Improve YAML validation

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "dotnet.defaultSolution": "ApiDoctor.sln"
+}

ApiDoctor.Validation.UnitTests/YamlParserTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * API Doctor
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+ * Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+ * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+ * OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+namespace ApiDoctor.Validation.UnitTests
+{
+    using System.Linq;
+    using ApiDoctor.Validation;
+    using ApiDoctor.Validation.Error;
+    using NUnit.Framework;
+
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class YamlParserTests
+    {
+        private static readonly string yamlWithMultiLineArray = @"title: ""Define the /me as singleton""
+description: ""These are things I had to add in the docs to make sure the Markdown-Scanner""
+ms.localizationpriority: medium
+author: """"
+ms.prod: """"
+doc_type: conceptualPageType
+toc.keywords:
+- foo
+- bar
+";
+
+        // Missing closing double-quote on title property
+        private static readonly string malformedYaml = @"title: ""Define the /me as singleton
+description: ""These are things I had to add in the docs to make sure the Markdown-Scanner""
+ms.localizationpriority: medium
+author: """"
+ms.prod: """"
+doc_type: conceptualPageType
+toc.keywords:
+- foo
+- bar
+";
+
+        [Test]
+        public void YamlWithMultiLineArrayParses()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            _ = new DocSet();
+            var issues = new IssueLogger();
+
+            // Act
+            DocFile.ParseYamlMetadata(yamlWithMultiLineArray, issues);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.That(!issues.Issues.WereErrors());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MalformedYamlGeneratesError()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            _ = new DocSet();
+            var issues = new IssueLogger();
+
+            // Act
+            DocFile.ParseYamlMetadata(malformedYaml, issues);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.That(issues.Issues.WereErrors());
+            var error = issues.Issues.FirstOrDefault();
+            Assert.That(error != null);
+            Assert.That(error.IsError);
+            Assert.That(error.Message == "Incorrect YAML header format");
+        }
+    }
+}

ApiDoctor.Validation/ApiDoctor.Validation.csproj

@@ -29,5 +29,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.CodeDom" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" Version="4.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Packaging" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="15.1.6" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ApiDoctor.Validation.UnitTests" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

ApiDoctor.Validation/DocFile.cs

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 /*
 * API Doctor
 * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
-* All rights reserved. 
-* 
+* All rights reserved.
+*
 * MIT License
-* 
-* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of 
-* this software and associated documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal in 
-* the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, 
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+* this software and associated documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal in
+* the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
 * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
-* Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, 
+* Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 * subject to the following conditions:
-* 
-* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-* 
-* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, 
-* INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A 
-* PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 
-* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION 
-* OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+* INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+* PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+* OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ namespace ApiDoctor.Validation
     using System.Diagnostics;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Linq;
+    using ApiDoctor.Validation.Config;
     using ApiDoctor.Validation.Error;
     using ApiDoctor.Validation.TableSpec;
     using Tags;
     using MarkdownDeep;
     using Newtonsoft.Json;
-    using ApiDoctor.Validation.Config;
+    using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// A documentation file that may contain one more resources or API methods
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ public partial class DocFile
         private readonly List<EnumerationDefinition> enums = new List<EnumerationDefinition>();
         private readonly List<string> bookmarks = new List<string>();
 
+        private static readonly IDeserializer yamlDeserializer = new DeserializerBuilder().Build();
+
         protected bool HasScanRun;
         protected string BasePath;
 
@@ -389,29 +392,23 @@ internal static (string YamlFrontMatter, string ProcessedContent) ParseAndRemove
 
         internal static void ParseYamlMetadata(string yamlMetadata, IssueLogger issues)
         {
-            Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-            string[] items = yamlMetadata.Split(new[] { "\r\n", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-            foreach (string item in items)
+            Dictionary<string, object> dictionary = null;
+            try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    string[] keyValue = item.Split(':');
-                    dictionary.Add(keyValue[0].Trim(), keyValue[1].Trim());
-                }
-                catch (Exception)
-                {
-                    issues.Error(ValidationErrorCode.IncorrectYamlHeaderFormat, $"Incorrect YAML header format after `{dictionary.Keys.Last()}`");
-                }
+                dictionary = yamlDeserializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(yamlMetadata);
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                issues.Error(ValidationErrorCode.IncorrectYamlHeaderFormat, "Incorrect YAML header format");
             }
 
