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= Ruby Jing

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RELAX NG schema validation using the {Jing CLI}[http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/jing.html]

=== Overview

  require "jing"

  jing = Jing.new("schema.rng")
  begin
    errors = jing.validate("doc.xml")
  rescue Jing::Error => e
    abort "what what what #{e}"
  end

  if errors.none?
    puts "Valid!"
  else
    errors.each do |error|
      puts "#{error[:message]} @ #{error[:line]}:#{error[:column]}"
    end
  end

  # This can also raise errors
  abort "Invalid!" unless jing.valid?("/path/to/doc.xml")

=== Why use Java to validate instead of Ruby libraries like Nokorigi, REXML, libxml, etc..?

Simple: good error messages. Let's look at the error messages provided by each of these libraries.

 <!-- RNG schema -->
 <element name="addressBook" xmlns="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0">
   <zeroOrMore>
     <element name="card">
       <attribute name="version">
         <choice>
           <value>v1</value>
           <value>v2</value>
         </choice>
       </attribute>
       <element name="name">
         <text/>
       </element>
     </element>
   </zeroOrMore>
 </element>

 <!-- XML A -->
 <addressBook>
   <card></card>
 </addressBook>

 <!-- XML B -->
 <addressBook>
   <card verison="v100">
     <name>John Smith</name>
     <oops>Doh!</oops>
   </card>
 </addressBook>

==== Nokorigi/libxml

  schema = Nokogiri::XML::RelaxNG(File.read(rng))
  doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read(xml))
  errors = schema.validate(doc)
  errors.each { |e| puts e }

Resulting errors:

  # XML A
  Element card failed to validate attributes
  Expecting an element , got nothing

  # XML B
  Element card failed to validate attributes
  Did not expect element oops there

==== REXML

  include REXML
  doc = Document.new(File.read(xml))
  validator = Validation::RelaxNG.new(File.read(rng))
  validator.validate(doc)

Fails for XML A and XML B --it treats the XML declaration as a validation error!

  Validation error.  Expected: :start_element( addressBook ) from < S.1 #:start_element( addressBook ), < Z.2 #:start_element( card ), :start_attribute( version ), < C.3 :text( v1 ) or :text( v2 ) >, :end_attribute(  ), :start_element( name ), :text(  ), :end_element(  ), :start_element( email ), :text(  ), :end_element(  ), :end_element(  ) >, :end_element(  ), :end_document(  ) >  but got <?xml ... ?>(
   )

==== Jing

  jing = Jing.new(schema)
  errors = jing.validate(xml)
  errors.each { |e| puts e[:message] }

Resulting errors:

  # XML A
  element "card" missing required attribute "version"
  element "card" incomplete; missing required element "name"

  # XML B
  value of attribute "version" is invalid; must be equal to "v1" or "v2"
  element "oops" not allowed anywhere; expected the element end-tag

Better, don't ya think?

=== More Info

* {Docs}[http://rdoc.info/gems/ruby-jing/frames]
* {Bugs}[http://github.com/sshaw/ruby-jing/issues]
* {Source}[http://github.com/sshaw/ruby-jing]

=== Author

Skye Shaw [skye.shaw AT gmail.com]

=== License

Released under the MIT License: www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT

=== Jing Copying Conditions

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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* Neither the name of the Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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