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Method which validates XML against the Schema:

	/**
	 * Validates XML with a XSD
	 * @param schemaLocation
	 * @param xml
	 */
    public void validateXML(URL schemaLocation, Source xml) {

        try 
        {
	        // Lookup a factory for the W3C XML Schema language
	        SchemaFactory factory = SchemaFactory.newInstance("http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
	        
	        // Compile the schema. 
	        Schema schema = factory.newSchema(schemaLocation);
		    
	        // Get a validator from the schema.
	        Validator validator = schema.newValidator();
	        
	        // Parse the document you want to check.
	        //Source source = new StreamSource(xml);
	        
	        // Check the document
	        validator.validate(xml);
	        logger.info("xml is valid");
        }
        catch (SAXException ex) {
            logger.error("method validateXML: " + xml + " is not valid because " + ex.getMessage());
        }  
        catch (IOException ex) {
            logger.error("method validateXML: " + xml + " is not valid because " + ex.getMessage());
        }          
        
    }

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To call the method:

// validates xml with xsd
Source xml = new StreamSource(new File("example.xml"));
URL xsdUrl = this.getClass().getResource("exampleShema.xsd");
this.validateXML(xsdUrl, xml);