Handle merge references correctly

Author: Lucas Michon

src/NetEscapades.Configuration.Yaml/YamlConfigurationFileParser.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace NetEscapades.Configuration.Yaml
     internal class YamlConfigurationFileParser
     {
         private readonly IDictionary<string, string> _data = new SortedDictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _mergedKeys = new HashSet<string>();
         private readonly Stack<string> _context = new Stack<string>();
         private string _currentPath;
 
@@ -61,7 +62,13 @@ private void VisitYamlScalarNode(string context, YamlScalarNode yamlValue)
             EnterContext(context);
             var currentKey = _currentPath;
 
-            if (_data.ContainsKey(currentKey))
+            if (currentKey.Contains("<<"))
+            {
+                currentKey = currentKey.Replace("<<:", "");
+                _mergedKeys.Add(currentKey);
+            }
+
+            if (_data.ContainsKey(currentKey) && !_mergedKeys.Contains(currentKey))
             {
                 throw new FormatException(Resources.FormatError_KeyIsDuplicated(currentKey));
             }

test/NetEscapades.Configuration.Yaml.Tests/YamlConfigurationTests.cs

@@ -151,6 +151,78 @@ public void ReturnEmptyConfigWhenFileIsEmpty()
             Assert.Empty(config.AsEnumerable());
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldMergeKeysInsideAnObject()
+        {
+            var yaml = @"---
+                defaults: &defaults
+                  A: 1
+                  B: 2
+                  D: 
+                    E: 78
+                    F: 79
+                mapping:
+                  << : *defaults
+                  A: 23
+                  C: 99
+                  D:
+                    E: 56
+                    G:
+                      - 1
+                      - 2";
+
+            var yamlConfigSrc = LoadProvider(yaml);
+
+            Assert.Equal("23", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:A"));
+            Assert.Equal("2", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:B"));
+            Assert.Equal("99", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:C"));
+            Assert.Equal("56", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:D:E"));
+            Assert.Equal("79", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:D:F"));
+            Assert.Equal("1", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:D:G:0"));
+            Assert.Equal("2", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:D:G:1"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldMergeKeysInsideAnSequence()
+        {
+            var yaml = @"---
+                defaults: &defaults
+                  A: 1
+                  B: 2
+                  D: 
+                    E: 78
+                    F: 79
+                mapping:
+                  - <<: *defaults
+                    A: 23
+                    C: 99
+                  - A: 2
+                    B: 3
+                    D:
+                      E: 4
+                      F: 5
+                  - <<: *defaults";
+
+            var yamlConfigSrc = LoadProvider(yaml);
+
+            Assert.Equal("23", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:0:A"));
+            Assert.Equal("2", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:0:B"));
+            Assert.Equal("99", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:0:C"));
+            Assert.Equal("78", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:0:D:E"));
+            Assert.Equal("79", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:0:D:F"));
+
+            Assert.Equal("2", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:1:A"));
+            Assert.Equal("3", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:1:B"));
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:1:C"));
+            Assert.Equal("4", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:1:D:E"));
+            Assert.Equal("5", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:1:D:F"));
+
+            Assert.Equal("1", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:2:A"));
+            Assert.Equal("2", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:2:B"));
+            Assert.Equal("78", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:2:D:E"));
+            Assert.Equal("79", yamlConfigSrc.Get("mapping:2:D:F"));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ThrowExceptionWhenUnexpectedFirstCharacterInScalarValue()
         {