Using a String to validate XML

["Swanson, Brion" <Br...@westgroup.com>]

I apologize if this question has already been asked, but the archive appears
to be down for an upgrade (since yesterday).

Is there a way in Xerces to use a Java object, such as a StringBuffer or a
String, to validate an incoming XML document?  In other words, if I read in
a DTD or schema and preserve it in object form (cache it), can I tell Xerces
to look at this object when validating an XML document?  If so, how do I go
about doing that?

I know I can have Xerces parse a Java object using the InputSource(String s)
constructor (given I stringify the Java object and that string is
well-formed XML), but I have a need to do a similar Java object-based
validation instead of accessing an external file each and every time I need
to validate a parse.

The only documentation I've been able to find talks about setting the public
and system IDs, but I don't if and how to set the public/system ID to a Java
object.  My intuition tells me that I can't, but I wanted to ask those more
knowledgeable.

Thank you for your help in advance!

Cheers!
Brion

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Brion Swanson - West Group / Rochester, NY
mailto:Brion.Swanson@westgroup.com


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