From: Mike Keith <michael.keith_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:43:18 -0500

I think that the Java EE spec says this kind of stuff so I guess we could potentially put a comment in the spec that states this as well.

Thanks,
-Mike

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Sanjeeb.Sahoo_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Sanjeeb.Sahoo_at_Sun.COM]On Behalf Of Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo
  Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:21 AM
  To: Mike Keith
  Cc: persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net; Linda Demichiel; Bill Shannon
  Subject: Validation of XML DD for persistence api


  Hi Mike,

  I don't recollect to have seen any requirement about validation of deployment descriptors in Java Persistence API spec. So, in Java SE, is a provider not required to validate persistence.xml and orm.xml? We should add this restriction in the spec.

  In Java EE we have a slightly different problem. As per the Java EE platform rules, XML deployment descriptors must be validated against corresponding dtd/schema during deployment. Question is who is responsible for this validation? My assumption is that container must validate persistence.xml and persistence provider must validate mapping xml(orm.xml). Is this a correct assumption?

  During a discussion with Marina, this issue came up. We felt it is necessary to get a clarification on this regard.
  TopLink Essential does not validate any of them. See bugs:
  https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=384 and https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=385

  Thanks,
  Sahoo