How to validate a YAML file in Java?

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import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;

// Load the YAML file as a stream
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("file.yaml");

// Create a new Yaml object
Yaml yaml = new Yaml();

// Parse the YAML file and convert it to a Map
Map<String, Object> map = yaml.load(inputStream);

// You can now access the data in the YAML file as key-value pairs in the map
Object value = map.get("key");

// If the YAML file is invalid, the parse method will throw a YamlException

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<dependency>
  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
  <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
  <version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>

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import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

// Create a new ObjectMapper and configure it to read YAML files
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());

// Read the YAML file and convert it to an object of the specified type
MyObject obj = mapper.readValue(new File("file.yaml"), MyObject.class);

// If the YAML file is invalid, the readValue method will throw a JsonMappingException