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[
{
"description": "root pointer ref",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "#"}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "match",
"data": {"foo": false},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "recursive match",
"data": {"foo": {"foo": false}},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "mismatch",
"data": {"bar": false},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "recursive mismatch",
"data": {"foo": {"bar": false}},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "relative pointer ref to object",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"foo": {"type": "integer"},
"bar": {"$ref": "#/properties/foo"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "match",
"data": {"bar": 3},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "mismatch",
"data": {"bar": true},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "relative pointer ref to array",
"schema": {
"items": [
{"type": "integer"},
{"$ref": "#/items/0"}
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "match array",
"data": [1, 2],
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "mismatch array",
"data": [1, "foo"],
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "escaped pointer ref",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"tilde~field": {"type": "integer"},
"slash/field": {"type": "integer"},
"percent%field": {"type": "integer"}
},
"properties": {
"tilde": {"$ref": "#/definitions/tilde~0field"},
"slash": {"$ref": "#/definitions/slash~1field"},
"percent": {"$ref": "#/definitions/percent%25field"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "slash invalid",
"data": {"slash": "aoeu"},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "tilde invalid",
"data": {"tilde": "aoeu"},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "percent invalid",
"data": {"percent": "aoeu"},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "slash valid",
"data": {"slash": 123},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "tilde valid",
"data": {"tilde": 123},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "percent valid",
"data": {"percent": 123},
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "nested refs",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"a": {"type": "integer"},
"b": {"$ref": "#/definitions/a"},
"c": {"$ref": "#/definitions/b"}
},
"allOf": [{ "$ref": "#/definitions/c" }]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "nested ref valid",
"data": 5,
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "nested ref invalid",
"data": "a",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "ref overrides any sibling keywords",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"reffed": {
"type": "array"
}
},
"properties": {
"foo": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/reffed",
"maxItems": 2
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "ref valid",
"data": { "foo": [] },
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "ref valid, maxItems ignored",
"data": { "foo": [ 1, 2, 3] },
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "ref invalid",
"data": { "foo": "string" },
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "$ref prevents a sibling $id from changing the base uri",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"foo": {
"type": "string"
},
"base_foo": {
"$comment": "this canonical uri is http://localhost:1234/sibling_id/base/foo.json",
"$id": "foo.json",
"type": "number"
}
},
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "foo.json"
}
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "$ref resolves to /definitions/base_foo, data does not validate",
"data": "a",
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "$ref resolves to /definitions/base_foo, data validates",
"data": 1,
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "remote ref, containing refs itself",
"tests": [
{
"description": "remote ref valid",
"data": {"minLength": 1},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "remote ref invalid",
"data": {"minLength": -1},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "property named $ref that is not a reference",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"$ref": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "property named $ref valid",
"data": {"$ref": "a"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "property named $ref invalid",
"data": {"$ref": 2},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "property named $ref, containing an actual $ref",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"$ref": {"$ref": "#/definitions/is-string"}
},
"definitions": {
"is-string": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "property named $ref valid",
"data": {"$ref": "a"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "property named $ref invalid",
"data": {"$ref": 2},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "$ref to boolean schema true",
"schema": {
"allOf": [{ "$ref": "#/definitions/bool" }],
"definitions": {
"bool": true
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "any value is valid",
"data": "foo",
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "$ref to boolean schema false",
"schema": {
"allOf": [{ "$ref": "#/definitions/bool" }],
"definitions": {
"bool": false
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "any value is invalid",
"data": "foo",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "Recursive references between schemas",
"schema": {
"description": "tree of nodes",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"meta": {"type": "string"},
"nodes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"$ref": "node"}
}
},
"required": ["meta", "nodes"],
"definitions": {
"node": {
"description": "node",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"value": {"type": "number"},
"subtree": {"$ref": "tree"}
},
"required": ["value"]
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "valid tree",
"data": {
"meta": "root",
"nodes": [
{
"value": 1,
"subtree": {
"meta": "child",
"nodes": [
{"value": 1.1},
{"value": 1.2}
]
}
},
{
"value": 2,
"subtree": {
"meta": "child",
"nodes": [
{"value": 2.1},
{"value": 2.2}
]
}
}
]
},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "invalid tree",
"data": {
"meta": "root",
"nodes": [
{
"value": 1,
"subtree": {
"meta": "child",
"nodes": [
{"value": "string is invalid"},
{"value": 1.2}
]
}
},
{
"value": 2,
"subtree": {
"meta": "child",
"nodes": [
{"value": 2.1},
{"value": 2.2}
]
}
}
]
},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "refs with quote",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"foo\"bar": {"$ref": "#/definitions/foo%22bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"foo\"bar": {"type": "number"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "object with numbers is valid",
"data": {
"foo\"bar": 1
},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "object with strings is invalid",
"data": {
"foo\"bar": "1"
},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "Location-independent identifier",
"schema": {
"allOf": [{
"$ref": "#foo"
}],
"definitions": {
"A": {
"$id": "#foo",
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"data": 1,
