# C.49 JsonValidateTask
The `JsonValidateTask` checks if a given file contains valid JSON data and fails if not.
Table C.58:聽Attributes
NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`file``String`Location of the file to be checked.noneYes
C.49.1 Example
`<jsonvalidate file="config/default.json" />`
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- B.30. PhingTask
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- B.48. TstampTask
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- B.50. UpToDateTask
- B.50.1. Examples
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- B.51.2. Supported Nested Tags
- B.52. XsltTask
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- B.52.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C. Optional tasks
- C.1. ApiGenTask
- C.1.1. Example
- C.2. AutoloaderTask
- C.2.1. Example
- C.3. ComposerTask
- C.3.1. Supported Nested Tags
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- C.4.1. Example
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- C.5. CoverageReportTask
- C.5.1. Example
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- C.6.1. Example
- C.6.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.7. CoverageThresholdTask
- C.7.1. Example
- C.7.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.8. DbDeployTask
- C.8.1. Example
- C.9. ExportPropertiesTask
- C.9.1. Example
- C.10. FileHashTask
- C.10.1. Example
- C.11. FileSizeTask
- C.11.1. Example
- C.12. FileSyncTask
- C.12.1. Examples
- C.13. FtpDeployTask
- C.13.1. Example
- C.13.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.14. GitArchiveTask
- C.14.1. Example
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- C.15.1. Example
- C.16. GitCheckoutTask
- C.16.1. Example
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- C.17.1. Example
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- C.18.1. Example
- C.18.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.19. GitFetchTask
- C.19.1. Example
- C.20. GitGcTask
- C.20.1. Example
- C.21. GitInitTask
- C.21.1. Example
- C.22. GitLogTask
- C.22.1. Example
- C.23. GitMergeTask
- C.23.1. Example
- C.24. GitPullTask
- C.24.1. Example
- C.25. GitPushTask
- C.25.1. Example
- C.26. GitTagTask
- C.26.1. Example
- C.27. GitDescribeTask
- C.27.1. Example
- C.28. GrowlNotifyTask
- C.28.1. Examples
- C.29. HgAddTask
- C.29.1. Example
- C.29.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.30. HgArchiveTask
- C.30.1. Example
- C.31. HgCloneTask
- C.31.1. Example
- C.32. HgCommitTask
- C.32.1. Example
- C.33. HgInitTask
- C.33.1. Example
- C.34. HgLogTask
- C.34.1. Example
- C.35. HgPullTask
- C.35.1. Example
- C.36. HgPushTask
- C.36.1. Example
- C.37. HgRevertTask
- C.37.1. Example
- C.38. HgTagTask
- C.38.1. Example
- C.39. HgUpdateTask
- C.39.1. Example
- C.40. HipchatTask
- C.40.1. Example
- C.41. HttpGetTask
- C.41.1. Example
- C.41.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.41.3. Global configuration
- C.42. HttpRequestTask
- C.42.1. Example
- C.42.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.42.3. Global configuration
- C.43. IniFileTask
- C.43.1. Supported Nested Tags
- C.43.2. Example
- C.44. IoncubeEncoderTask
- C.44.1. Example
- C.44.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.45. IoncubeLicenseTask
- C.45.1. Example
- C.45.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.46. JsHintTask
- C.46.1. Example
- C.46.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.47. JslLintTask
- C.47.1. Example
- C.47.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.48. JsMinTask
- C.48.1. Example
- C.48.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.49. JsonValidateTask
- C.49.1. Example
- C.50. LiquibaseTask
- C.50.1. Example
