YamlConverter Class

Converts between YAML tokens and a CLR type.

public abstract class YamlConverter

Constructors

Name	Description
YamlConverter()

protected YamlConverter()

No documentation is available.

Name	Description
CanConvert(Type)	Determines whether this converter can handle `typeToConvert`.
CanPopulate(Type)	Determines whether this converter can populate an existing instance instead of creating a replacement.
Populate(YamlReader, Type, object)	Populates an existing value instance from YAML.
Read(YamlReader, Type)	Reads a value from YAML.
Write(YamlWriter, object?)	Writes a value to YAML.

Determines whether this converter can handle typeToConvert.

public abstract bool CanConvert(Type typeToConvert)

Determines whether this converter can populate an existing instance instead of creating a replacement.

public virtual bool CanPopulate(Type typeToConvert)

The default implementation returns false.

Populates an existing value instance from YAML.

public virtual object? Populate(YamlReader reader, Type typeToConvert, object existingValue)

Converters that support population should override both YamlConverter.CanPopulate and this method. The default implementation throws NotSupportedException.

Reads a value from YAML.

public abstract object? Read(YamlReader reader, Type typeToConvert)

Writes a value to YAML.

public abstract void Write(YamlWriter writer, object? value)