[Mono-dev] XML validation : xsi:nil attribute ignored

[Atsushi Eno]

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply. I haven't read this message until now.

It's already fixed in svn at some stage.

Atsushi Eno


yproust wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to validate XML with an XSD schema, but it seems that the
> xsi:nil attributes are ignored. As the element must be a dateTime,
> validation fails on an empty element :
> 
> XmlSchema error: Invalidly typed data was specified. XML  Line 3, Position
> 31.
> 
> I am using Mono 2.2 under CentOS 5.2.
> The validation fails through Monodevelop 2.0 Alpha 2 (1.9.1) with the same
> error.
> 
> On the other hand, the XML is validated with Microsoft Visual Studio under
> Windows XP.
> 
> Are there specific options to use in the code ? A specific namespace to use
> in the XSD and/or XML ?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> 
> Here are the files I used to perform my tests :
> 
> XSD
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
> <xs:schema xmlns="http://www.test.com" elementFormDefault="qualified"
> targetNamespace="http://www.test.com"
> xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
>   <xs:element name="Message">
>     <xs:complexType>
>       <xs:all>
>         <xs:element name="MyDateTime" nillable="true" type="xs:dateTime" />
>       </xs:all>
>     </xs:complexType>
>   </xs:element>
> </xs:schema>
> 
> 
> Validated XML
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Message xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns="http://www.test.com" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.test.com
> test.xsd">
> 	<MyDateTime>2009-01-23T12:00:00Z</MyDateTime>
> </Message>
> 
> 
> Not validated XML
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Message xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns="http://www.test.com" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.test.com
> test.xsd">
> 	<MyDateTime xsi:nil="true"></MyDateTime>
> </Message>
> 
> 
> Code used to validate XML :
> 
> StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("test.xml");
> string xml = reader.ReadToEnd();
> string xsd = "/home/yproust/dev/test/test.xsd";
> 
> XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
> settings.ValidationEventHandler += delegate(object sender,
> ValidationEventArgs e)
> {
>      throw new Exception("Error while validating message with xsd: " +
> e.Message);
> };
> 
> 
> settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
> // Load the xsd
> if( xsd != null )
>      settings.Schemas.Add(null, new XmlTextReader(xsd));
> 
> StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(message);
> try
> {
>      myXmlValidatingReader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader, settings);
>      while (myXmlValidatingReader.Read()) { }
>      myXmlValidatingReader.Close();
> }
> finally
> {
>      stringReader.Close();
> }
> 
> 
> 
> Error when validation fails :
> 
> XmlSchema error: Invalidly typed data was specified. XML  Line 3, Position
> 31.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>