Not possible to validate a schema through $ref

[cch1]

[version 2.2.5]
Schema validation does not dereference $ref elements and validate targets. At a minimum, identification of inexistant references would be nice.

[mjhoffman65]

+1

[luisobo]

@fge any thoughts on this? Thank you.

[fge]

Reference resolution is done at validation time right now. This is an implementation choice, and one which you are not the only ones to complain about ;)

This choice was made because dereferencing may, or may not, succeed; or worse, it may lead to different schemas depending on the moment you dereference. But I guess this is too much procrastination...

I'll try and see whether at this point schema inlining can be inserted in 2.2.x or whether the target will be 3.x.

[luisobo]

Thanks for the update @fge

[shrinidhijoshi]

Is this issue still open ? I can take a shot at it.

[johnboyer]

@fge This has been an open issue for more than six years. Has dereferencing support been added yet? It doesn't appear to be working 1.0.44.