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ValidationFlags Enum

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Specifies flags that control the behavior of the XML Schema validation process.

Members

• ReportValidation

  Reports all validation errors. This is the default value.

• ProcessSchemaLocation

  Processes the xsi:schemaLocation and xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation attributes. This is the default value.

• ProcessInlineSchema

  Processes schema information found within the document itself (e.g., a <schema> element).

• ProcessSchemaImports

  Processes schema imports (e.g., <xs:import>, <xs:include>, <xs:redefine>).

• CheckCharacters

  Checks for valid characters according to the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation.

• AllowEmptySchema

  Allows schemas to be empty.

• ValidateAttributeValueDataType

  Validates the data type of attribute values.

• ValidateElementValueDataType

  Validates the data type of element values.

• UseSchemaNamespaces

  Uses schema namespaces during validation.

• SkipValidation

  Skips the validation process entirely. This is equivalent to not performing validation.

• AutoValidate

  Automatically validates the document if a schema is available.

Remarks

The ValidationFlags enumeration is used with the XmlReaderSettings.ValidationFlags property to configure how XML schema validation is performed. Multiple flags can be combined using the bitwise OR operator (|).

Example Usage

The following code snippet demonstrates how to set validation flags on an XmlReaderSettings object:

using System.Xml;

// Create XmlReaderSettings
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();

// Configure validation behavior
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
settings.ValidationFlags =
    ValidationFlags.ProcessSchemaLocation |
    ValidationFlags.ReportValidation |
    ValidationFlags.CheckCharacters;

// Create an XmlReader with the specified settings
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("myDocument.xml", settings))
{
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        // Process the XML content
    }
}
            

See Also

• XmlReaderSettings.ValidationFlags
• XmlReaderSettings
• XmlReader