Specify schema as the type for a given property about json-schema-validator

[fge]

You can use a reference. Note that title is informative, it has no role into validation. What you can do is refer to the schema itself, for this you can use a JSON reference as below:

{
    "title": "myType",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "id": { 
            "type": "string"
        },
        "complexProp": {                        
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "$ref": "#" }
        }
    }
}

Note also that the required attribute does not help here, it only applies to subschemas in properties. If you want your array to have at least one element, use "minItems": 1 (or maybe you misplaced it?).

Another possibility is to use inline schema addressing (note: 1.3.x only), but note that this is not the default. Your schema would then look like:

{
    "title": "myType",
    "id": "#myType",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "id": { 
            "type": "string"
        },
        "complexProp": {                        
            "type": "array",
            "items": { "$ref": "#myType" }
        }
    }
}

In order to use inline schema addressing, you must use the .addressingMode() method of JsonSchemaFactory.Builder, as in:

    final JsonSchemaFactory factory = new JsonSchemaFactory.Builder()
        .addressingMode(AddressingMode.INLINE).build();

See also http://fge.github.com/json-schema-validator/devel/org/eel/kitchen/jsonschema/examples/doc-files/Example2.java

[lokee103]

Thanks for your response.

Right now I'm still using 1.2.2 so I'll try to refer to the schema itself with "$ref": "#" and will let you know how it went.