So just in case anybody else runs into the same issue here, I needed to load a parent schema (and implicit child schemas) from a unit test – as a resource – to validate an XML String. I used the Xerces XMLSchemFactory to do this along with the Java 6 validator. In order to load … Read more
Check that Xerces exists in: $JAVA_HOME/lib/endorsed Sounds like a Java 5 issue. Also check the Java system property for: javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory It should be: org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl If not then that’s your issue, make sure you set the system property.
There are 2.11.0 JARs (and source JARs!) of Xerces in Maven Central since 20th February 2013! See Xerces in Maven Central. I wonder why they haven’t resolved https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1454… I’ve used: <dependency> <groupId>xerces</groupId> <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId> <version>2.11.0</version> </dependency> and all dependencies have resolved fine – even proper xml-apis-1.4.01! And what’s most important (and what wasn’t obvious in the … Read more