XML validation sing patterns

Hi,
I am currently creating XML schemas to validate XML files with. I am using the Validator class available in Java5. The problem that I have is that if I declare sinple types in XML a certain way, then the java Validator does not understand it. For instance I have the following in my schema:
<xs:simpleType name="textDate">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:pattern value="([0-9]){8}"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
This will allow for values that will look like 20050928. I have created a sample file that uses this format and validated it against the schema using XMLSpy just fine. When I use the validator class it fails. The value is not valid and it looks like it is expecting a value of null. Does anyone know if there is a problem with the java validator? I was having the same problem if I declared the type as an int or a long. The only time it would work is if I stated that the string had to look like 2005-09-28 and set the pattern to say so. Anyone know of any solutions to this? I can't change the date format, I have to have it match the format above. The data is given to me and I have to deal with it. Thanks.

Try your value without the parentheses.
I just found a pattern in a set of schema that I think work. It is coded as:
<xs:pattern value="[A-Za-z0-9]{3}"/>
This is three characters each of which can be an upper case or lower case letter or a number.
(One of the untold secrets of XML Schemas is that not all parsers consider the same things as valid.)
Dave Patterson

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Handling empty values during xml validation

Hello experts,
I have a file to file scenario in PI 7.1. I am using xml validation to validate the incoming source file. There are various types of fields in the incoming file including int, decimal and string. They can have a certain enumeration of values but can also have a blank value.
For example field 'Num' of type int can have values 1,2,3 or a blank value.
But I am not able to define a blank value for the field in the enumeration during definition. Therefore a blank value in the input file fails during the validation stage.
Is there any workaround for this?
Thanks!
RR

This is a basic problem. When you define a field as integer you cannot declare blank space which represents String type.
So for your case make the value 'zero' instead of blank, if you want do declare the field as integer and as below...
<xs:element name="Num">
<xs:simpleType>
    <xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
      <xs:pattern value="[0-3]"/>
    </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
Also refer this page for further reference.
http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_facets.asp

Regarding error in xml validation in 7.1

Hi
I am getting following error in xml validation in 7.1
my scenario is IDOC TO FILE
from idoc DATE_TIME field comes with 14 digits. In the target I created DATE_TYPE field with data type
"dateTime" and in details column pattern section I mentioned yyyyMMddHHmmss.while doing xml validation in I am gettting this error:(xml validation done in receiver agreement validation by Integrtion engine)
cvc-pattern-valid: Value '20080213081220' is not facet-valid with respect to pattern 'yyyyMMddHHmmss' for type 'null'
Please give me some inputs on this.
Regards
venkat.

Hi,
try this - update your target msg xsd in your XI folder........rerun your scenario and see if this error is still there..........
if this error remains same, then in IR in data type, remove your pattern and just keep dateTime as datatype.......again update your xsd in XI folder.........rerun your scenario.
Regards,
Rajeev Gupta

Question about XML validation against schema

My question is probably a basic one about XML. I tried PurchaseOrder example from the book "J2EE Web Services" by Richard Monson-Haefel. A simplified version as followings -
Address.xsd -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address"
xmlns:addr="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<element name="address" type="addr:USAddress" />
<complexType name="USAddress">
<sequence>
<element name="name" type="string" />
<element name="street" type="string" />
<element name="city" type="string" />
<element name="state" type="string" />
<element name="zip" type="string" />
</sequence>
</complexType>
</schema>
PurchaseOrder.xsd -
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/PurchaseOrder"
xmlns:po="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/PurchaseOrder"
xmlns:ad="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<import namespace="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address" schemaLocation="Address.xsd" />
<element name="purchaseOrder" type="po:PurchaseOrder" />
<complexType name="PurchaseOrder">
<sequence>
<element name="accountName" type="string" />
<element name="accountNumber" type="unsignedShort" />
<element name="shipAddress" type="ad:USAddress" />
<element name="total" type="float" />
</sequence>
<attribute name="orderDate" type="date" />
</complexType>
</schema>
Then PurchaseOrder.xml is -
<purchaseOrder orderDate="2007-12-12"
xmlns='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/PurchaseOrder'
xmlns:addr="http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address"
xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
xsi:schemaLocation='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/PurchaseOrder ../xsd/PurchaseOrder.xsd'>
<accountName>Starwood</accountName>
<accountNumber>220</accountNumber>
<shipAddress>
<name>Data Center</name>
<street>1501 Washington St.</street>
<city>Braintree</city>
<state>MA</state>
<zip>02148</zip>
</shipAddress>
<total>250</total>
</purchaseOrder>
Then I did a XML validation but have this error -
cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'name'. One of '{"http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address":name}' is expected. [19]
It complains <name> tag in <shipAddrss> needs namespace of "http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/Address". Why?
Is it possible to change XML so it does not need name space for elements inside <shipAddress>?
Thanks