             List<string> missingHeaders = new List<string>();
             foreach (var header in DocSet.SchemaConfig.RequiredYamlHeaders)
             {
-                string value;
-                if (dictionary.TryGetValue(header, out value))
+                if (dictionary.TryGetValue(header, out object value) && value is string stringValue)
                 {
-                    value = value.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
-                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                    stringValue = stringValue.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stringValue))
                     {
                         issues.Warning(ValidationErrorCode.RequiredYamlHeaderMissing, $"Missing value for YAML header: {header}");
                     }
@@ -732,7 +729,7 @@ private void CheckDocumentHeaders(List<object> expectedHeaders, IReadOnlyList<Do
             while (expectedIndex < expectedHeaders.Count && foundIndex < foundHeaders.Count)
             {
                 var found = foundHeaders[foundIndex];
-                var result = ValidateDocumentHeader(expectedHeaders, foundHeaders, expectedIndex, foundIndex); 
+                var result = ValidateDocumentHeader(expectedHeaders, foundHeaders, expectedIndex, foundIndex);
                 var expected = expectedHeaders[expectedIndex] as ExpectedDocumentHeader; // at this point, if header was conditional, the condition has been removed
                 switch (result)
                 {
@@ -743,7 +740,7 @@ private void CheckDocumentHeaders(List<object> expectedHeaders, IReadOnlyList<Do
                         //if expecting multiple headers of the same pattern, do not increment expected until last header matching pattern is found
                         if (!expected.AllowMultiple || (expected.AllowMultiple && foundIndex == foundHeaders.Count))
                             expectedIndex++;
-                        
+
                         break;
 
                     case DocumentHeaderValidationResult.FoundInWrongCase:
@@ -890,7 +887,7 @@ private DocumentHeaderValidationResult ValidateDocumentHeader(List<object> expec
         private static List<DocumentHeader> FlattenDocumentHeaderHierarchy(IReadOnlyList<object> headers)
         {
             var mergedHeaders = new List<DocumentHeader>();
-            foreach (var header in headers) 
+            foreach (var header in headers)
             {
                 if (header is ExpectedDocumentHeader expectedHeader)
                 {
@@ -1002,7 +999,7 @@ private void AddHeaderToHierarchy(Stack<DocumentHeader> headerStack, Block block
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Validates code snippets tab section. 
+        /// Validates code snippets tab section.
         /// Checks:
         /// - No duplicated tabs
         /// - Existence of tab boundary at the end of tab group definition
@@ -1224,7 +1221,7 @@ private void PostProcessEnums(List<EnumerationDefinition> foundEnums, List<Table
             // add all the enum values
             this.enums.AddRange(foundEnums.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.MemberName) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.TypeName)));
 
-            // if we thought it was a table of type EnumerationValues, it probably holds enum values. 
+            // if we thought it was a table of type EnumerationValues, it probably holds enum values.
             // throw error if member name is null which could mean a wrong column name
             foreach (var enumType in foundEnums.Where(e => string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.MemberName) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.TypeName))
                 .Select(x => new { x.TypeName, x.Namespace }).Distinct())

ApiDoctor.Validation/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
-// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
 // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
 // associated with an assembly.
 [assembly: AssemblyTitle("ApiDoctor.Validation")]
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
-// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
-// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
 // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
 [assembly: ComVisible(false)]
 
@@ -24,12 +25,14 @@
 // Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
 //
 //      Major Version
-//      Minor Version 
+//      Minor Version
 //      Build Number
 //      Revision
 //
-// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
 [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("ApiDoctor.Validation.UnitTests")]