Using xmlparserv2.jar in Altova XMLSpy

This a short howto about using Oracle xmlparserv2 in Altova XMLSpy. At the end there is a ready to us xmlparserv2standalone for download.

1. Get xmlparserv2.jar from jdev or oc4j lib directory.
   D:\oc4j\lib\xmlparserv2.jar
2. Unzip xmlparserv2 into any temp directory.
   For example: D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory
3. Edit:
   D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
   add the Main-Class for the xsl parser:
   Manifest-Version: 1.0
   Created-By: 1.4.2_10 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
   Main-Class: oracle.xml.parser.v2.oraxsl
   Keep a blank line at the end of the file.
4. Create a new jar archive
   D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory> jar cmf D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF xmlparserv2standalone.jar *
5. Write a command script to start xmlparserv2standalone from XMLSpy.
   Insert the following command:
   java -jar D:\Tools\lib\xmlparserv2standalone.jar %1 %3 >%2
   
6. Edit XMLSpy Option to use the command script and xmlparserv2standalone.jar:
   

That’s it.

Prepared Oracle xmlparserv2standalone for download: xmlparserv2standalone