Hi Madhura,
see here my comparison of the web version against the local file version on my Windows box (which is itself not the fastest): It makes a factor 16 in difference!
C:\Temp\xsdvalidator>java XsdValidator madhu.xsd madhu.xml
cvc-pattern-valid: Value 'provamail.it' is not facet-valid with respect to patte
rn '[^@]+@[^.]+[.].+' for type 'EmailType'.
NOK - Validation error
Elapsed time: 16353 ms
C:\Temp\xsdvalidator>java XsdValidator madhu_local.xsd madhu.xml
cvc-pattern-valid: Value 'provamail.it' is not facet-valid with respect to patte
rn '[^@]+@[^.]+[.].+' for type 'EmailType'.
NOK - Validation error
Elapsed time: 994 ms
Obviously, the w3c.org domain that you specified as ressource location is very slow - and, as the FAQ shows, this delay is intentional!
The W3C servers are slow to return DTDs. Is the delay intentional?
Yes. Due to various software systems downloading DTDs from our site millions of times a day (despite the caching directives of our servers), we have started to serve DTDs and schema (DTD, XSD, ENT, MOD, etc.) from our site with an artificial delay. Our goals in doing so are to bring more attention to our ongoing issues with excessive DTD traffic, and to protect the stability and response time of the rest of our site. We recommend HTTP caching or catalog files to improve performance.
--> They don't want to have requests to their site from productive servers all around the world.
Regards,
Rüdiger

"semantic checks during XML Validation"

What did SAP pepole ment saying the above subject in the XML validation page of PI 7.3?
Does PI supprots only "shallow" validation of structure rather then "deep validaiton" of data type patterns for example?
if not duiring validation then when?
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw74/helpdata/en/44/0bf1b3ec732d2fe10000000a11466f/frameset.htm
Appreciate your insights.

This is a basic problem. When you define a field as integer you cannot declare blank space which represents String type.
So for your case make the value 'zero' instead of blank, if you want do declare the field as integer and as below...
<xs:element name="Num">
<xs:simpleType>
    <xs:restriction base="xs:integer">
      <xs:pattern value="[0-3]"/>
    </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
Also refer this page for further reference.
http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_facets.asp

XML validation in sender file adapter

Hi
I am using FCC on the sender file adapter ....i need to make sure that one of the fields should always be integer else the sender adapter should give error
Can i use xml validation with FCC on the sender file adapter?

Hi Hema,
As per understanding you need to check one or few fields value is integer or not.
You can achieve in 2 ways :
Case1:Using inbuilt xml validation options.
For 7.11 and below
1)In ESR/Message type/Export the xsd to local machine.
2)Insert the xsd file in the below loc
/usr/sap/<sid>/DVEBMGS00/j2ee/cluster/server0/validation/schema/
<guid>/<namespace1>/<service_interface_name>/<namespace2>
<sid>: System ID of the server instance.
<guid>: The GUID of the SWCV.
<namespace1> : The namespace within which the service interface is defined.
<service_interface_name> : The name of the service interface.
<namespace2>
: The namespace of the Message Type used by the service interface. In many
instances, namespace1 and namespace2 are the same.
Italic path folders need to create by you.
For 7.3 and above
Michal's PI tips: XML validation - changes in 7.3
Case 2 :Handling using simple UDF.
Input-->UDF-->Output
try {
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   return input ;
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Not able to run validation using validation.xml & validator-rules.xml

Hello Friends,
I am not able to run validation using validation.xml & validator-rules.xml.
Entire code in running prefectly but no error messages are prompted.
Following is my code:
File Name : struts-config.xml
<struts-config>

