Customizing Assert Error Messages

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To customize the error messages that the Xerces or Saxon validation engines display for the assert and assertion elements, set the message attribute on these elements.

• For Xerces, the message attribute has to belong to the http://xerces.apache.org namespace.
• For Saxon, the message attribute has to belong to the http://saxon.sourceforge.net/ namespace.

The value of the message attribute is the error message displayed if the assertion fails.