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+# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-maven
+
+name: Build and test openaire-cris-validator
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Checkout the OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS Managers repo
+      run: git clone --branch=master https://github.com/openaire/guidelines-cris-managers.git ../guidelines-cris-managers
+    - name: Set up JDK 8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      with:
+        java-version: '8'
+        distribution: 'adopt'
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn package -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V
+    - name: Run the validator on the example files
+      run: java -jar target/openaire-cris-validator-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar file:samples/
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-language: java
-jdk:
-    - openjdk8
-before_install:
-  - git clone --branch=master https://github.com/openaire/guidelines-cris-managers.git ../guidelines-cris-managers
-script:
-  - mvn package -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V
-  - java -jar target/openaire-cris-validator-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar file:samples/