<form-beans>
<form-bean name="searchForm"
type="com.solversa.SearchForm"/>
</form-beans>

<global-forwards>
<forward name="search" path="/search.jsp"/>
</global-forwards>

<action-mappings>
<action path="/search"
type="com.solversa.SearchAction"
name="searchForm"
scope="request"
validate="true"
input="/search.jsp">
</action>
</action-mappings>

<message-resources
parameter="ApplicationResources"/>

<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
<set-property property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,
/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
</plug-in>
</struts-config>
<br> File Name : <b> validation.xml </b>
<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="searchForm">
<field property="name" depends="minlength">
<arg key="label.search.name" position = "0"/>
<arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" resource="false"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>5</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="ssNum" depends="mask">
<arg0 key="label.search.ssNum"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$</var-value>
</var>
</field>
</form>
</formset>
</form-validation>
<br> File Name : <b> SearchForm.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm;
public class SearchForm extends ValidatorForm
private String name = null;
private String ssNum = null;
private List results = null;
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
public String getName() {
return name;
public void setSsNum(String ssNum) {
this.ssNum = ssNum;
public String getSsNum() {
return ssNum;
public void setResults(List results) {
this.results = results;
public List getResults() {
return results;
<br> File Name : <b> SearchAction.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
public final class SearchAction extends Action
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception
EmployeeSearchService service = new EmployeeSearchService();
ArrayList results;
SearchForm searchForm = (SearchForm) form;
// Perform employee search based on what criteria was entered.
String name = searchForm.getName();
if (name != null && name.trim().length() > 0) {
results = service.searchByName(name);
} else {
results = service.searchBySsNum(searchForm.getSsNum().trim());
// Place search results in SearchForm for access by JSP.
searchForm.setResults(results);
// Forward control to this Action's input page.
return mapping.getInputForward();
<br> File Name : <b> EmployeeSearchService.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class EmployeeSearchService
/* Hard-coded sample data. Normally this would come from a real data
source such as a database. */
private static Employee[] employees =
new Employee("Bob Davidson", "123-45-6789"),
new Employee("Mary Williams", "987-65-4321"),
new Employee("Jim Smith", "111-11-1111"),
new Employee("Beverly Harris", "222-22-2222"),
new Employee("Thomas Frank", "333-33-3333"),
new Employee("Jim Davidson", "444-44-4444")
// Search for employees by name.
public ArrayList searchByName(String name) {
ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
if (employees.getName().toUpperCase().indexOf(name.toUpperCase()) != -1) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
return resultList;
// Search for employee by social security number.
public ArrayList searchBySsNum(String ssNum) {
ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
if (employees[i].getSsNum().equals(ssNum)) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
return resultList;
<br> File Name : <b> Employee.java </b>
package com.solversa;
public class Employee
     private String name;
     private String ssNum;
     public Employee(String name, String ssNum) {
     this.name = name;
     this.ssNum = ssNum;
     public void setName(String name) {
     this.name = name;
     public String getName() {
     return name;
     public void setSsNum(String ssNum) {
     this.ssNum = ssNum;
     public String getSsNum() {
     return ssNum;
Pls help me out.
Not able to prompt errors.

Hello Friends,
I am not able to run validation using
validation.xml & validator-rules.xml.
Entire code in running prefectly but no error
messages are prompted.
Following is my code:
File Name : struts-config.xml
<struts-config>

<form-beans>
<form-bean name="searchForm"
type="com.solversa.SearchForm"/>
ans>

<global-forwards>
<forward name="search" path="/search.jsp"/>
global-forwards>

<action-mappings>
<action path="/search"
type="com.solversa.SearchAction"
name="searchForm"
scope="request"
validate="true"
input="/search.jsp">
tion>
</action-mappings>

