YAML import/export

Functions
struct ec_node *	ec_yaml_import (const char *filename)
int	ec_yaml_export (FILE *out, const struct ec_node *node)

Detailed Description

Interface to import/export ecoli data structures in YAML.

Function Documentation

ec_yaml_import()

struct ec_node * ec_yaml_import

(

const char *

filename

)

Parse a YAML file and build an ec_node tree from it.

Parameters

filename

The path to the file to be parsed.

Returns

The ec_node tree on success, or NULL on error (errno is set). The returned node must be freed by the caller with ec_node_free().

Examples

parse-yaml/parse-yaml.c.

ec_yaml_export()

int ec_yaml_export	(	FILE *	out,
		const struct ec_node *	node )

Export an ec_node tree to a YAML formatted stream.

This function traverses the ec_node tree and outputs a YAML representation of the grammar structure including node type, id, help, attributes and configuration. The output can be used as a template or documentation for grammar definitions.

Parameters

out	The output stream where YAML content will be written.
node	The root node of the grammar tree to export.

Returns

0 on success, or -1 on error (errno is set).