- C.50.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.51. LiquibaseChangeLogTask
- C.51.1. Example
- C.51.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.52. LiquibaseDbDocTask
- C.52.1. Example
- C.52.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.53. LiquibaseDiffTask
- C.53.1. Example
- C.53.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.54. LiquibaseRollbackTask
- C.54.1. Example
- C.54.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.55. LiquibaseTagTask
- C.55.1. Example
- C.55.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.56. LiquibaseUpdateTask
- C.56.1. Example
- C.56.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.57. MailTask
- C.57.1. Example
- C.57.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.58. ManifestTask
- C.58.1. Supported Nested Tags
- C.59. NotifySendTask
- C.60. PackageAsPathTask
- C.60.1. Example
- C.61. ParallelTask
- C.61.1. Example
- C.62. PatchTask
- C.62.1. Example
- C.63. PathToFileSetTask
- C.63.1. Examples
- C.64. PDOSQLExecTask
- C.64.1. Example
- C.64.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.65. PearPackageTask
- C.65.1. Example
- C.65.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.66. PearPackage2Task
- C.66.1. Example
- C.66.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.67. PharDataTask
- C.67.1. Example
- C.67.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.68. PharPackageTask
- C.68.1. Example
- C.68.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.69. PhkPackageTask
- C.69.1. Example
- C.69.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.70. PhpCodeSnifferTask
- C.70.1. Examples
- C.70.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.71. PHPCPDTask
- C.71.1. Examples
- C.71.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.72. PHPLocTask
- C.72.1. Examples
- C.72.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.73. PHPMDTask
- C.73.1. Example
- C.73.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.74. PhpDependTask
- C.74.1. Example
- C.74.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.75. PhpDocumentor2Task
- C.75.1. Example
- C.75.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.76. PhpLintTask
- C.76.1. Example
- C.76.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.77. PHPUnitTask
- C.77.1. Supported Nested Tags
- C.77.2. Example
- C.77.3. Supported Nested Tags
- C.78. PHPUnitReport
- C.78.1. Example
- C.79. PropertyCopy
- C.79.1. Example
- C.80. PropertyRegexTask
- C.80.1. Match expressions
- C.80.2. Replace
- C.80.3. Example
- C.81. ReplaceRegexpTask
- C.81.1. Supported Nested Tags
- 1. PropertySelector
- 1.1. Select expressions
- 1.2. Example
- C.82. rSTTask
- C.82.1. Features
- C.82.2. Examples
- C.82.3. Supported Nested Tags
- C.83. S3PutTask
- C.83.1. Example
- C.83.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.84. S3GetTask
- C.84.1. Example
- C.85. SassTask
- C.85.1. Example
- C.85.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.86. ScpTask
- C.86.1. Example
- C.86.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.87. SmartyTask
- C.88. SonarTask
- C.88.1. Examples
- C.88.1.1. Minimal Example
- C.88.1.2. Full Example
- C.88.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.89. SortList
- C.89.1. Example
- C.90. SshTask
- C.90.1. Example
- C.90.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.91. SvnCheckoutTask
- C.91.1. Example
- C.92. SvnCommitTask
- C.92.1. Example
- C.93. SvnCopyTask
- C.93.1. Example
- C.94. SvnExportTask
- C.94.1. Example
- C.95. SvnInfoTask
- C.95.1. Example
- C.96. SvnLastRevisionTask
- C.96.1. Example
- C.97. SvnListTask
- C.97.1. Example
- C.98. SvnLogTask
- C.98.1. Example
- C.99. SvnUpdateTask
- C.99.1. Example
- C.100. SvnSwitchTask
- C.100.1. Example
- C.101. SvnProplistTask
- C.101.1. Example
