DB2®Connection.GetXmlSchemaSet Method

Gets the XML schema registered with the database.

Namespace:: IBM.Data.DB2
Assembly:: IBM.Data.DB2 (in IBM.Data.DB2.dll)

Syntax


[Visual Basic]
Public Sub GetXmlSchemaSet(
   ByVal schema As String,
   ByVal name As String
) As XmlSchemaSet

[C#]
public XmlSchemaSet GetXmlSchemaSet(
   String schema,
   String name
);

[C++]
public: XmlSchemaSet GetXmlSchemaSet(
   String schema,
   String name
);

[JScript]
public function GetXmlSchemaSet(
   schema : String,
   name : String
) : XmlSchemaSet;

Parameters

schema: Name of the schema containing the registered XML schema.

name: Name of the registered XML schema.

Data server restrictions

Informix®: This method is not supported.

Example

Sample book.xsd contains:

<xs:schema  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
  elementFormDefault="qualified"
  targetNamespace="www.samplebookstore.com" >

	<xs:element name="book">
		<xs:complexType>
			<xs:sequence>
				<xs:element name="title" type="xs:string" />
			</xs:sequence>
			<xs:attribute name="year" type="xs:unsignedShort" use="required" />
		</xs:complexType>
	</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Sample book.xml contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<book xmlns = "www.samplebookstore.com" year="2000">
  <title>Book1</title>
</book>
<book xmlns = "www.samplebookstore.com" year="2001">
  <title>Book2</title>
</book>
<book xmlns = "www.samplebookstore.com" year="2002">
  <title>Book3</title>
</book>

The following C# code example demonstrate use of the GetXmlSchemaSet method:

using (DB2Connection conn = new DB2Connection(connStr))
{
	String xmlDoc =null;

	try 
	{
		conn.Open();

		// Get xml schema
		XmlSchemaSet xmlSchema = conn.GetXmlSchemaSet("NEWTON", "BOOKXSD");

		XmlReaderSettings bookSettings = new XmlReaderSettings();
		bookSettings.Schemas = xmlSchema;
		bookSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
		bookSettings.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler(bookSettingsValidationEventHandler);

		XmlReader books = XmlReader.Create("book.xml", bookSettings);

		while (books.Read()) { ... }
	}
	catch (Exception e)
	{
		// exception handling
	}
}

Return value

Function returns the XmlSchemaSet object representing all the XML schema documents registered under the specified name.