Same thing I explained before. The top-level collections contain only top-level objects. The one element in your schema is sitting in the items() collection, or in the elements collection. You obtain it, and call getSchemaType on it to work our way down.
The data structures really mirror the XML. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Patrick Kiernan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure how to get the elements into an XmlSchemaElement object. > I have the schema in an object called "schema" of type XmlSchema. Looking at > the API > for methods on this and I see getSchemaTypes() which returns an > XmlSchemaObjectTable. > I've tried doing a getCount() on this but it returns 0 for the file I'm > testing. > > Can you explain further please? > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Benson Margulies > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> There are methods on XmlSchemaElement that returns the type name (when >> it's in another schema) or the type (when it's in the same schema). >> You want getSchemaType(). >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Patrick Kiernan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Ok so I want to parse the notes.xsd file. When I say parse I would like >> to >> > extract >> > the following: >> > >> > note >> > to [string] >> > from [string] >> > heading [string] >> > body [string] >> > >> > So I'd like to extract the fact that the elements to, from, heading and >> body >> > are of type string. It >> > may be important to note that I am trying make my parser ask generic as >> > possible i.e. it will do this >> > for any schema file. >> > >> > The full file is available here: >> > http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~hoss/uploads/note.xsd< >> http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/%7Ehoss/uploads/note.xsd> >> > >> > So I've the following code: >> > >> > try{ >> > InputStream is = is = new >> > >> FileInputStream("C:\\Users\\Patrick\\Documents\\college\\FYP\\xml\\note.xsd"); >> > >> > XmlSchemaCollection schemaCol = new XmlSchemaCollection(); >> > XmlSchema schema = schemaCol.read(new StreamSource(is), >> > null); >> > XmlSchemaObjectTable objectTable = schema.getElements(); >> > >> > So I have an object called schema. The methods getElements() and >> getItems() >> > both return note and not >> > the elements to, from, heading or body as they are in a sequence in a >> > complex type. >> > >> > You say to ask the elemnt for its type, how do I do this? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Patrick >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Benson Margulies < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> You ask the element for its type. You cast the type to >> >> XmlSchemaComplexType. >> >> >> >> You ask it for for the particle. >> >> >> >> You cast that to XmlSchemaSequence. >> >> >> >> And the elements are in the sequence. >> >> >> > >> >
