Plugin: yamlsmith

• infos = Information about the yamlsmith plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = René Schwaiger sanss.nosp@m.ecou.nosp@m.rs@me.nosp@m..com
• infos/licence = BSD
• infos/needs = directoryvalue
• infos/provides =
• infos/recommends =
• infos/placements = setstorage
• infos/status = maintained specific unittest nodep preview experimental unfinished nodoc concept discouraged
• infos/metadata =
• infos/description = This plugin exports key sets in the YAML format

YAML Smith

Examples

Scalar

# Save a single key-value pair
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/text 'Pattern Against User'
 
# Only export the value
kdb export user/tests/yamlsmith/text yamlsmith
#> "Pattern Against User"
 
# Check that the plugin supports boolean values correctly
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/boolean 0
kdb export user/tests/yamlsmith/boolean yamlsmith
#> false
 
# Undo modifications
kdb rm -r user/tests/yamlsmith

Mappings

# Add some key-value pairs to the database
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/key value
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/time 'will die and love will burrow it'
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/level1/one 'I'
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/level1/two 'II'
 
# Export data using YAML Smith
kdb export user/tests/yamlsmith yamlsmith
#> key:
#>   "value"
#> level1:
#>   one:
#>     "I"
#>   two:
#>     "II"
#> time:
#>   "will die and love will burrow it"
 
# Undo modifications
kdb rm -r user/tests/yamlsmith

Arrays

Simple Array

kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/low
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/low/#0 'You bought some sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers'
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/low/#1 'And gave them'
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/low/#2 'To the night'
 
kdb export user/tests/yamlsmith yamlsmith
#> low:
#>   -
#>     "You bought some sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers"
#>   -
#>     "And gave them"
#>   -
#>     "To the night"
 
# Undo modifications
kdb rm -r user/tests/yamlsmith

Multiple Arrays

kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/arrays/Elliott/Smith/#0 XO
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/arrays/Elliott/Smith/#1 'Figure 8'
kdb set user/tests/yamlsmith/arrays/The/Smiths/#0 'The Queen Is Dead'
 
kdb export user/tests/yamlsmith yamlsmith
#> arrays:
#>   Elliott:
#>     Smith:
#>       -
#>         "XO"
#>       -
#>         "Figure 8"
#>   The:
#>     Smiths:
#>       -
#>         "The Queen Is Dead"
 
# Undo modifications
kdb rm -r user/tests/yamlsmith

Limitations

• This plugin supports only a very limited subset of YAML.
• YAML Smith does not support
  • binary values,
  • non-contiguous arrays and
  • special characters