[mojo-user] XML Maven Plugin - Cannot Resolve to a type definition for element

[Abbott, Reed S]

I'm have a problem with validating xml files that use a subtype of a
base type. Whenever I try to use subtypes and try to validate, I get the
error:

 

" Cannot resolve 'gamma:GammaType' to a type definition for element
'beta:beta' "

 

My XML document looks like:

 

<alpha:alpha

  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance

  xmlns:alpha=http://a/b/c/alpha

  xmlns:beta=http://a/b/c/beta

  xmlns:gamma=http://a/b/c/gamma>

  

  <beta:beta xsi:type="gamma:GammaType">

  </beta:beta>

</alpha:alpha>

 

And the pertinent part of my pom look like:

 

<plugin>

  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>

  <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>

 
<executions><execution><goals><goal>validate</goal></goals></execution><
/executions>

  <configuration>

 

    <catalogs>

      <catalog>../../../catalog.xml</catalog>

    </catalogs>

 

    <validationSets>

      <validationSet>

        <dir>src/test/resources</dir>

        <systemId>src/main/resources/alpha.xsd</systemId>

      </validationSet>

    </validationSets>

 

  </configuration>

</plugin>

 

I can validate this xml message using the Eclipse validator, but when I
try to validate with the xml-maven-plugin, I get the error mentioned
above.

 

Is this a problem with my pom? Do I need to reference the beta or gamma
prefix in a validationSet?

 

Thanks for your help