This section describes errors that you might see if you have a YAML loading issue, and what you can do to fix them.
Undefined Name-Statement Tuple
This exception is thrown when the statement body is not found in a statement definition in any of the supported formats. For example, the following block will cause an error:
statements:
- name: statement-foo
params:
aparam: avalue
This is because name and params are reserved property names -- removed from the list of name-value pairs before free
parameters are read. If the statement is not defined before free parameters are read, then the first free parameter is
taken as the name and statement in name: statement form.
To correct this error, supply a statement property in the map, or simply replace the name: statement-foo entry with a
statement-foo: statement body at the top of the map:
Either of these will work:
statements:
- name: statement-foo
stmt: statement body
params:
aparam: avalue
---
statements:
- statement-foo: statement body
params:
aparam: avalue
In both cases, it is clear to the loader where the statement body should come from, and what (if any) explicit naming should occur.
Redefined Name-Statement Tuple
This exception is thrown when the statement name is defined in multiple ways. This is an explicit exception to avoid possible ambiguity about which value the user intended. For example, the following statements definition will cause an error:
statements:
- name: name1
name2: statement body
This is an error because the statement is not defined before free parameters are read, and the name: statement form
includes a second definition for the statement name. In order to correct this, simply remove the separate name entry,
or use the stmt property to explicitly set the statement body. Either of these will work:
statements:
- name2: statement body
---
statements:
- name: name1
stmt: statement body
In both cases, there is only one name defined for the statement according to the supported formats.
YAML Parsing Error
This exception is thrown when the YAML format is not recognizable by the YAML parser. If you are not working from examples that are known to load cleanly, then please review your document for correctness according to the YAML Specification.
If you are sure that the YAML should load, then please submit a bug report with details on the type of YAML file you are trying to load.
YAML Construction Error
This exception is thrown when the YAML was loaded, but the configuration object was not able to be constructed from the in-memory YAML document. If this error occurs, it may be a bug in the YAML loader implementation. Please submit a bug report with details on the type of YAML file you are trying to load.