Using YAML for configuration

In a Spring Boot application, the SpringApplication class automatically supports YAML as an alternative to properties. YAML isn't a markup language. It is an alternative to .properties files and it allows you to define properties in the hierarchical configuration. The Java parser for YAML is called SnakeYAML. It must be in the classpath, but it is automatically added to the classpath by spring-boot-starters.

YAML for properties

Spring Boot supports YAML for properties as an alternative to properties files. YAML is convenient for hierarchical configuration data. Spring Boot properties are organized in groups, for example, server, database, and so on.

Let's see the following properties...