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 test uses the following utility method.  This method can validate all files that match the passed in pattern.  "*" means all yml files.


Find the  source code on GitHub in freemanSoft/ValidateSpringYml. 

Original Post 2017 Oct 3