This is a Maven Plugin for XML validation

The XML Validator Maven Plugin allows you to perform an XML validation during an Apache Maven build.

Build Status

Features

The key features of this maven plugin are:

• Ensures that the given file is a well-formed XML document
• Ensures that it conforms a given grammar. Supported grammar languages:
  • XML Schema
  • RelaxNG
  • Schematron
  • NVDL

License

This XML Validator Maven Plugin is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. Alternatively see here.

Support

If you find a bug or have a comment, please use the github issue tracker. Pull requests are always welcome and appreciated.

Usage

General

The XML Validator Maven Plugin is available from Maven Central. To use the plugin within a Maven POM-based project, simply include a new entry to the following artifact to the <build> section in the appropriate pom.xml:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.jadice.tools</groupId>
      <artifactId>xml-validator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0</version>
     <!-- Configuration see below -->
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

Goal: validate

The only goal this maven plugin supports is validate.

Parameters:

Name	Type	required?	Description
source	File	yes	The XML file to validate
schema	File	yes	The schema file to validate against.
skip	boolean	no	Skips the plugin execution, i.e. no validation will be performed. User property is: skipXMLValidation

References and Attributions

This plugin is build on the JING module of the Wicket Stuff HTML5 Validator and so the JING Relax NG validator.

• Relax NG: http://relaxng.org/
• XML Schema: https://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
• Schematron: http://www.schematron.com/
• NVDL: http://www.nvdl.org/