@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@
 <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
 <version>2.3.0</version>
 </dependency>
+<dependency>
+<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+<version>2.9.5</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+<version>2.9.5</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+<version>3.7</version>
+<scope>test</scope>
+</dependency>
 </dependencies>
 
 <build>

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.utplsql.cli.config;
+
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+
+public class ConnectionConfig {
+
+private final String connectString;
+
+@ConstructorProperties({"connectString"})
+public ConnectionConfig(String connectString) {
+this.connectString = connectString;
+}
+
+public String getConnectString() {
+return connectString;
+}
+
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.utplsql.cli.config;
+
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+
+public class ReporterConfig {
+
+private final String name;
+private final String output;
+private boolean screen = false;
+
+@ConstructorProperties({"name", "output", "screen"})
+public ReporterConfig( String name, String output, boolean screen ) {
+this.name = name;
+this.output = output;
+this.screen = screen;
+}
+
+public String getName() {
+return name;
+}
+
+public String getOutput() {
+return output;
+}
+
+public boolean isScreen() {
+return screen;
+}
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.utplsql.cli.config;
+
+
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+
+public class TestRunnerConfig extends ConnectionConfig {
+
+private final String[] suitePaths;
+private final ReporterConfig[] reporters;
+private boolean outputAnsiColor = false;
+private final Integer failureExitCode;
+private boolean skipCompatibilityCheck = false;
+private final String[] includePackages;
+private final String[] excludePackages;
+private final String sourcePath;
+private final String testPath;
+
+@ConstructorProperties({"connectString", "suitePaths", "reporters", "outputAnsiColor", "failureExitCode", "skipCompatibilityCheck", "includePackages", "excludePackages", "sourcePath", "testPath"})
+public TestRunnerConfig(String connectString, String[] suitePaths, ReporterConfig[] reporters, boolean outputAnsiColor, Integer failureExitCode, boolean skipCompatibilityCheck, String[] includePackages, String[] excludePackages, String sourcePath, String testPath) {
+super(connectString);
+this.suitePaths = suitePaths;
+this.reporters = reporters;
+this.outputAnsiColor = outputAnsiColor;
+this.failureExitCode = failureExitCode;
+this.skipCompatibilityCheck = skipCompatibilityCheck;
+this.includePackages = includePackages;
+this.excludePackages = excludePackages;
+this.sourcePath = sourcePath;
+this.testPath = testPath;
+}
+
+public String[] getSuitePaths() {
+return suitePaths;
+}
+
+public ReporterConfig[] getReporters() {
+return reporters;
+}
+
+public boolean isOutputAnsiColor() {
+return outputAnsiColor;
+}
+
+public Integer getFailureExitCode() {
+return failureExitCode;
+}
+
+public boolean isSkipCompatibilityCheck() {
+return skipCompatibilityCheck;
+}
+
+public String[] getIncludePackages() {
+return includePackages;
+}
+
+public String[] getExcludePackages() {
+return excludePackages;
+}
+
+public String getSourcePath() {
+return sourcePath;
+}
+
+public String getTestPath() {
+return testPath;
+}
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.utplsql.cli;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringStyle;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.utplsql.cli.config.TestRunnerConfig;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class YmlConfigTest {
+
+@Test
+public void letsPlayAround() throws IOException {
+
+ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());
+
+String testConfigFile = "src/test/resources/test-config.yml";
+
+TestRunnerConfig config = mapper.readValue(new File(testConfigFile), TestRunnerConfig.class);
+
+System.out.println(ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(config,ToStringStyle.MULTI_LINE_STYLE));
+}
+
+
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# utPLSQL cli Test-Config
+---
+connectString: app/app@localhost:1522/ORCLPDB1
+suitePaths:
+- app.betwnstr
+- app
+reporters:
+- name: ut_documentation_reporter
+- name: ut_coverage_html_reporter
+output: coverage.html
+- name: ut_sonar_test_reporter
+output: sonar.txt
+screen: true
+outputAnsiColor: true
+failureExitCode: 2
+skipCompatibilityCheck: true
+includePackages: [app.betwnstr, mypackage]
+excludePackages:
+- mypackage.blubb
+- stuff
+sourcePath: path/to/source
+testPath: path/to/test