XML Schema for Java Version 1.0

Question

Hi everybody,
1.) in my opinion, the sample schema report.xsd seems to be incorrect with respect to the keyref definition (selector element), but the parser doesn't care anyway. I have modified the report.xml sample to include duplicates of the zip code and invalid keyrefs, but the parser still doesn't care. Despite the notice that unique, key and keyref doesn't work with SAX, it obviously doesn't work at all.
2.) The "types" contained within the Schema-Definition are not accessible from outside the "oracle" packages, and so far are rather useless. It would be an obvious advantage to access the type- and validation classes of the Schema processor in order to allow for interactive validation of user input, when documents are composed by gathering user input from a http-request. Will this change, as far as XMLSchema is becoming a standard?
TIA
Achim

Answer 1

I'm glad someone else has noticed that unique keyref and key don't seem to be working with the Dom Parser. If they don't work WHY ARE THEY (key, keyref, unique) IN THE EXAMPLE'S THAT ARE DOWNLOADED WITH THE SCHEMA PARSER. In report.xsd, a file downloaded with the example, it makes clear usage of unique, key, and key ref. But if you violate the schema definitions in the corresponding file report.xml the parser doesn't complain whatsoever. The only time it barfs is if you change the keyref refer attribute to something other than "pNumKey". It obviously has to work. No bone head would send example files along with their product that didn't work.
So, if anyone at ORACLE or elsewhere has figured out how to use unique, key, or keyref please respond with an explination of how to correctly use them with the parser. Your name will be blessed throughout the ages as a most kind and venerable person. You will be a hallmark, a standard, a shining light for all future generations of what a human being should be! Okay maybe I'm going a little overboard but I'm DESPERATE. With no books or collateral on how this stupid thing works all I can do is hack.
-Thanks