Yaml vs properties

Yaml vs properties

The advantages are better readability and you can create maps.

You can test it with spring boot
Dependency:

org.yaml
snakeyaml
1.13

Read more at:
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/tree/master/spring-boot-actuator
http://unserializableone.blogspot.de/2007/06/alternative-to-properties-file-yaml.html

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