Thanks that was what I was looking for. >Try declare your type "four_type" this way: > > <simpleType name="four_type"> > <restriction base="string"> > <whiteSpace value="collapse"/> > <maxLength value="4"/> > </restriction> > </simpleType> > > Then the parser will normalize your string by removing any leading and > trailing spaces. > > Cheers, > Sandy Gao > Software Developer, IBM Canada > (1-416) 448-3255 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "McEligot, Sean > > (contractor)" To: "Xerces-J > User Mailing List (E-mail)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > .ARMY.MIL> cc: > > Subject: > whitespace and schema string length > 04/17/2001 > > 02:37 PM > > Please respond > > to > > xerces-j-user > > > > > > > > > I was expecting schema string maxLength validations to ignore > white space, > but that doesn't appear to be the case. Is this a bug, or can > this behavior > be toggled, or am I just wrong in my expectations? To > illustrate, in the > following example I get this message: > length.xml:5:25:5:26 Datatype error: In element 'four' : > Value ' 1234 ' > with > length '6' exceeds maximum length facet of ' > 4'.. > > <!------------ length.xml ------------> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <personnel xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation='length.xsd'> > <person> > <four> 1234 </four> > </person> > </personnel> > > <!------------ length.xsd ------------> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <schema xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema'> > <element name="personnel"> > <complexType> > <sequence> > <element ref="person" minOccurs='1' maxOccurs='unbounded'/> > </sequence> > </complexType> > </element> > > <element name="person"> > <complexType> > <sequence> > <element name="four" type="four_type" minOccurs='0' > maxOccurs='1'/> > </sequence> > </complexType> > </element> > > <simpleType name="four_type"> > <restriction base="string"> > <maxLength value="4" /> > </restriction> > </simpleType> > > </schema>
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