cerberus-cpp is a schema validation tool for YAML data written in C++. It reimplements a subset of the schema validation of the Python tool cerberus in the C++ language. This allows the same schemas to be used in Python and C++ projects, as well as projects that mix these languages. For YAML parsing, cerberus-cpp relies on the well-established yaml-cpp library.
- Simple, yet powerful definition of validation schema
- Validation of arbitrarily nested data
- Modern C++11 design
- Schema are implemented in the same language as the data - no DSLs to learn!
- Validation of schemas against a schema that is incrementally built from rules definitions
- Registration of custom validation and normalization rules
- Registration of custom types
- Compatibility with a well-established Python package
Cerberus-cpp is header-only, so it should be fairly easy to get up and running. It requires the following software to be available:
- A C++14-compliant C++ compiler
- CMake >= 3.11
- The yaml-cpp library version >= 0.6, e.g. by installing
the Debian/Ubuntu package
libyaml-cpp-dev.
For usage examples, detailed instructions and an overview on the compatibility with the Python package, check out the cerberus-cpp documentation