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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml/README.md b/vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fff09b619 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/ghodss/yaml/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +# YAML marshaling and unmarshaling support for Go + +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ghodss/yaml.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ghodss/yaml) + +## Introduction + +A wrapper around [go-yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml) designed to enable a better way of handling YAML when marshaling to and from structs. + +In short, this library first converts YAML to JSON using go-yaml and then uses `json.Marshal` and `json.Unmarshal` to convert to or from the struct. This means that it effectively reuses the JSON struct tags as well as the custom JSON methods `MarshalJSON` and `UnmarshalJSON` unlike go-yaml. For a detailed overview of the rationale behind this method, [see this blog post](http://ghodss.com/2014/the-right-way-to-handle-yaml-in-golang/). + +## Compatibility + +This package uses [go-yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml) and therefore supports [everything go-yaml supports](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml#compatibility). + +## Caveats + +**Caveat #1:** When using `yaml.Marshal` and `yaml.Unmarshal`, binary data should NOT be preceded with the `!!binary` YAML tag. If you do, go-yaml will convert the binary data from base64 to native binary data, which is not compatible with JSON. You can still use binary in your YAML files though - just store them without the `!!binary` tag and decode the base64 in your code (e.g. in the custom JSON methods `MarshalJSON` and `UnmarshalJSON`). This also has the benefit that your YAML and your JSON binary data will be decoded exactly the same way. As an example: + +``` +BAD: + exampleKey: !!binary gIGC + +GOOD: + exampleKey: gIGC +... and decode the base64 data in your code. +``` + +**Caveat #2:** When using `YAMLToJSON` directly, maps with keys that are maps will result in an error since this is not supported by JSON. This error will occur in `Unmarshal` as well since you can't unmarshal map keys anyways since struct fields can't be keys. + +## Installation and usage + +To install, run: + +``` +$ go get github.com/ghodss/yaml +``` + +And import using: + +``` +import "github.com/ghodss/yaml" +``` + +Usage is very similar to the JSON library: + +```go +package main + +import ( + "fmt" + + "github.com/ghodss/yaml" +) + +type Person struct { + Name string `json:"name"` // Affects YAML field names too. + Age int `json:"age"` +} + +func main() { + // Marshal a Person struct to YAML. + p := Person{"John", 30} + y, err := yaml.Marshal(p) + if err != nil { + fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err) + return + } + fmt.Println(string(y)) + /* Output: + age: 30 + name: John + */ + + // Unmarshal the YAML back into a Person struct. + var p2 Person + err = yaml.Unmarshal(y, &p2) + if err != nil { + fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err) + return + } + fmt.Println(p2) + /* Output: + {John 30} + */ +} +``` + +`yaml.YAMLToJSON` and `yaml.JSONToYAML` methods are also available: + +```go +package main + +import ( + "fmt" + + "github.com/ghodss/yaml" +) +func main() { + j := []byte(`{"name": "John", "age": 30}`) + y, err := yaml.JSONToYAML(j) + if err != nil { + fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err) + return + } + fmt.Println(string(y)) + /* Output: + name: John + age: 30 + */ + j2, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(y) + if err != nil { + fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err) + return + } + fmt.Println(string(j2)) + /* Output: + {"age":30,"name":"John"} + */ +} +``` |