how to nest an array inside an object in yaml? - json

Question

suppose you have a Map<String, Object> called "something" in YAML
something:
and the corresponding JSON should look like this:
json
"something": {
"else": "then",
"array": [
"element in array"
]
}
so for this yaml spec might be:
something:
else: then
array:
- element in array
but since something is a Map it does not let me do
array:
- element in array
or this
array: ['element in array']
so the question is what should be the yaml to get the above mentioned JSON considering something is a Map<String, Object> is it possible?
This is regarding the defining of the ServiceCatalogDefinition for the implementation of OpenServiceBroker API.
OSB Catalog using Yaml
OSB Catalog json looks like this
I am trying to make the "properties" mentioned in schemas in the above link as required.
for that I need to make it return the json like this:
"properties" : {
"someProperty" : {
"description": "description",
"type": "string"
},
"required": [
"someProperty"
]
}
And the yaml does validation in my application.yml throwing the error mentioned in comment

Answer 1

There is two things you need to do:
make the JSON valid, e.g. by inserting a comma (as #flyx suggests) and adding curly braces around the root level object:
{
"something": {
"else": "then",
"array": [
"element in array"
]
}
}
change the plain scalar (i.e. without quotes) mapping key something, to a double quoted scalar:
{
"something": {
"else": "then",
"array": [
"element in array"
]
}
}
Since YAML has, for all practical purposes, effectively been a superset of JSON (since YAML 1.2 from 2009), you don't need to do anything else. And of course you can read the above with both a YAML loader, as well as with a JSON parser.

Answer 2

Using the site json2yaml, you get YAML :
---
something:
else: then
array:
- element in array
from the json :
{
"something": {
"else": "then",
"array": [
"element in array"
]
}
}
Compare to you, I think it's your "-" must be to the same level as "array".