1***The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.*** 2 3## Overview ## 4[YAML](http://yaml.org) is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages. 5 6SnakeYAML is a YAML processor for the Java Virtual Machine. 7 8## SnakeYAML features ## 9 10* a **complete** [YAML 1.1 processor](http://yaml.org/spec/1.1/current.html). In particular, SnakeYAML can parse all examples from the specification. 11* Unicode support including UTF-8/UTF-16 input/output. 12* high-level API for serializing and deserializing native Java objects. 13* support for all types from the [YAML types repository](http://yaml.org/type/index.html). 14* relatively sensible error messages. 15 16## Info ## 17 * [Changes](https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/wiki/Changes) 18 * [Documentation](https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/wiki/Documentation) 19 20## Contribute ## 21* Mercurial DVCS is used to dance with the [source code](https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/src). 22* If you find a bug in SnakeYAML, please [file a bug report](https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/issues?status=new&status=open). 23* You may discuss SnakeYAML at 24[the mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/snakeyaml-core).