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phax / ph-schematron

Java Schematron library that supports XSLT and native application
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Any examples on how to use this library? #120

Closed robertmarkbram closed 3 years ago

robertmarkbram commented 3 years ago

Am looking for some sample code to give me an idea how to use this API.

Rob :)

phax commented 3 years ago

Well it depends on what you wanna do... Validate an XML document, create your own Schematron rule or do something less obvious? If you want to validate XML documents - is there a particular kind of document to validate, or do you want to validate any kind of document. Are the rules fixed or do you want to play with different rules?

Questions over questions. Philip ;-)

robertmarkbram commented 3 years ago

Thanks Phillip,

Currently, validate XML documents with a .sch file I will create.

Am just starting to explore Schematron so not too familiar with what it can do yet, apart from being a way to validate XML by checking it against all the rules you write in a .sch file.

Rob :)

phax commented 3 years ago

Okidoki. There are basically two ways you can start from 1) Using the XSLT based implementation - that is the most generic way forward - you can use all the XSLT functions you like within your Schematrons 2) Using the pure Java implementation - in that scenario you are limited to XPath functionality in your Schematrons.

Assuming version 1) is more suitable in a generic manner.

So in your pom.xml you need https://github.com/phax/ph-schematron/wiki#ph-schematron-xslt

As a quick example on how to perform validation, I suggest you look at https://github.com/phax/ph-schematron/blob/master/ph-schematron-xslt/src/test/java/com/helger/schematron/supplementary/Issue008Test.java - it provides you with the very basic tools.

Some documentation is also available at https://phax.github.io/ph-schematron/ - I should move it to the Wiki...

robertmarkbram commented 3 years ago

Thanks!

I will check those out.