<message-resources
parameter="ApplicationResources"/>

<plug-in
className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugI
">
<set-property property="pathnames"
value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,
/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
>
</struts-config>
<br> File Name : <b> validation.xml </b>
<form-validation>
<formset>
<form name="searchForm">
<field property="name" depends="minlength">
<arg key="label.search.name" position = "0"/>
<arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}"
resource="false"/>
<var>
<var-name>minlength</var-name>
<var-value>5</var-value>
</var>
</field>
<field property="ssNum" depends="mask">
<arg0 key="label.search.ssNum"/>
<var>
<var-name>mask</var-name>
<var-value>^\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}$</var-value>
</var>
</field>
/form>
</formset>
form-validation>
<br> File Name : <b> SearchForm.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm;
public class SearchForm extends ValidatorForm
private String name = null;
private String ssNum = null;
private List results = null;
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
public String getName() {
return name;
public void setSsNum(String ssNum) {
this.ssNum = ssNum;
public String getSsNum() {
return ssNum;
public void setResults(List results) {
this.results = results;
public List getResults() {
return results;
<br> File Name : <b> SearchAction.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
public final class SearchAction extends Action
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping
mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception
EmployeeSearchService service = new
EmployeeSearchService();
ArrayList results;
SearchForm searchForm = (SearchForm) form;
// Perform employee search based on what criteria
was entered.
String name = searchForm.getName();
if (name != null && name.trim().length() > 0) {
results = service.searchByName(name);
else {
results =
service.searchBySsNum(searchForm.getSsNum().trim());
// Place search results in SearchForm for access
by JSP.
searchForm.setResults(results);
// Forward control to this Action's input page.
return mapping.getInputForward();
<br> File Name : <b> EmployeeSearchService.java </b>
package com.jamesholmes.minihr;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class EmployeeSearchService
/* Hard-coded sample data. Normally this would come
from a real data
source such as a database. */
ivate static Employee[] employees =
new Employee("Bob Davidson", "123-45-6789"),
new Employee("Mary Williams", "987-65-4321"),
new Employee("Jim Smith", "111-11-1111"),
new Employee("Beverly Harris", "222-22-2222"),
new Employee("Thomas Frank", "333-33-3333"),
new Employee("Jim Davidson", "444-44-4444")
// Search for employees by name.
public ArrayList searchByName(String name) {
ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
if
(employees.getName().toUpperCase().indexOf(name.toU
pperCase()) != -1) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
return resultList;
// Search for employee by social security number.
public ArrayList searchBySsNum(String ssNum) {
ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
if (employees[i].getSsNum().equals(ssNum)) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
return resultList;
<br> File Name : <b> Employee.java </b>
package com.solversa;
public class Employee
     private String name;
     private String ssNum;
     public Employee(String name, String ssNum) {
     this.name = name;
     this.ssNum = ssNum;
     public void setName(String name) {
     this.name = name;
     public String getName() {
     return name;
     public void setSsNum(String ssNum) {
     this.ssNum = ssNum;
     public String getSsNum() {
     return ssNum;
Pls help me out.
Not able to prompt errors.
Hi,
Your error message are not displaying because u does not made Message-Resoucrce property file (Resource Bundle) when you make it .
give it entry in
struts-config.xml
<message-resources parameter="ApplicationResources" />
and
define key and corresponding error message to key in this ApplicationResources i.e
#Error Resources
label.search.ssNum=Plz Enter correct ssNum

How to enter a valid Edit Pattern for Time?

I'm tring to enter a pattern for the Edit Pattern and it kept giving me the invalid pattern error.
Here is what I have for the Display Pattern: h:MM A
And for Edit Pattern: h|hh|h:MM|h A|hh A|h:MM A|hh:MM A
The textbox is set to Type: Date/Time Field.
Help is appreciated.

[email protected] wrote:
> I'm tring to enter a pattern for the Edit Pattern and it kept giving me the invalid pattern error.
>
> Here is what I have for the Display Pattern: h:MM A
> And for Edit Pattern: h|hh|h:MM|h A|hh A|h:MM A|hh:MM A
>
> The textbox is set to Type: Date/Time Field.
>
> Help is appreciated.
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Justin Klei
Cardinal Solutions Group
www.cardinalsolutions.com

