validate
- asdf.schema.validate(instance, ctx=None, schema=None, validators=None, reading=False, *args, **kwargs)[source]
Validate the given instance (which must be a tagged tree) against the appropriate schema. The schema itself is located using the tag on the instance.
The additional
*argsand**kwargsare passed along tovalidate.- Parameters:
- instancetagged tree
- ctxAsdfFile context
Used to resolve tags and urls
- schemaschema, optional
Explicit schema to use. If not provided, the schema to use is determined by the tag on instance (or subinstance).
- validatorsdict, optional
A dictionary mapping properties to validators to use (instead of the built-in ones and ones provided by extension types).
- reading: bool, optional
Indicates whether validation is being performed when the file is being read. This is useful to allow for different validation behavior when reading vs writing files.