Validating PXML

PndTools validates PXML against the official OpenPandora XSD schema and a set of additional rules that the schema cannot express, such as locale requirements and FreeDesktop.org category/subcategory pairings. Both layers run in a single Validate call.

PxmlValidator implements IPxmlValidator — use it directly, or inject it via DI in ASP.NET Core projects (see ASP.NET Core integration).

Validate a PXML string

using PndTools.Validation;

var xmlString = File.ReadAllText("/tmp/PXML.xml");
var validator = new PxmlValidator();
var result = validator.Validate(xmlString);

if (!result.IsValid)
{
    foreach (var error in result.Errors)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(error);
    }
}

ValidationResult

ValidationResult exposes two members:

• IsValid — true when there are no errors
• Errors — a read-only list of error message strings