223333</mobile>
  <email>bob at bob.com</email>
  <identifier issued-by = "" issue-date = "" expire-date = "" type = "SSN">432119873</identifier>
  <number-of-service>5</number-of-service>
 </customer>
</creditscore-request>


<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>

<!--Generated by XML Authority-->

<!ELEMENT phone-number (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST phone-number  type CDATA  #IMPLIED >
<!-- Defines an e-mail address -->
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>

<!-- root element -->
<!ELEMENT creditscore-request (agent , customer)>

<!-- agent info-->
<!ELEMENT agent (agent-code , phone-number , email)>

<!ELEMENT agent-code (#PCDATA)>

<!--define which carrier this code for -->
<!ATTLIST agent-code issued-by CDATA  #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT customer (name , address , phone-number? , fax? , mobile? , email? , identifier+ , number-of-service)>
<!ATTLIST customer  type CDATA  #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT name EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST name  first-name   CDATA  #IMPLIED
                middle-name  CDATA  #IMPLIED
                last-name    CDATA  #IMPLIED
                company-name CDATA  #IMPLIED >
<!-- Defines the elements of a U.S. address -->
<!ELEMENT address EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST address  address1 CDATA  #REQUIRED
                   address2 CDATA  #IMPLIED
                   city     CDATA  #REQUIRED
                   state    CDATA  #REQUIRED
                   zip      CDATA  #REQUIRED
                   country  CDATA  #REQUIRED >
<!-- Defines a fax number -->
<!ELEMENT fax (#PCDATA)>

<!-- Defines a mobile phone number -->
<!ELEMENT mobile (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT identifier (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST identifier  issued-by   CDATA  #IMPLIED
                      issue-date  CDATA  #IMPLIED
                      expire-date CDATA  #IMPLIED
                      type        CDATA  #IMPLIED >
<!ELEMENT number-of-service (#PCDATA)>



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: GB/DEV - Philip Nelson 
  To: 'Peoter Veliki' ; jdom-interest at jdom.org 
  Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:37 PM
  Subject: RE: [jdom-interest] verify document with JDom?


  actually, this code works just fine.  I caught an invalid xml (do dtd) and worked with xml with a valid dtd.  It must be a setup issue.  As usual, check your classpath, file path etc. and of course the dreaded "xml parsers in the jre/lib/ext" directory
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Peoter Veliki [mailto:peoter_veliki at hotmail.com]
    Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:22 PM
    To: GB/DEV - Philip Nelson; jdom-interest at jdom.org
    Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] verify document with JDom?


    I'm giving that a shot, the problem is that it is hanging when I try to instantiate a SAXBuilder.  Any idea why it would hang?  This program below will never exit.

    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
    import org.jdom.*;
    import org.jdom.input.*;
    import org.jdom.output.*;


    public class XMLVerify{
     public static void main(String args[]){
      String fileName = "/home/peterb/Gateway/creditscoreRequest.xml";
      Document xmlDoc = buildDoc(fileName);
     }

     public static Document buildDoc(String fileName){
      try{
       // Build the document with SAX and Xerces, with validation
       SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(true);
       // create and return the document
       return builder.build(new File(fileName));
      }catch(Exception e){
       e.printStackTrace();
       return null;
      }
     }
    }



      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: GB/DEV - Philip Nelson 
      To: jdom-interest at jdom.org 
      Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:11 PM
      Subject: RE: [jdom-interest] verify document with JDom?


      When you parse the document, you can have the parser validate against the DTD.  There is not however a method to validate a JDOM Document instance against a DTD so just use the validate flag on your builder and you will know you have a valid document coming in. 
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