Incorrect pattern matching

[Pierre]

Hi,

One of my pattern matching validation attribute failed without understandeable reason:

The following schema is used :

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....

	<xd:simpleType name="t_no.oj">

		<xd:restriction base="xd:string">

			<xd:pattern value="\d{1,3}(A|E){0,1}"/>

		</xd:restriction>

	</xd:simpleType>

....

                                 <xd:element ref="NO.OJ" minOccurs="0"/>

....

	<xd:element name="NO.OJ" type="t_no.oj"/>

....

The following instance extract is refused :

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<NO.OJ>876</NO.OJ>

My environment seems to be correct :

Windows 2000 workstation

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java version "1.4.1_02"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_02-b06)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_02-b06, mixed mode)

Best,

[george]

Dear Pierre,

The schema snippet you posted cannot be validated so I changed it as follows:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

    <xs:simpleType name="t_no.oj">

        <xs:restriction base="xs:string">

            <xs:pattern value="\d{1,3}(A|E){0,1}"/>

        </xs:restriction>

    </xs:simpleType>

    <xs:element name="NO.OJ" type="t_no.oj"/>

</xs:schema>

If you name this as sample.xsd and in the same directory create an XML file with the following content:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<NO.OJ xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="sample.xsd">876</NO.OJ>

the validation check will report no errors.

If you still have problems please post the exact sample files you are using.

Best Regards,
George

[Pierre]

Dear George,

Thank you for your endevour. I finally found the problem origin.
The pattern matching is correct but the apparence is well described in the previous post. The reason is simple. UTF-8 Hidden characters exist between <NO.OJ> and 876. With the oxygen editor, I didn't see them. The illegal characters were in hexadecimal EF BB BF.

Is it anyway to view special or hidden characters ?

Best regards,

Pierre

[george]

Hi Pierre,

There is no way currently to view special characters. We will provide support for this in the next version.

Best Regards,
George