Features

• Very easy to use.
• Much faster than the old validator.
• Supports rendering documents.
• Very low footprint in your code.
• Pooling of resources.
• Supports different lifecycles of validation artifacts.
• Configurable to fit multiple sizes.
• Nested validation (next version)
• Tailoring individual validation using properties (next version)

Getting started

Include dependency in your pom.xml:

<dependency>
	<groupId>no.difi.vefa</groupId>
	<artifactId>validator-core</artifactId>
	<version>2.0.2</version>
</dependency>

Start validating business documents:

// Create a new validator using validation artifacts from Difi.
Validator validator = ValidatorBuilder.newValidator().build();

// Validate business document.
Validation validation = validator.validate(Paths.get("/path/to/document.xml"));

// Print result of validation.
System.out.println(validation.getReport().getFlag());

The validator is expensive to create, one instance should be enough.

Validation artifacts

Artifacts may be found here:

• Production (current): https://vefa.difi.no/validator/repo/
• Test (upcoming): https://test-vefa.difi.no/validator/repo/

Difi does not guarantee the availability of the repositories containing validation artifacts. Local copy is always recommended for production environments.