The reference to the DTD file in the line...
<!DOCTYPE Catolog SYSTEM "Catalog.dtd">
isn't resolvable by the XML parser probably because it doesn't exist in the
directory from which you started Orion. You must either use an absolute file
specification or a valid URL.
Mike
Derek Akers wrote:
> I am having a problem parsing an xml file using the following code, trying
> to validate the enclosed xml files...
>
> i keep getting the following error:
>
> ** Parsing error, line 2, uri null
> Relative URI "Catalog.dtd"; can not be resolved without a document URI.
>
> can anyone help? sorry for the length...
>
> public boolean checkXML (String source) // source is a file name string
> passed from the web
> {
> Document doc;
> String path = "d:/orion/applications/eldan/eldan-web/xml/" + source;
>
> if (source == null)
> System.out.println("\nValidator:checkXML: source string is null");
>
> try
> {
> DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory =
> DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
> docBuilderFactory.setValidating(true);
> DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
> Validator v = new Validator();
>
> FileInputStream xmlStream = new FileInputStream(path);
>
> // URL url = v.getClass().getResource(path);
> // doc = docBuilder.parse (url.toString());
>
> doc = docBuilder.parse(xmlStream);
> valid = true;
> System.out.println("\nxml valid");
>
> } // end try
> catch (SAXParseException err)
> {
> System.out.println("exception 1");
> System.out.println ("** Parsing error"
> + ", line " + err.getLineNumber ()
> + ", uri " + err.getSystemId ());
> System.out.println(" " + err.getMessage ());
> // print stack trace as below
>
> } // end catch 1
> catch (SAXException e)
> {
> System.out.println("exception 2");
> Exception x = e.getException ();
> ((x == null) ? e : x).printStackTrace ();
> } // end catch 2
> catch (Throwable t)
> {
> System.out.println("exception 3");
> t.printStackTrace ();
> } // end catch 3
> return valid;
> } // end checkXML
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
> Catalog.xml
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
> <!DOCTYPE Catolog SYSTEM "Catalog.dtd">
> <Catolog>
> <Product ID = "1273">
> <ProductName>Air Jordan</ProductName>
> <Description>The best basketball shoe in town.</Description>
> <Price>140.99</Price>
> </Product>
> <Product ID = "1274">
> <ProductName>Nike Zoom</ProductName>
> <Description>An amazing crosstrainer.</Description>
> <Price>75.99</Price>
> </Product>
> <Product ID = "1276">
> <ProductName>Addidas Predator</ProductName>
> <Description>The best aspect of soccer today.</Description>
> <Price>219.99</Price>
> </Product>
> <Product ID = "1279">
> <ProductName>Addidas Turbo</ProductName>
> <Description>The lightweight shoe for the future.</Description>
> <Price>99.99</Price>
> </Product>
> </Catolog>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
> Catalog.dtd
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
> <!ELEMENT Catalog (Product+ )>
>
> <!ELEMENT Product (ProductName , Description , Price )>
> <!ATTLIST Product ID CDATA #REQUIRED >
> <!ELEMENT ProductName (#PCDATA )>
> <!ATTLIST ProductName e-dtype NMTOKEN #FIXED 'string' >
> <!ELEMENT Description (#PCDATA )>
> <!ATTLIST Description e-dtype NMTOKEN #FIXED 'string' >
> <!ELEMENT Price (#PCDATA )>
> <!ATTLIST Price e-dtype NMTOKEN #FIXED 'fixed.14.4' >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------
>
> Derek Akers
>
> Internet Application Developer
> Eldan Software, Toronto
>
> www.eldan.com
--
Mike Clark
Clarkware Consulting
Enterprise Java Architecture, Design, Development
http://www.clarkware.com
