aaubry/YamlDotNet
YamlDotNet
YamlDotNet is a YAML serialization library and data mapping tool for .NET. It functions as a parser and generator that converts between .NET objects and YAML formatted text for data storage and configuration.
The project provides capabilities for YAML document parsing and data object mapping. It transforms YAML streams into low-level representations or high-level object models for programmatic analysis and converts structured data objects back into valid YAML strings.
The library covers general data serialization and configuration file management, allowing application data structures to be mapped to and from YAML representations to preserve state.
Features
- YAML Processing - Provides comprehensive library support for parsing and encoding YAML data within .NET applications.
- YAML Serializers - Implements comprehensive serialization and deserialization to convert between .NET objects and YAML formatted text.
- Object Representation Mapping - Defines bidirectional structural mapping between complex internal objects and their YAML representations.
- YAML Parsers - Provides specialized parsing logic to convert YAML formatted text into structured object representations.
- YAML-to-Object Mapping - Maps YAML keys to data properties to transform configuration strings into usable .NET objects.
- YAML Data Generators - Transforms structured data objects into valid YAML strings based on configurable naming conventions.
- .NET Object Mapping - Functions as a specialized .NET tool for mapping complex application data structures to and from YAML.
- Object Mapping - Provides reflection-based mapping to instantiate and populate .NET objects from YAML keys.
- Recursive Descent Parsers - Uses a recursive descent parsing engine to translate YAML text into structured syntax trees.
- Event-Based Stream Processing - Allows reading large YAML files as a sequence of events to avoid loading entire documents into memory.
- Visitor Pattern Traversers - Implements a visitor pattern to walk the parsed YAML node tree and execute custom logic.
- Intermediate Representation Translation - Implements a translation process that converts YAML source text into an abstract intermediate node tree before object mapping.
- YAML Configuration Files - Enables programmatic handling of application settings and environment configurations via YAML files.
- Serialization - YAML serialization library.
