Package com.tnsai.output.impl

Class YamlOutputSerializer

java.lang.Object

com.tnsai.output.AbstractOutputSerializer

com.tnsai.output.impl.YamlOutputSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

OutputSerializer

public class YamlOutputSerializer
extends AbstractOutputSerializer

YAML output serializer. Produces human-readable YAML output without external dependencies.

Features:

• Indentation-based nesting
• Multi-line string support
• Compact list notation where appropriate

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
YamlOutputSerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> T	deserialize(String data, Class<T> targetClass)	Deserializes a string to an object of the specified type.
<T> List<T>	deserializeList(String data, Class<T> itemClass)	Deserializes a string to a list of objects.
String	getFormatInstructions(Class<?> targetClass)	Generates format instructions for LLM to produce output in this format.
String	getListFormatInstructions(Class<?> itemClass)	Generates format instructions for list output.
String	serialize(Object data, boolean prettyPrint)	Serializes an object to the target format.
<T> String	serializeList(List<T> items, Class<T> itemClass, boolean prettyPrint)	Serializes a list of objects optimized for tabular formats.

Methods inherited from class com.tnsai.output.AbstractOutputSerializer

getFormat, supportsType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.tnsai.output.OutputSerializer

serialize, serializeList

Constructor Details

YamlOutputSerializer

public YamlOutputSerializer()

Method Details

serialize

public String serialize(Object data,
 boolean prettyPrint)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Serializes an object to the target format.

Parameters:

data - the object to serialize

prettyPrint - whether to format output for readability

Returns:

the serialized string representation

serializeList

public <T> String serializeList(List<T> items,
 Class<T> itemClass,
 boolean prettyPrint)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Serializes a list of objects optimized for tabular formats. For formats like TOON, TONL, CSV this produces more efficient output.

Type Parameters:

T - the item type

Parameters:

items - the list of objects (should be uniform type)

itemClass - the class of list items (for schema inference)

prettyPrint - whether to format output for readability

Returns:

the serialized string representation

deserialize

public <T> T deserialize(String data,
 Class<T> targetClass)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Deserializes a string to an object of the specified type.

Type Parameters:

T - the target type

Parameters:

data - the serialized string

targetClass - the target class

Returns:

the deserialized object

deserializeList

public <T> List<T> deserializeList(String data,
 Class<T> itemClass)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Deserializes a string to a list of objects.

Type Parameters:

T - the item type

Parameters:

data - the serialized string

itemClass - the class of list items

Returns:

the deserialized list

getFormatInstructions

public String getFormatInstructions(Class<?> targetClass)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Generates format instructions for LLM to produce output in this format. Used in prompts to guide LLM response formatting.

Parameters:

targetClass - the expected output class (for schema hints)

Returns:

format instructions string

getListFormatInstructions

public String getListFormatInstructions(Class<?> itemClass)

Description copied from interface: OutputSerializer

Generates format instructions for list output.

Parameters:

itemClass - the expected item class

Returns:

format instructions string