Is there already a YAML library/parser for MATLAB?

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Is there already a YAML library/parser for MATLAB?

I want to use YAML to communicate some data across multiple languages. (Think of it as "language-independent serialization".) One of these languages is MATLAB, but I can't seem to find a YAML library for that language. I've checked for "matlab yaml" and "matlab yaml parse" on Google and there don't seem to be any relevant results. A search of "yaml" on MATLAB Central also left me empty-handed.

Is there really no existing YAML library for MATLAB? I'm fine with writing one, but I would like to avoid duplicating work. (Perhaps something to share?)

+1 A:

Call existing Java YAML import libraries from Matlab. This should be pretty strightforward. Java-Matlab interoperability is pretty good, see matlab help.

Mikhail 2009-10-28 17:09:24

That's a great idea -- didn't even think of it. Will the data types in Java be coverted into the appropriate types in Matlab? Never messed with the Java stuff much...

Benjamin Oakes 2009-10-28 17:21:32

Numeric types are converted implicitly, strings have to be converted explicitly with either cell(myJavaArray) for arrays or char(myJavaString), see Matlab help, it is pretty good on this topic.

Mikhail 2009-10-28 17:55:08

Take a look at SnakeYAML (http://code.google.com/p/snakeyaml/wiki/readme)

2009-10-29 13:35:29

Has anyone actually followed through and done this?

AndyL 2009-11-11 15:53:32

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@AndyL For sankeyaml, add it to your javapath, then import('org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml'), and it works like the docs; the resulting LinkedHashMap is accessed more or less like a matlab struct.

natto 2010-02-02 20:50:12

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