CSS Validator version 2.0

This is the source for the W3C CSS validation service, available under the open source W3C Software license.

You can run it on a web server, on the command line or use it in your new browser.

Get the source

Latest development code

In order to get the latest development code:

    bash$ export CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@dev.w3.org:/sources/public"
    bash$ cvs login
    (Logging in to anonymous@dev.w3.org)
    CVS password: anonymous
    bash$ cvs get 2002/css-validator
    ...
    

Note that in spite of our best efforts, the latest development code may be broken at any time.

Latest stable release

In order to get the latest stable release:

bash$ export CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@dev.w3.org:/sources/public"
bash$ cvs login
(Logging in to anonymous@dev.w3.org)
CVS password: anonymous
bash$ cvs get -r nytrulce 2002/css-validator
...

Contact / Bugs

If you have any questions or problems with the validator, send us an email. Known problems are listed in W3C's Bugzilla.

Classes and Source overview

This directory contains:

org.w3c.css.parser.analyzer

The parser generated with JavaCC 0.7.1. You'll probably not want to see this directory.

org.w3c.css.parser

The front-end of the parser

org.w3c.css.values

All values for the parser to construct an expression.

org.w3c.css.properties

Configuration and profile properties files and classes handling their loading

org.w3c.css.properties.css1

All cascading style sheet level 1 properties (+ css2 and some of css3).

org.w3c.css.properties.aural

For Aural properties.

org.w3c.css.properties.css2.table

All CSS2 table properties.

org.w3c.css.properties.css2.user

All CSS2 user properties.

org.w3c.css.properties.css2.font

All CSS2 font properties.

org.w3c.css.properties.paged

All CSS2 paged properties.

org.w3c.css.css

The validator is here !

org.w3c.css.util

some utilities for a lot of classes

org.w3c.css.servlet

The validator servlet.

In servlet mode, URL like file are desactivated. Be careful with URL, you can put a URL request so if your site have special authorization to access web pages, it should be dangerous to run the validator on it. You can desactivated all URL request with the init parameter 'import'. Set this parameter to 'false' (default) means any URL request (except file:) are authorized. see the javadoc documentation for more informations on the servlet.

docs

the javadoc documentation.

HOWTO

How can you add your owns properties ?

RUN

How to launch the validator on your local system.

You have a lot of configuration files in the validator (in Java, it means properties).

• package org.w3c.css.parser

  Config.properties

  The default CssStyle to use when parsing a document.

  Elements.dtd4

  All HTML elements recognized by a selector.

• package org.w3c.css.util

  Messages.properties

  All warning and error messages used by the parser.

• package org.w3c.css.properties

  CSS1Default.properties

  Inheritance controls for all CSS1 properties.

  CSS1Properties.properties

  All CSS1 properties.

• package org.w3c.css.aural

  ACSSDefault.properties

  Inheritance controls for all aural properties.

  AuralDefault.properties

  Configuration for Aural browser.

• package org.w3c.css.font

• package org.w3c.css.css

  format.properties

  Available output format for the validator

  text.properties

  text output format.

  html.properties

  html output properties.