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Validate your Spring yml properties files with a unit test in your CI build

Protect yourself! Validate yaml configuration file for syntax errors  before deploying your application.  Don't wait until you fail a deployment to recognize simple copy/paste errors and typos. Unit Test Code Create JUnit tests that run as part of every build. GitHub Find the  source code on GitHub in freemanSoft/ValidateSpringYml .  Source Code The following code validates application.yml.  You can pass in any file name or the wildcard "*" The previous Unit Test exercises the following utility method.  This method can validate all files that match the passed in pattern where  "*" means all yml files. Find the  source code on GitHub in  freemanSoft/ValidateSpringYml .  Original Post 2017 Oct 3