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    This is a basic YAML to Java loader.
    It does not support all of the YAML specification, and
    does not include a Java to YAML emitter.

    Make of it what you will - feedback to gjenkins@xchanging.com

    Note that it uses Java 1.2 collections, and the Jakarta-ORO regex package.
    It was developed using Java 1.3.1, as I do not wish to commit to Java 1.4 yet.
- 2002-10-15: Initial release.
  2002-10-17: Handle literal in sequence-map shortcut.
  2002-10-18: - Refactored literal and fold block extracts.
              - Handles commas in flow-sequences.
  2002-10-19: - Map keys can now be types (were strings before, unless complex).
              - Some errors in sequence-mapping shortcut corrected.
              - Chomping implemented handled for literal and folded strings.
  2002-10-21: - Some errors in document separators corrected.
              - Phase 1 complete (passes relevant unit tests for Spec and Cookbook).
              - Renamed parse to load to match accepted YAML terminology
              - Refactored to (extensible) strategy objects for transfers and aliases.
  2002-10-22: Refactored more parsers to strategy objects. Code-base is getting bigger
              and a little slower, but I believe far more maintainable and extensible.
  2002-10-23: Refactored all parsers to strategy objects.
  2002-10-27: - Abstract parser for explicit Java types (!java/java-class-name)
              - Sequence and Map parsers support explicit types.
  2002-10-39: Added first emitter methods (block sequence and block mapping)