"description": "match",
"valid": true
},
{
"data": "a",
"description": "mismatch",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "Reference an anchor with a non-relative URI",
"schema": {
"allOf": [{
}],
"definitions": {
"A": {
"$id": "#foo",
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"data": 1,
"description": "match",
"valid": true
},
{
"data": "a",
"description": "mismatch",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "Location-independent identifier with base URI change in subschema",
"schema": {
"allOf": [{
}],
"definitions": {
"A": {
"$id": "nested.json",
"definitions": {
"B": {
"$id": "#foo",
"type": "integer"
}
}
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"data": 1,
"description": "match",
"valid": true
},
{
"data": "a",
"description": "mismatch",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "naive replacement of $ref with its destination is not correct",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"a_string": { "type": "string" }
},
"enum": [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/a_string" }
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "do not evaluate the $ref inside the enum, matching any string",
"data": "this is a string",
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "do not evaluate the $ref inside the enum, definition exact match",
"data": { "type": "string" },
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "match the enum exactly",
"data": { "$ref": "#/definitions/a_string" },
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "refs with relative uris and defs",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"foo": {
"$id": "schema-relative-uri-defs2.json",
"definitions": {
"inner": {
"properties": {
"bar": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/definitions/inner" } ]
}
},
"allOf": [ { "$ref": "schema-relative-uri-defs2.json" } ]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "invalid on inner field",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": 1
},
"bar": "a"
},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "invalid on outer field",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": "a"
},
"bar": 1
},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "valid on both fields",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": "a"
},
"bar": "a"
},
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "relative refs with absolute uris and defs",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"foo": {
"definitions": {
"inner": {
"properties": {
"bar": { "type": "string" }
}
}
},
"allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/definitions/inner" } ]
}
},
"allOf": [ { "$ref": "schema-refs-absolute-uris-defs2.json" } ]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "invalid on inner field",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": 1
},
"bar": "a"
},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "invalid on outer field",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": "a"
},
"bar": 1
},
"valid": false
},
{
"description": "valid on both fields",
"data": {
"foo": {
"bar": "a"
},
"bar": "a"
},
"valid": true
}
]
},
{
"description": "simple URN base URI with $ref via the URN",
"schema": {
"$comment": "URIs do not have to have HTTP(s) schemes",
"$id": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-ffff-ffff-4321feebdaed",
"minimum": 30,
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-ffff-ffff-4321feebdaed"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "valid under the URN IDed schema",
"data": {"foo": 37},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "invalid under the URN IDed schema",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "simple URN base URI with JSON pointer",
"schema": {
"$comment": "URIs do not have to have HTTP(s) schemes",
"$id": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-00ff-ff00-4321feebdaed",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "#/definitions/bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "URN base URI with NSS",
"schema": {
"$comment": "RFC 8141 §2.2",
"$id": "urn:example:1/406/47452/2",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "#/definitions/bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "URN base URI with r-component",
"schema": {
"$comment": "RFC 8141 §2.3.1",
"$id": "urn:example:foo-bar-baz-qux?+CCResolve:cc=uk",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "#/definitions/bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "URN base URI with q-component",
"schema": {
"$comment": "RFC 8141 §2.3.2",
"$id": "urn:example:weather?=op=map&lat=39.56&lon=-104.85&datetime=1969-07-21T02:56:15Z",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "#/definitions/bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "URN base URI with URN and JSON pointer ref",
"schema": {
"$id": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-0000-0000-4321feebdaed",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-0000-0000-4321feebdaed#/definitions/bar"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {"type": "string"}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "URN base URI with URN and anchor ref",
"schema": {
"$id": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-ff00-00ff-4321feebdaed",
"properties": {
"foo": {"$ref": "urn:uuid:deadbeef-1234-ff00-00ff-4321feebdaed#something"}
},
"definitions": {
"bar": {
"$id": "#something",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": {"foo": "bar"},
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "a non-string is invalid",
"data": {"foo": 12},
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "ref with absolute-path-reference",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"a": {
"type": "number"
},
"b": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"allOf": [
{ "$ref": "/absref/foobar.json" }
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "a string is valid",
"data": "foo",
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "an integer is invalid",
"data": 12,
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "$id with file URI still resolves pointers - *nix",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"foo": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/foo"
}
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "number is valid",
"data": 1,
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "non-number is invalid",
"data": "a",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "$id with file URI still resolves pointers - windows",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"foo": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/foo"
}
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "number is valid",
"data": 1,
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "non-number is invalid",
"data": "a",
"valid": false
}
]
},
{
"description": "empty tokens in $ref json-pointer",
"schema": {
"definitions": {
"": {
"definitions": {
"": { "type": "number" }
}
}
},
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions//definitions/"
}
]
},
"tests": [
{
"description": "number is valid",
"data": 1,
"valid": true
},
{
"description": "non-number is invalid",
"data": "a",
"valid": false
}
]
}
]