XML validation error while parsing MXI Manifest

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<br><br>
Open Extension via: Photoshop top menu > Window > Extensions > abcd.
<br><br>
Online support at: <a href="http://www.abcd.com/help.php">http://www.abcd.com/help.php</a></font></p>
<br>]]>
</description>
<ui-access>
          </ui-access>
<license-agreement>
</license-agreement>
<files>
            <file destination="$ExtensionSpecificEMStore/com.abcd/html/abcd.html" products="" source="zxp-support/Description/abcd.html"/>
            <file destination="$ExtensionSpecificEMStore/com.abcd/html/abcd.png" products="" source="zxp-support/Description/abcd.png"/>
            <file destination="" file-type="CSXS" products="" source="abcd.zxp"/>
            <file destination="$automate" file-type="plugin" platform="mac" products="Photoshop" source="mac/abcd.plugin"/>
            <file destination="$automate" file-type="plugin" platform="win" products="Photoshop32" source="win32/abcd.8li"/>
            <file destination="$automate" file-type="plugin" platform="win" products="Photoshop64" source="win64/abcd.8li"/>
</files>
</macromedia-extension>
Can anyone please point out why am I getting the error?
Thanks

Hi CarlSun,
Thanks for the reply. I have made the changes suggested by you.
I have few queries:
1. Can we use attribute "source" in the description tag?
     I have created a local html page and specified it in source attribute. but the Extension Manager CS6 did not render the local html page and displayed      the following:
     No description avaliable. Click the following link for more details.
     "http://www.abcd.html". Is it possible to display a local html page in Extension Manager CS6?
2. Can I display an image (png) in CDATA under description tag? If yes, then can you please guide me how can I do so?
3. As suggested in tech notes MXI file must include UTF-8 encoding as header (<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>). The MXI I am using does      not have this header. Do I need to include the header?
Thanks

XML Validation in PI 7.1 - Restart and skip validation possible, but how?

Hello all,
I read about schema validation in PI 7.1 and did a few tests on my own, but could not restart and skip validation for invalid payloaded messages. The documents say it is possible.
Anyone know how? Thanks.
BTW, I really think putting the schemas in server file system will cause a lot of authorization trouble in enterprises. No one gives access to the server filesystem and I don't think they will also like to open the required subdirectories for share. Asking the basis team to create the folder structures and maintaining schemas would be another pain. Don't you also think that SAP could find a better approach, like automatically uploading the schemas to the filesystem, or validating them from repository directly if possible?
Kind regards,
Gökhan

Hi Gökhan,
I am facing the same issue.
I set up outbound xml validation in receiver agreement and tested it with valid and invalid messages.
The validation works fine.
But in case of validation error I tried to restart with skipping the validation. But this wasn't possible.
I am always facing the same valdiation error.
I already tried all different tools I know (sxi_monitor, message monitoring in rwb and in nwa)
I am working on PI 7.11 SP6
Did you find a solution for skipping the validation for a single message out of the monitoring?
I know that there is the possibility of deactivate the validation in receiver agreement but thid doesn't meet the requirement of skip the validation only for a single message.
Maybe anyone else faced and solved this issue already.
Thanks in advance
Jochen

XML Validation - How to raise an alert

Hi PI Experts,
I enabled XML validation at "Validtion by Adapetr Engine". Its working fine. But how to integrate XML validation error with Alert Monitoring. Please advise.
Here below the error from Audit log:
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2010-03-18 18:33:13     Error     Unable to validate the message with message ID b01d356e-1801-4b93-29fb-9ed84b25c6a3
2010-03-18 18:33:13     Error     Returning to application. Exception: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessageFormatException: cvc-enumeration-valid: Value '11' is not facet-valid with respect to enumeration '[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]'. It must be a value from the enumeration. at line 15, column 34
2010-03-18 18:33:13     Error     MP: exception caught with cause com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessageFormatException: cvc-enumeration-valid: Value '11' is not facet-valid with respect to enumeration '[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]'. It must be a value from the enumeration. at line 15, column 34
2010-03-18 18:33:13     Error     File processing failed with com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessageFormatException: cvc-enumeration-valid: Value '11' is not facet-valid with respect to enumeration '[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]'. It must be a value from the enumeration. at line 15, column 34
Thanks...
Ravi Kanakam

Hi Ravi,
Are you getting other adapter engine alerts? Or only you are not getting xml validation ones? Also take a look at this:
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--troubleshooting-guide
Regards,
---Satish

XML Validation: ignore non-XML-Header in XML-file(payload): any solutions?

