From 2fe4ed2e342289acf994bffe5f902fc59d58286c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaroslav Henner <jhenner@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:38:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Toplevel collection typecheck.

Change-Id: I4a59d1b9391adb84f4a29520a179f8cdbc61e18d
---
 jenkins_jobs/builder.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/builder.py b/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
index 0c9690436..0866df78a 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/builder.py
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ class YamlParser(object):
     def parse(self, fn):
         data = yaml.load(open(fn))
         if data:
+            if not isinstance(data, list):
+                raise JenkinsJobsException(
+                    "The topmost collection in file '{fname}' must be a list,"
+                    " not a {cls}".format(fname=fn, cls=type(data)))
             for item in data:
                 cls, dfn = item.items()[0]
                 group = self.data.get(cls, {})