ServiceMix Validation

The ServiceMix Validation component provides schema validation of documents using JAXP 1.3 and XMLSchema or RelaxNG.

Maven Archetype

You can use Maven servicemix-validation-service-unit archetype to create a Validation service unit:

mvn archetype:create \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.servicemix.tooling \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=servicemix-validation-service-unit \
  -DarchetypeVersion=2010.01 \
  -DgroupId=your.group.id \
  -DartifactId=your.artifact.id \
  -Dversion=your-version

Once you've customized the service unit, simply install the SU:

mvn install

<dependency>
  <groupId>your.group.id</groupId>
  <artifactId>your.artifact.id</artifactId>
  <version>your-version</version>
</dependency>

Endpoint Configuration

A Validation endpoint expects messages coming from the NMR and validate message payload using given schema.

<validation:endpoint service="test:myAddressValidationService" 
             endpoint="addressValidationEndpoint"
             schemaResource="classpath:address.xsd"
             handlingErrorMethod="FAULT_FLOW" /> 

The schemaResource

The schema resource can be defined in different ways:

 
script="classpath:mySchema.xsd"
  OR  
script="file:///home/lhein/mySchema.xsd"

The errorHandlerFactory

You can specify your own error handling factory which will be used to create an error handler for the validation.

All factories have to implement the interface org.apache.servicemix.validation.handler.MessageAwareErrorHandlerFactory. This interface
describes only one method:

This method createMessageAwareErrorHandler() creates the error handler for validating the xml.

The MessageAwareErrorHandler is also a interface defining the methods needed for call back while validating a xml:

You can the configure your endpoint to use your factory and handler instead the standard ones.

Example:

<validation:endpoint service="test:service3" 
                                        endpoint="endpoint" 
                                        schemaResource="classpath:schema.xsd"
                                        handlingErrorMethod="FAULT_FLOW">
            							 
    	<property name="errorHandlerFactory">
      		<bean class="org.apache.servicemix.validation.handler.MessageAggregatingErrorHandlerFactory">
      			<property name="rootPath" value="Fault/payload/messages"/>
    			<property name="namespace" value="http://www.servicemix.org/fault"/>
    			<property name="includeStackTraces" value="false"/>
      		</bean>
    	</property>
    					
</validation:endpoint>

Available factories / handlers

CountingErrorHandlerFactory / CountingErrorHandler

This one is just counting warnings, errors and fatal errors. Depending on the set handlingErrorMethod it will throw an exception or deliver a fault string containing a xml like this:

<result>
   <warning>10</warning>
   <error>2</error>
   <fatal>0</fatal>
</result>

As you can see this factory / handler is just counting problems in the xml and delivers the result back.

MessageAggregatingErrorHandlerFactory / MessageAggregatingErrorHandler

This one captures messages from the validator and delivers them to the caller like this:

<rootPath xmlns="namespace">
    <warning><![CDATA[ warning message ]]></warning>
    <error><![CDATA[ error message ]]></error>
    <fatalError><![CDATA[ fatal error message ]]></fatalError>
</rootPath>

handlingErrorMethod

There are 2 modes existing:

• FAULT_JBI - this is the default. A jbi exception is thrown on validation errors (depending on used MEP)
• FAULT_FLOW - the validation result will be sent in out / fault message (depending on used MEP)