Snakeyaml is a yaml parser and emitter for the java programming language.

snakeyaml features

* a complete yaml 1.1 parser. in particular, snakeyaml can parse all
examples from the specification.
* unicode support including utf-8/utf-16 input/output.
* high-level api for serializing and deserializing native java objects.
* support for all types from the yaml types repository.
* relatively sensible error messages.