Serde YAML Serialization Library

This crate is a Rust library for using the Serde serialization framework with data in YAML file format. This library does not reimplement a YAML parser; it uses yaml-rust which is a pure Rust YAML 1.2 implementation.

Installation

[TODO not published yet] This crate works with Cargo and can be found on crates.io with a Cargo.toml like:

toml [dependencies] serde = "*" serde_yaml = "*"

Using Serde YAML

API documentation is available in rustdoc form but the general idea is:

```rust extern crate serde; extern crate serde_yaml;

use std::collections::BTreeMap;

fn main() { let mut map = BTreeMap::new(); map.insert("x".tostring(), 1.0); map.insert("y".tostring(), 2.0);

let s = serde_yaml::to_string(&map).unwrap();
assert_eq!(s, "---\n\"x\": 1\n\"y\": 2");

let deserialized_map: BTreeMap<String, f64> = serde_yaml::from_str(&s).unwrap();
assert_eq!(map, deserialized_map);

} ```

It can also be used with Serde's automatic serialization library, serde_macros. First add this to Cargo.toml:

toml [dependencies] serde = "*" serde_macros = "*" serde_yaml = "*"

Then use:

```rust

![feature(plugin)]

![plugin(serde_macros)]

extern crate serde; extern crate serde_yaml;

[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]

struct Point { x: f64, y: f64, }

fn main() { let point = Point { x: 1.0, y: 2.0 };

let s = serde_yaml::to_string(&point).unwrap();
assert_eq!(s, "---\n\"x\": 1\n\"y\": 2");

let deserialized_point: Point = serde_yaml::from_str(&s).unwrap();
assert_eq!(point, deserialized_point);

} ```