XSD Validation Failure

[Gagan Tiwari]

Hi All
I have an XSD and The validation is getting failed with the following error message

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-length-valid: Value '' with length = '0' is not facet-valid with respect to length '16' for type 'null'.
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.error(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator$XSIErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.reportSchemaError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.elementLocallyValidType(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.processElementContent(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.emptyElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-type.3.1.3: The value '' of element 'UREF' is not valid.

The XSD Declaration is as follows for the errored element
#########################################################
<xs:element name="UREF" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="16"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
##################################################

I think the BLANK String messages can be parsed successfully.
Kindly suggest a way in the parsing code bt which i can get rid of this error?

[Paul Clapham]

The schema says that the UREF element must have a length of exactly 16 characters. The error message says the offending element has a length of zero characters.

So you have two choices:

1. Fix the XML document to conform with the schema.

2. Process the XML document without validating it against the schema.

If your requirement was to do something in the Java code to get rid of the error, then only #2 will work.

[Gagan Tiwari]

Hi Paul

Many thanks for the reply actually the validation is a compulsory step and since we cannot change the XSD as it is shared by 3 parties.

Now since i understand the BLANK Tag is a valid case. (In DTD we can parse it)
Then why its failing in an XSD.

May be there is some step in Parsing itself which takes care of it?

[Paul Clapham]

Your schema says the string must be exactly 16 characters. If your requirements say that it's also valid to have a string with 0 characters, then you need to fix your schema to say that. Either you're going to validate against the schema or you aren't. There's nothing you can do in your code to stop specific parts of the schema from working.

I don't know why you bring up DTDs. You're using a schema here, not a DTD.