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| <h1 class="topictitle1">J2EE Validators</h1> |
| <div><p>This table lists the validators that are available for the different |
| project types and gives a brief description of each validator.</p> |
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| <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e15">Validator name</th> |
| <th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e17">Description</th> |
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| <tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">Application Client Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The Application Client Validator validates |
| the following Application Client project resources: <ul><li>Deployment descriptor (application-client.xml)</li> |
| <li>EJB references</li> |
| <li>Resource references</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">DTD Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The DTD validator determines whether the |
| current state of a DTD is semantically valid. XML files are validated according |
| to the the XML specification <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006" target="_blank"> Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0</a> from the W3C |
| Web site. As well, the DTD validator checks for errors such as references |
| to entities and elements that do not exist.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">EAR Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The EAR Validator validates the following: |
| <ul><li>EAR deployment descriptor (application.xml)</li> |
| <li>EJB references of all module projects in the enterprise application project</li> |
| <li>Security roles</li> |
| <li>Resource references</li> |
| <li>Manifest files for all contained or referenced modules and utility JAR |
| files</li> |
| <li>Target server consistency between the enterprise application project and |
| any utility and module projects</li> |
| <li>Existence of projects for each module defined in enterprise application</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Note that the EAR Validator only ensures the validity and dependency |
| of the module projects with respect to the enterprise application project.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">EJB Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The EJB Validator verifies that enterprise |
| beans contained in an EJB project comply with the Sun Enterprise JavaBeans™ Specifications |
| (1.1, 2.0, and 2.1), depending on the level of the bean. Code validation for |
| the EJB 1.0 specification is not supported. <p>Specifically, the EJB Validator |
| validates the following resources: </p> |
| <ul><li>Java™ .class |
| files that are members of an enterprise bean (home interface, remote interface, |
| enterprise bean class, and, if the bean is an entity bean, the key class)</li> |
| <li>ejb-jar.xml</li> |
| <li>ibm-ejb-jar-ext.xmi </li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">Connector Validator</td> |
| <td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The Connector validator checks for invalid J2EE specification |
| levels in connector projects.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">HTML Syntax Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The HTML Syntax Validator validates HTML |
| basic syntax and HTML DTD compliance in the following Web project resources: |
| <ul><li>HTML files</li> |
| <li>JSP files</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">JSP Syntax Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The JSP Syntax Validator validates |
| JSP files in a project by translating them into the corresponding Java code |
| and then checking the Java code for compile errors.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">WAR Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The WAR Validator validates the following |
| web project resources: <ul><li>Deployment descriptor (web.xml)</li> |
| <li>Servlets</li> |
| <li>Security roles</li> |
| <li>Servlet & servlet mappings</li> |
| <li>EJB references</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">WSDL Validator</td> |
| <td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The WSDL validator checks the following in WSDL files: <ul><li>XML syntax</li> |
| <li>XML Schema types in the <types> section</li> |
| <li>Referential integrity of the various constructs in WSDL </li> |
| </ul> |
| The validator also includes an extension point to allow other validators |
| to be plugged into the WSDL validation to provide additional verification |
| of the WSDL file. Through this mechanism, interoperability is checked by validating |
| a WSDL file against WS-I Profiles. <p>This validator is not available in WebSphere<sup>®</sup> Studio |
| Site Developer.</p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">WS-I Message Validator</td> |
| <td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">WS-I Message validator checks SOAP messages against |
| WS-I Profiles. A user can capture and verify SOAP messages using the TCP/IP |
| Monitor. The validator checks a message log that is saved as a project resource |
| (.wsimsg). The log conforms to a format as specified by WS-I.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">XML Schema Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The XML schema validator determines whether |
| the current state of an XML schema file is semantically valid. XML schemas |
| are validated according to the XML Schema specification <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/"> XML Schema Part 1: |
| Structures</a> from the W3C Web site.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e15 ">XML Validator</td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e17 ">The XML validator ensures that an XML file |
| is well-formed. It also verifies if an XML file is valid - that is, it follows |
| the constraints established in the DTD or XML schema the XML file is associated |
| with.</td> |
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| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/tjval.html">Validating code in enterprise applications</a></div> |
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| <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/tjval.html">Validating code in enterprise applications</a></div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/rvalerr.html" title="You may encounter these common error messages when you validate your projects.">Common validation errors and solutions</a></div> |
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