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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">schematron</span></h2>
<p>schematron - XML Schematron implementation</p>
<p>interface to the XML Schematron validity checking. </p>
<p>Author(s): Daniel Veillard </p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">typedef struct _xmlSchematron <a href="#xmlSchematron">xmlSchematron</a>;
typedef struct _xmlSchematronParserCtxt <a href="#xmlSchematronParserCtxt">xmlSchematronParserCtxt</a>;
typedef <a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxt">xmlSchematronParserCtxt</a> * <a href="#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a>;
typedef <a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematron">xmlSchematron</a> * <a href="#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a>;
typedef struct _xmlSchematronValidCtxt <a href="#xmlSchematronValidCtxt">xmlSchematronValidCtxt</a>;
typedef <a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxt">xmlSchematronValidCtxt</a> * <a href="#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a>;
typedef enum <a href="#xmlSchematronValidOptions">xmlSchematronValidOptions</a>;
void <a href="#xmlSchematronFree">xmlSchematronFree</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> schema);
void <a href="#xmlSchematronFreeParserCtxt">xmlSchematronFreeParserCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> ctxt);
void <a href="#xmlSchematronFreeValidCtxt">xmlSchematronFreeValidCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt);
<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> <a href="#xmlSchematronNewDocParserCtxt">xmlSchematronNewDocParserCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc);
<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> <a href="#xmlSchematronNewMemParserCtxt">xmlSchematronNewMemParserCtxt</a> (const char * buffer, <br> int size);
<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> <a href="#xmlSchematronNewParserCtxt">xmlSchematronNewParserCtxt</a> (const char * URL);
<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> <a href="#xmlSchematronNewValidCtxt">xmlSchematronNewValidCtxt</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> schema, <br> int options);
<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> <a href="#xmlSchematronParse">xmlSchematronParse</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> ctxt);
void <a href="#xmlSchematronSetValidStructuredErrors">xmlSchematronSetValidStructuredErrors</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a> serror, <br> void * ctx);
int <a href="#xmlSchematronValidateDoc">xmlSchematronValidateDoc</a> (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> instance);
typedef void <a href="#xmlSchematronValidityErrorFunc">xmlSchematronValidityErrorFunc</a> (void * ctx, <br> const char * msg, <br> ... ...);
typedef void <a href="#xmlSchematronValidityWarningFunc">xmlSchematronValidityWarningFunc</a> (void * ctx, <br> const char * msg, <br> ... ...);
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Description</h2></div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
<h2>Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2" lang="en">
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematron">Structure </a>xmlSchematron</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlSchematron {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlSchematron;
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronParserCtxt">Structure </a>xmlSchematronParserCtxt</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlSchematronParserCtxt {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlSchematronParserCtxt;
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<a name="xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">Typedef </a>xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxt">xmlSchematronParserCtxt</a> * xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr;
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<a name="xmlSchematronPtr">Typedef </a>xmlSchematronPtr</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematron">xmlSchematron</a> * xmlSchematronPtr;
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronValidCtxt">Structure </a>xmlSchematronValidCtxt</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlSchematronValidCtxt {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlSchematronValidCtxt;
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<a name="xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">Typedef </a>xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxt">xmlSchematronValidCtxt</a> * xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr;
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronValidOptions">Enum </a>xmlSchematronValidOptions</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">enum <a href="#xmlSchematronValidOptions">xmlSchematronValidOptions</a> {
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_QUIET">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_QUIET</a> = 1 /* quiet no report */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_TEXT">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_TEXT</a> = 2 /* build a textual report */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_XML">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_XML</a> = 4 /* output SVRL */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_ERROR">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_ERROR</a> = 8 /* output via xmlStructuredErrorFunc */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_FILE">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_FILE</a> = 256 /* output to a file descriptor */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_BUFFER">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_BUFFER</a> = 512 /* output to a buffer */
<a name="XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_IO">XML_SCHEMATRON_OUT_IO</a> = 1024 /* output to I/O mechanism */
};
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronValidityErrorFunc"></a>Function type xmlSchematronValidityErrorFunc</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronValidityErrorFunc (void * ctx, <br> const char * msg, <br> ... ...)<br>
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<p>Signature of an error callback from a Schematron validation</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the validation context</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>msg</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the message</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>...</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>extra arguments</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronValidityWarningFunc"></a>Function type xmlSchematronValidityWarningFunc</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronValidityWarningFunc (void * ctx, <br> const char * msg, <br> ... ...)<br>
</pre>
<p>Signature of a warning callback from a Schematron validation</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the validation context</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>msg</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the message</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>...</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>extra arguments</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<div class="refsect2" lang="en">
<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronFree"></a>xmlSchematronFree ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronFree (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> schema)<br>
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<p>Deallocate a Schematron structure.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>schema</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a schema structure</td>
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</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronFreeParserCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronFreeParserCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronFreeParserCtxt (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> ctxt)<br>
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<p>Free the resources associated to the schema parser context</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody><tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the schema parser context</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronFreeValidCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronFreeValidCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronFreeValidCtxt (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt)<br>
</pre>
<p>Free the resources associated to the schema validation context</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody><tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the schema validation context</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
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<div class="refsect2" lang="en">
<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronNewDocParserCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronNewDocParserCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> xmlSchematronNewDocParserCtxt (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)<br>
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<p>Create an XML Schematrons parse context for that document. NB. The document may be modified during the parsing process.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>doc</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a preparsed document tree</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the parser context or NULL in case of error</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronNewMemParserCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronNewMemParserCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> xmlSchematronNewMemParserCtxt (const char * buffer, <br> int size)<br>
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<p>Create an XML Schematrons parse context for that memory buffer expected to contain an XML Schematrons file.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>buffer</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a pointer to a char array containing the schemas</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>size</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the size of the array</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the parser context or NULL in case of error</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronNewParserCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronNewParserCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> xmlSchematronNewParserCtxt (const char * URL)<br>
</pre>
<p>Create an XML Schematrons parse context for that file/resource expected to contain an XML Schematrons file.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the location of the schema</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the parser context or NULL in case of error</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronNewValidCtxt"></a>xmlSchematronNewValidCtxt ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> xmlSchematronNewValidCtxt (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> schema, <br> int options)<br>
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<p>Create an XML Schematrons validation context based on the given schema.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>schema</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a precompiled XML Schematrons</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>options</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a set of <a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidOptions">xmlSchematronValidOptions</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the validation context or NULL in case of error</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronParse"></a>xmlSchematronParse ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronPtr">xmlSchematronPtr</a> xmlSchematronParse (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronParserCtxtPtr</a> ctxt)<br>
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<p>parse a schema definition resource and build an internal XML Schema structure which can be used to validate instances.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a schema validation context</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the internal XML Schematron structure built from the resource or NULL in case of error</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<h3>
<a name="xmlSchematronSetValidStructuredErrors"></a>xmlSchematronSetValidStructuredErrors ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlSchematronSetValidStructuredErrors (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a> serror, <br> void * ctx)<br>
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<p>Set the structured error callback</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a Schematron validation context</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>serror</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the structured error function</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the functions context</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<a name="xmlSchematronValidateDoc"></a>xmlSchematronValidateDoc ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">int xmlSchematronValidateDoc (<a href="libxml2-schematron.html#xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr">xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> instance)<br>
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<p>Validate a tree instance against the schematron</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the schema validation context</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>instance</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the document instance tree</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>0 in case of success, -1 in case of internal error and an error count otherwise.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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