Validation and SOAP

["O'Leary, Don" <Do...@commerceone.com>]

Hi guys

I am using the Apache-SOAP 2_2 implementation to handle raw SOAP documents.
When I send the following Document to the server, all is OK and I get the
appropriate response.

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
		   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
		   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns1:getRate xmlns:ns1="urn:don:xml:soap:exchange"
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<country1 xsi:type="xsd:string">USA</country1>
<country2 xsi:type="xsd:string">japan</country2>
</ns1:getRate>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
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With Apache-SOAP2_2  implementation, Validation default is set to "false".  

However, I need to Validate !  

When I change the source code of my SOAP to set validation="true" and I add
the following code to my  SOAP-ENV

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nonExistentLocation nonExistentSchema.xsd"

The server output quiet rightly compains that it cannot find
"nonExistentSchema.xsd" BUT Apache-SOAP does not exit with error conditions.
ie Xerces fails Validation but Apache-SOAP returns with the appropriate SOAP
Response.

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
	
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance" 
		          xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema"> 

<SOAP-ENV:Body> 
<ns1:getRateResponse xmlns:ns1="urn:don:xml:soap:exchange"
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> 
<return xsi:type="xsd:float">144.52</return> 
</ns1:getRateResponse>  
</SOAP-ENV:Body> 

</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
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Can anyone shed light on the above scenario.

Thanks in Advance.

Don