PowerShell Validate XML Message

Quick (raw) guide to validate a XML message using Powershell.

# Declare schemas opbject…
$schemas = New-Object System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaSet

# Read schema from file…
$schemaItem = Get-Item File.xsd
$fileStream = $schemaItem.OpenRead()
$xsd = [Xml.Schema.XmlSchema]::Read($fileStream, $null)
$fileStream.Close()

# Add XSD to schemas & compile…
$schemas.Add($xsd)
$schemas.Compile()

# Read & validate XML…
[xml]$xml = Get-Content .\File.xml
$xml.Schemas = $schemas
$xml.Validate($null)

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