Bugfix

Fix DuplicateAnchorException when using merge keys do merge mappings that contain aliases.

Implement merging a sequence of aliases.

Bugfix

Fix AnchorNotFoundException when another exception occurs during deserialization.

Implement merge keys

This release adds merge key support: http://yaml.org/type/merge.html

Example from BackreferencesAreMergedWithMappings unit test:

var reader = new EventReader(new MergingParser(new Parser(stream)));
var result = Deserializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>(parser);

Fix "Properties with [YamlIgnore] being accessed during serialization"

This is a bugfix release that fixes issue #90.

Ignore unmapped properties in YAML

• Add a parameter to the deserializer to ignore unmapped properties in YAML.

Serialize actual types by default

• Fix issue #26: Use the actual type of the objects instead of the statically detected one.
• Merged the Core, Converters and RepresentationModel assemblies. The NuGet packages YamlDotNet.Core and YamlDotNet.RepresentationModel are now a single package, named YamlDotNet.
• Removed YamlDotNet.Configuration and YamlDotNet.Converters.
• Line numbers in error messages now start at one.
• TypeConverter is now used to cast list items.
• Various code improvements.
• More and better unit tests.

Serialize actual types by default

This is a pre-release version that fixes issue #26 and simmilar problems by using the runtime type of the serialized objects instead of the statically-defined type.

The two packages YamlDotNet.Core and YamlDotNet.RepresentationModel have been merged into a single package, YamlDotNet.

Important bug fix and minor api changes

Bug fixes:

• Fix error in newline handling when emitting folded scalars.

API Changes:

• Extract the interface of Parser and Emitter classes.

Major release with new API

• YamlSerializer has been replaced by the Deserializer class. It offer the same functionality of YamlSerializer but is easier to maintain and extend.
  • Breaking change: DeserializationOverrides is no longer supported. If you need this, please file a bug and we will analyze it.
  • Breaking change: IDeserializationContext is no longer supported. If you need this, please file a bug and we will analyze it.
  • Tag mappings are registered directly on the Deserializer using RegisterTagMapping()
  • ObjectFactory is specified in the constructor, if required.
• Bug fixes to the Serializer:
  • Fix bug when serializing lists with nulls inside. e9019d5
• Adds a YAML editor add-in for Visual Studio 2012. Available on the Visual Studio Gallery.