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Orsi
Orsi

Reputation: 575

xsd string validation with regex

I have an xsd, this is part of it:

   <xs:complexType name="Shape">
    <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>
            Shape object
        </xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
        <xs:extension base="archimate:ViewNodeType" >                          
          <xs:attribute name="shapeId" use="required">
             <xs:simpleType>
                 <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
                   <xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z0-9]" />
               </xs:restriction>
            </xs:simpleType>                    
            </xs:attribute>

I need to validate the shapeId from an xml. The shapeId is a string which can contain letters and numbers, for example this:

 shapeId="5dad54ae0c0ba639c4a5a800"

However the pattern that I use validates correctly the shapeId in regextester.com, this xsd throws the exception that 'The shapeId attribute is invalid - The value in invalid according its datatype String.' What I am missing here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 131

Answers (1)

Tomalak
Tomalak

Reputation: 338208

The pattern must match entirely. Your's only matches a single letter. You're missing a quantifier like * or + or {24}:

<xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z0-9]+" />

Upvotes: 1

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