Dear Experts,
after I finally managed to configure the XML Validation, we're facing the next problem:
The payload of the XML files looks like that:
Abcdef#ABCDEF
AbcDef#123
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Document xmlns.....
as you can see, there's a header which is necessary. The XML Validation works fine if the header is removed manually for testing. If the header is not removed, the validation is not possible ("Content is not allowed in prolog.")
Is it possible to realise the validation WITH that header? Can I tell SAP PI to ignore the header? Or make any changes to the XSD file?
Thanks alot!

Hi Armin,
Armin Kern wrote:
> After leaving SAP PI, those 2 lines have to be in that exact place (before the XML part) for further processing. Just deleting it wouldn't be enought. Does the complex design you mentioned complay with this requirement?
You can put it into the message instead of deleting. And rebuild the "header" in the second step. So you can fullfill the requirement. As mentioned before: The design is complex, this will lead later on to problems. Any change will be difficult, as another developer had to read a long documentation.
An alternative would be to do all with one interface mapping (without validation):
1. ABAP / Java mapping deleting the "header" (put it to memory)
2. Messges Mapping 1:1 each field (will fail in case of wrong format and act as validator)
3. ABAP / Java mapping restoring the header
4. Alert will be raised in case of an error (to get the result of the validation)
Armin Kern wrote:
> I also thought about splitting the message, deleting those 2 rows in one of the messages, sending this one message to PI again, validate it and if it is correct, send the second message (without mapping) to the final destination. No idea if that is possible at all..
As well possible. You would need a virtual receiver for the first message, which is sending back a response. For example a servlett, a proxy or a RFC module. In that design you put some logic to the sender, what is actually not bad. But if you do so, why you dont validate there as well (for example with Java)? It would make your design much easier..
Regards,
Udo

XML Validation

Since there is no XML validation currently in the Flex/Flash framework, I've decided to start a class that parses a string in an effort to validate the markup, returning whether the XML is valid. I have a need for it in my non-server based application, and have read in numerous places where there is desire for it as well. I have built the class far enough to get the ball rollin', but figure it should be :
A) available to the community
B) able to be improved upon by the community
If you improve upon the code, please post your work here so everyone can benefit.
Here is the source code :
XML Validator : v0.2 - last edit by Justin Myers | J2 CREATIVE MEDIA DESIGN
NOTES:
Parser is a bit weak and needs work.
Still need to :
- Make sure tags are ended properly
- Make sure there is space between tag name and attribute
Parser currently handles :
- Making sure there is no space between tags (with exception to white space)
- Making sure that attributes open and close properly
- Making sure there is proper space after an attribute or that it is immediately followed with the tag closing
package community.classes.parsers
       public class XMLValidator
              public function XMLValidator()
              public static function validate(str:String , ignoreWhiteSpace:Boolean = true):Boolean
                      // validation defaults to true (innocent til proven guilty)
                      var valid:Boolean = true;
                      // minimum char length to be valid XML
                      if (str.length < 4)
                             valid = false;
                      var withinTag:Boolean;
                      var withinAttribute:Boolean;
                      var tags:Array = [];
                      var tag:String;
                      for (var i:uint = 0 ; i < str.length ; i++)
                             var char:String = str.charAt(i);
                             // if we are closing a tag
                             if (char == ">")
                                    // invalid if we never opened a tag, or if we never closed the last attribute
                                    if (!withinTag || withinAttribute)
                                           valid = false;
                                           break;
                                    else
                                           withinTag = false;
                                           tags.push(tag);
                             // invalid if last character is not a closing tag
                             else if (i == str.length - 1)
                                    valid = false;
                                    break;
                                    // if we are entering a tag
                             else if (char == "<")
                                    // invalid if we haven't closed the last tag
                                    if (withinTag)
                                           valid = false;
                                           break;
                                    else
                                           withinTag = true;
                                           tag = "";
                                    // all other characters
                             else
                                    if ((char != " " || char != "\n") || ((char == " " || char == "\n") && !ignoreWhiteSpace) )
                                           // invalid if there are any characters between tags
                                           if (!withinTag)
                                                  valid = false;
                                                  break;
                                           else
                                                  if (char == "\"")
                                                          // entering attribute
                                                          if (!withinAttribute)
                                                                 // invalid if = does not preclude ", or there is space before =
                                                                 if (str.charAt(i-1) != "=" || str.charAt(i-2) == " ")
                                                                        valid = false;
                                                                        break;
                                                                 else
                                                                        withinAttribute = true;
                                                                 // exiting attribute