- C.102. SvnPropgetTask
- C.102.1. Example
- C.103. SvnPropsetTask
- C.103.1. Example
- C.104. StopwatchTask
- C.104.1. Example
- C.105. SymfonyConsoleTask
- C.105.1. Examples
- C.105.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.106. SymlinkTask
- C.106.1. Example
- C.106.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.107. TarTask
- C.107.1. Example
- C.107.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.108. ThrowTask
- C.108.1. Example
- C.109. UntarTask
- C.109.1. Example
- C.109.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.110. UnzipTask
- C.110.1. Example
- C.110.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.111. Variable
- C.111.1. Example
- C.112. VersionTask
- C.112.1. Example
- C.113. WikiPublishTask
- C.113.1. Example
- C.114. XmlLintTask
- C.114.1. Examples
- C.114.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.115. XmlPropertyTask
- C.115.1. Example
- C.116. ZendCodeAnalyzerTask
- C.116.1. Example
- C.116.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.117. ZendGuardEncodeTask
- C.117.1. Example
- C.117.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.118. ZendGuardLicenseTask
- C.118.1. Examples
- C.119. ZipTask
- C.119.1. Example
- C.119.2. Supported Nested Tags
- C.120. ZSDTPackTask
- C.120.1. Example
- C.121. ZSDTValidateTask
- C.121.1. Example
- D. Core Types
- D.1. Description
- D.1.1. Usage Examples
- D.2. Excludes
- D.2.1. Nested tags
- D.2.2. Usage Examples
- D.3. FileList
- D.3.1. Usage Examples
- D.4. FileSet
- D.4.1. Using wildcards
- D.4.2. Usage Examples
- D.4.3. Nested tags
- D.4.4. Related types
- D.5. DirSet
- D.5.1. Using wildcards
- D.5.2. Usage Examples
- D.5.3. Nested tags
- D.5.4. Related types
- D.6. PatternSet
- D.6.1. Usage Example
- D.6.2. Nested tags
- D.7. Path / Classpath
- D.7.1. Nested tags
- D.8. PearPackageFileSet
- D.8.1. Usage Examples
- D.8.2. Nested tags
- E. Core filters
- E.1. PhingFilterReader
- E.1.1. Nested tags
- E.1.2. Advanced
- E.2. ExpandProperties
- E.3. ConcatFilter
- E.4. HeadFilter
- E.5. IconvFilter
- E.6. Line Contains
- E.6.1. Nested tags
- E.7. LineContainsRegexp
- E.7.1. Nested tags
- E.8. PrefixLines
- E.9. ReplaceTokens
- E.9.1. Nested tags
- E.10. ReplaceTokensWithFile
- E.10.1. Nested tags
- E.11. ReplaceRegexp
- E.11.1. Nested tags
- E.12. SortFilter
- E.13. StripLineBreaks
- E.14. StripLineComments
- E.14.1. Nested tags
- E.15. StripPhpComments
- E.16. StripWhitespace
- E.17. TabToSpaces
- E.18. TailFilter
- E.19. TidyFilter
- E.19.1. Nested tags
- E.20. XincludeFilter
- E.21. XsltFilter
- E.21.1. Nested tags
- F. Core mappers
- F.1. Common Attributes
- F.2. ChainedMapper
- F.2.1. Examples
- F.3. CompositeMapper
- F.3.1. Examples
- F.4. FirstMatchMapper
- F.4.1. Examples
- F.5. CutDirsMapper
- F.5.1. Examples
- F.6. FlattenMapper
- F.6.1. Examples
- F.7. GlobMapper
- F.7.1. Examples
- F.8. IdentityMapper
- F.9. MergeMapper
- F.9.1. Examples
- F.10. RegexpMapper
- F.10.1. Examples
- G. Core selectors
- G.1. Contains
- G.2. Date
- G.3. Depend
- G.4. Depth
- G.5. Different
- G.6. Filename
- G.7. Present
- G.8. Containsregexp
- G.9. Size
- G.10. Type
- G.11. And
- G.12. Majority
- G.13. None
- G.14. Not
- G.15. Or
- G.16. Readable
- G.17. Writable
- G.18. Executable
- G.19. Selector
- G.20. Symlink Selector
- H. Project Components
- H.1. Phing Projects
- H.1.1. Example
- H.1.2.
- H.1.3. Attributes
- H.2. Targets
- H.2.1. Example
- H.2.2. Attributes
- I. Loggers and Listeners
- I.1. Listeners
- I.2. Loggers
- I.3. DefaultLogger
- I.4. MailLogger
- I.5. NoBannerLogger
- I.6. ProfileLogger
- I.7. StatisticsListener
- I.8. TimestampedLogger
- J. File Formats
- J.1. Build File Format
- J.2. Property File Format
- Bibliography
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