I'm trying to validate XML nodes or fragments against an XML schema. I have read this article:
Validating xml nodes, not the entire document
but the chosen solution doesn't look like to work for me.
private void ValidateSubnode(XmlNode node, XmlSchema schema)
{
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(node.OuterXml, XmlNodeType.Element, null);
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment;
settings.Schemas.Add(schema);
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
settings.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler(XSDValidationEventHandler);
XmlReader validationReader = XmlReader.Create(reader, settings);
while (validationReader.Read())
{
}
}
private void XSDValidationEventHandler(object sender, ValidationEventArgs args)
{
errors.AppendFormat("XSD - Severity {0} - {1}",
args.Severity.ToString(), args.Message);
}
wich is, as far as I can see, the code for validate a full document, but with "ConformanceLevel.Fragment"
Thus, for example, having a schema as simple as this:
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>
<xsd:element name="Customer">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Address">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Line1" type="xsd:string" />
<xsd:element name="Line2" type="xsd:string" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>
A 'root' node validates OK
<Customer>
<Address>
<Line1>Foo</Line1>
<Line2>Foo2</Line2>
</Address>
</Customer>
But any inner node doesn't validate
<Address>
<Line1>Foo</Line1>
<Line2>Foo2</Line2>
</Address>
I receive the error: "'Address' element is not declared"
Is there something I am missing?