Using Java, is there a way to look at some content, say, String representation of a file and either confirm or deny that it represents an XML file?
What library would you chose to parse the file? Could you possibly provide an example?
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Using Java, is there a way to look at some content, say, String representation of a file and either confirm or deny that it represents an XML file?
What library would you chose to parse the file? Could you possibly provide an example?
IMO the quickest way would be to see if it parses, particularly if you have a DTD/XSD. You can check for well-formedness without either using any of the normal XML parsing libs.
Otherwise, not really sure what you could do.