Validation and no validation: DOCTYPE ?

Hi.

So far I have been parsing XML files with DOCTYPE declarations and a 
reference to a valid DTD. 

When I set the parser validation feature to false AND remove the DOCTYPE 
declaration from the file the parser event reporting seems to change, 
because suddenly my ContentHandler does produce a different ouput 
(basically the only element that arrives at my application is the 
document element).  

When I set the parser validation feature to false AND leave the DOCTYPE 
declaration but let it point to an invalid/non-existent DTD I get an 
error. Something about "an invalid DTD reference". This is kind of 
unexpected since I thought the DTD would be ignored when the parser is 
non-validating.

Could anyone point me to an explanation. I seem to make the wrong 
assumptions about non-validating parsers?

   Stefan



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