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From: Joe Kesselman <keshlam-nospam@-------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 8/1/2007 7:29:00 PM

Mithil wrote:
> I have a question regarding DTD and XML, is there any way to stop the
> parser in parsing the XML file if the DTD is not specified in the
> Doctype of the XML file and also throw an error ? I am using java by
> the way any help is greatly appreciated.

If the DTD is not specified by the document type, validation is not 
performed and parsing runs normally.

If you really insist on rejecting these documents... Depending on the 
parser and API you're using, you may be able to detect that no DTD has 
been specified and have your program do something appropriate. If you're 
using a SAX parser which presents this information, your handler may be 
able to crash the parser by throwing an exception. Hope that helps.

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