network.piot.yaml-dot-net

Yaml dot net

Very lightweight yaml serializer and deserializer.

``csharp
using Piot.Yaml;

var someObject = new YourClass();

// Convert object to string
var serializedString = YamlSerializer.Serialize(someObject);

// ...and bring it back
var yourObject = YamlDeserializer.Deserialize(serializedString);
`

$3

Only supports a small subset of YAML 1.2:

* Basic support for float and integers.
* Hexadecimal. e.g. 0x3A.
* Enums. FirstEnum or multiple enum values for flags: FirstChoice | Second. Optionally it can be formatted as FirstChoice,Second
* Alternate serialized name using YamlProperty attribute:

`csharp
public enum SomeEnum
{
FirstChoice,
Second,
[YamlProperty("_third")]
Third
}

public struct SomeStruct
{
public int answer;

[YamlProperty("anotherAnswer")]
public string SomethingCompletelyDifferent;
}
`

* List / Array

`csharp
public struct SomeItem
{
public int x;
}

public struct RootStruct
{
public SomeItem[] items;
public string somethingElse;
}
`

Can be deserialized from:

`yaml
items:
- x: 42
- x: 98
somethingElse: 'Hello, world!'
`

Note that it is very picky about the exact indentation.

* Dictionary

`csharp
public struct RootStruct
{
public Dictionary lookup;
public string somethingElse;
}
`

Can be deserialized from example:

`yaml
lookup:
2:
x: 909
-10:
x: 1234
somethingElse: 'Hello, world, again'
``