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diff --git a/‎apps/api-extractor/src/api/ExtractorConfig.ts‎
Lines changed: 7 additions & 4 deletions b/‎apps/api-extractor/src/api/ExtractorConfig.ts‎
Lines changed: 7 additions & 4 deletions
diff --git a/‎apps/api-extractor/src/cli/RunAction.ts‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎apps/api-extractor/src/cli/RunAction.ts‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎common/reviews/api/api-extractor.api.md‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎common/reviews/api/api-extractor.api.md‎
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export interface IExtractorConfigParseConfigObjectOptions {
   /**
    * An already prepared configuration object as returned by {@link ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance}.
    */
-  configObject: Partial<IExtractorConfig>;
+  configObject: IExtractorConfig;
 
   /**
    * The absolute path of the file that the `configObject` object was loaded from.  This is used for error messages
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export class ExtractorConfig {
    */
   public static loadAndParseConfig(configJsonFilePath: string): ExtractorConfig {
     const configObjectFullPath: string = path.resolve(configJsonFilePath);
-    const configObject: Partial<IExtractorConfig> = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configObjectFullPath);
+    const configObject: IExtractorConfig = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configObjectFullPath);
 
     const packageJsonLookup: PackageJsonLookup = new PackageJsonLookup();
     const packageJsonFullPath: string | undefined = packageJsonLookup.tryGetPackageJsonFilePathFor(
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class ExtractorConfig {
    * If the "extends" field is present, the referenced file(s) will be merged,
    * along with the API Extractor defaults.
    */
-  public static loadJsonFileWithInheritance(jsonFilePath: string): Partial<IExtractorConfig> {
+  public static loadJsonFileWithInheritance(jsonFilePath: string): IExtractorConfig {
     // Set to keep track of config files which have been processed.
     const visitedPaths: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
 
@@ -310,7 +310,10 @@ export class ExtractorConfig {
     // Lastly, apply the defaults
     configObject = lodash.merge(lodash.cloneDeep(ExtractorConfig._defaultConfig), configObject);
 
-    return configObject;
+    ExtractorConfig.jsonSchema.validateObject(configObject, jsonFilePath);
+
+    // The schema validation should ensure that this object conforms to IExtractorConfig
+    return configObject as IExtractorConfig;
   }
 
   /**
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class RunAction extends CommandLineAction {
     }
 
     const configFullPath: string = path.resolve(configFilename);
-    const mergedConfig: Partial<IExtractorConfig> = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configFullPath);
+    const mergedConfig: IExtractorConfig = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configFullPath);
 
     const extractorConfig: ExtractorConfig = ExtractorConfig.parseConfigObject({
       configObject: mergedConfig,
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class ExtractorConfig {
     static hasDtsFileExtension(filePath: string): boolean;
     static readonly jsonSchema: JsonSchema;
     static loadAndParseConfig(configJsonFilePath: string): ExtractorConfig;
-    static loadJsonFileWithInheritance(jsonFilePath: string): Partial<IExtractorConfig>;
+    static loadJsonFileWithInheritance(jsonFilePath: string): IExtractorConfig;
     readonly mainEntryPointFile: string;
     readonly messages: IExtractorMessagesConfig;
     readonly overrideTsconfig: {} | undefined;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export interface IExtractorConfig {
 
 // @public
 export interface IExtractorConfigParseConfigObjectOptions {
-    configObject: Partial<IExtractorConfig>;
+    configObject: IExtractorConfig;
     configObjectFullPath: string | undefined;
     packageJson?: INodePackageJson | undefined;
     packageJsonFullPath: string | undefined;
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class RunAction extends CommandLineAction {`
`123`	`123`	`}`
`124`	`124`
`125`	`125`	`const configFullPath: string = path.resolve(configFilename);`
`126`		`- const mergedConfig: Partial<IExtractorConfig> = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configFullPath);`
	`126`	`+ const mergedConfig: IExtractorConfig = ExtractorConfig.loadJsonFileWithInheritance(configFullPath);`
`127`	`127`
`128`	`128`	`const extractorConfig: ExtractorConfig = ExtractorConfig.parseConfigObject({`
`129`	`129`	`configObject: mergedConfig,`