961190 wrote:
so whats the best way to store Rules?
How to get the data validated with those rules given the source data is in a xml file
The "integrity rules"?
Since they have to be ececutable code I'd suggest Java classes...
How to get the data validated with those rules given the source data is in a xml file
as @hsc71 wrote, that each XML element select the rules this particular element should pass and run each rule with the current element as parameter.
This meight be easiser in the Rules have a common interface like
interface Rule{
public boolean isPassedBy(XmlElement theCurrentElement, XmlElement theRootElement);
You could use the ServiceRegistry class from the JVM to fetch the known rules, so that you can add new ones with minimum effort.
bye
TPD

Xml validation in File to RFC Sync Scenario with Validation fails message

Hi All,
We are using PI 7.4 (Dual Stack) the Requirement is File to RFC Sync Scenario(File <---> RFC).and need to do XML validation against XSD Schema. if any Validations fails Response message should send back to sender.RequestResponseBean standard module is using for File to RFC Sync scenario but how to send the response message to sender if any validation fails. adapter level XML validation is not helpful for this requirement. please help out me how to achieve the requirement with graphical mapping.
Thanks in advance.

to validate schema you cannot solve it with graphical mapping but validating the schema in the AAE or the integration engine.
y recomend you to use the AAE validation at sender side, coz the sender system will be notified in case of schema errors.
The response will be validated at Integration Server level.
you can search in the forum, you will get many document about how to configure it.
take a look to my blog: PI 7.3 - XML Validation

Java.lang.Exception error during XML validation by Integration Engine

Hi professionals,
We are trying to use XML validation by the Integration Engine.
Step 1:
We created an appropriate directory structure where we had to store the structure (xsd).
\usr\sap\<system id>\SYS\global\xi\runtime_server\A\B\C\D\E\F
A - validation
B - schema
C - GUID of the SWCV where service interface reside.
D - Repository Namespace where Service Interface is created.
E - Service Interface Name
F - Repository Namespace where Message Type or External Definition is
assigned.
Step 2:
We also changed the references in the xsd to exclude all the subdirectory references.
e.g folder1/folder2/abc.xsd is become abc.xsd only
Step 3:
We stored both xsdu2019s (schema xsd and referenced xsd to the directory created in step 1)
Step 4:
We changed the directory and xsdu2019s permissions to 777 (we chose 777 for testing purpose).
Step 5:
We changed the property schema validation of the sender agreement to Validation by Integration Engine.
Step 6:
We checked RFC destination for AI_VALIDATION_JCOSERVER on AS ABAP and AS Java and establish an successful connection test.
RESTULTS
The result of those steps is an error message in the message monitor of PI with the error tekst:
<SAP:Error xmlns:SAP="http://sap.com/xi/XI/Message/30" xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP:mustUnderstand="">
<SAP:Category>XIServer</SAP:Category>
<SAP:Code area="XML_VALIDATION_INB">CX_XMS_SYSERR_VALIDATION</SAP:Code>
<SAP:P1>java.lang.Exception</SAP:P1>
<SAP:P2 />
<SAP:P3 />
<SAP:P4 />
<SAP:AdditionalText>not used at the moment.</SAP:AdditionalText>
<SAP:Stack>System error occurred during XML validation</SAP:Stack>
<SAP:Retry>M</SAP:Retry>
</SAP:Error>
Please assist in how to solve this issueu2026.
Regards, Sjaak.

I would suggest follow Appendix A to know the exact path and since you have one XSD referring other XSD check the steps mentioned in Appendix B .... there seems to be some error in referencing ...Appendix A and B are on page 12 & 13 of this document:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d06dff94-9913-2b10-6f82-9717d9f83df1?quicklink=index&overridelayout=true
Regards,
Abhishek.

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