7.5M1 – Spring config file xml schema validation bug

Hi,

there is a bug in validation of schema-based Spring bean definition XML files (again?).

I am using 7.5M1 with 3.4.2.

I have an XML catalog entry for among others the following:

Location:    C:\java\libs\jaxws\jaxws-spring\spring-jax-ws-servlet.xsd
URI:           file:///C:/java/libs/jaxws/jaxws-spring/spring-jax-ws-servlet.xsd
Key Type:    Namespace Name
Key:        http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet

The file exists at the given place and contains the bindings and the binding element definitions as normal.

Still, in the following file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ws="http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core"
    xmlns:wss="http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
    http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core 
    https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/core.xsd
    http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet 
    https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet.xsd">

    <wss:binding url="/webservice/NotifierTestService">
        <wss:service>
            <ws:service bean="#notifierTestJaxWsWebService">
                <ws:handlers>
                    <ref bean="jaxWsDebugHandler" />
                </ws:handlers>
            </ws:service>
        </wss:service>
    </wss:binding>

       ...

Spring validation does not consult it, instead it gives me the following errors:

Multiple annotations found at this line:
    - cvc-complex-type.2.4.c: The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for 
     element 'wss:binding'.
    - schema_reference.4: Failed to read schema document 'https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/
     servlet.xsd', because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root 
     element of the document is not <xsd:schema>.
    - Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for element 'wss:binding' of schema namespace 
     'http://jax-ws.dev.java.net/spring/servlet'

The first error (cvc-complex-type.2.4.c) is obviously the result of the second one.

The second error seems to indicate that the xsd is not loaded by the catalog, and is not loaded from the server either (because it throws a 403 error at the moment). However, it should not go to the server at all since there is an xml catalog entry for it.

The third error also did not occur earlier, but it might also be the result of the first, as I did not see this earlier when the server was not giving a 403.

Still, the XML catalog entry should be consulted and used instead of going to the server.

Best regards,

Robert