Finding out an invalid node in the SAXParseException

[pbabka]

Hi All,

It may be a stupid question...
I'm using a non-validating DOM parser and then a validator with a custom ErrorHandler on an element with a few child.
Can I figure out somehow what node or attribute cause a SAXParseException, or I should analyze the message returned by the getMessage() method of the exception object?

Thx
Peter

 

[simonchristieis]

If you call the sax parser using command prompt / java to execute it, you will get the error message displayed

 

[pbabka]

Hi,

It's OK, I know the message, I can read it with the getMessage()of the exception.
I would like to write a custom error handler what can determine which attribute/element is invalid.

Eg. I get exceptions with the following messages when the validator find an invalid integer attribute:

"cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: '62BB4926' is not a valid value for 'integer'."

"cvc-attribute.3: The value '62BB4926' of attribute 'AK' on element 'AK' is not valid with respect to its type, 'null'."

I search for a method to determine that the 'AK' attribute is not an integer.
Now I tokenize the message and read the 1st token to find out the type of error and read the 7th token to get a name of the attribute and read the 10th token to get the name of the element. But it's not a good practice, because the messages are not the same in all situation.

Regards
Peter

 

[Diancecht]

You can get some info from the exception SAXParseException

Appart from that, you can track where you are in your code.

Cheers,
Dian