verdict generate catalog

Source command definition

Validate a mapped policy and emit its database-specific source catalog.

Runs locally. Effects: write catalog when —output is supplied.

Arguments and flags

Argument	Type	Required	Default	Description
<file>	positional	yes	No parser default	Policy file
--output	string	no	No parser default	Write catalog to this path
--check	string	no	No parser default	Compare with a saved catalog without writing

--help (-h) shows command help without executing the command. Boolean flags support --no-<flag>. Defaults stated in descriptions may be resolved by the handler or configuration rather than the argument parser.

Input

A mapped policy file.

File input: supported. Standard input: unsupported.

• —output and —check are mutually exclusive.

Result

{
  "kind": "source",
  "description": "Versioned JSON source catalog."
}

Standard output: JSON catalog unless —output or —check is supplied.

Lifecycle: Completes after generation or comparison.

Examples

verdict generate catalog policy.vd > verdict.catalog.json
verdict generate catalog policy.vd --output verdict.catalog.json
verdict generate catalog policy.vd --check verdict.catalog.json