Wrote some tests, but they don't work because it doesn't output maps in a canonical form.

main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "parser.h"
+#include "tests.h"
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -64,21 +65,23 @@ void operator >> (const YAML::Node& node, Level& level)
 
 int main()
 {
-	std::ifstream fin("test.yaml");
+	YAML::Test::RunAll();
 
-	try {
+	//std::ifstream fin("test.yaml");
-		YAML::Parser parser(fin);
-		if(!parser)
-			return 0;
 
-		YAML::Node doc;
+	//try {
-		parser.GetNextDocument(doc);
+	//	YAML::Parser parser(fin);
-		std::cout << doc;
+	//	if(!parser)
-	} catch(YAML::Exception&) {
+	//		return 0;
-		std::cout << "Error parsing the yaml!\n";
+
-	}
+	//	YAML::Node doc;
+	//	parser.GetNextDocument(doc);
+	//	std::cout << doc;
+	//} catch(YAML::Exception&) {
+	//	std::cout << "Error parsing the yaml!\n";
+	//}
 
 	getchar();
 
 	return 0;
-}
+}

parser.cpp

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ namespace YAML
 {
 	Parser::Parser(std::istream& in): m_pScanner(0)
 	{
-		m_pScanner = new Scanner(in);
+		Load(in);
-		m_state.Reset();
 	}
 
 	Parser::~Parser()
@@ -22,6 +21,13 @@ namespace YAML
 		return m_pScanner->PeekNextToken() != 0;
 	}
 
+	void Parser::Load(std::istream& in)
+	{
+		delete m_pScanner;
+		m_pScanner = new Scanner(in);
+		m_state.Reset();
+	}
+
 	// GetNextDocument
 	// . Reads the next document in the queue (of tokens).
 	// . Throws (ScannerException|ParserException)s on errors.

parser.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace YAML
 
 		operator bool() const;
 
+		void Load(std::istream& in);
 		void GetNextDocument(Node& document);
 		void PrintTokens(std::ostream& out);
 

tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "parser.h"
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace YAML
+{
+	namespace Test
+	{
+		// runs all the tests on all data we have
+		void RunAll()
+		{
+			std::vector <std::string> files;
+			files.push_back("tests/simple.yaml");
+			files.push_back("tests/mixed.yaml");
+
+			bool passed = true;
+			for(unsigned i=0;i<files.size();i++) {
+				if(!YAML::Test::Inout(files[i])) {
+					std::cout << "Inout test failed on " << files[i] << std::endl;
+					passed = false;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if(passed)
+				std::cout << "All tests passed!\n";
+		}
+
+		// loads the given YAML file, outputs it, and then loads the outputted file,
+		// outputs again, and makes sure that the two outputs are the same
+		bool Inout(const std::string& file)
+		{
+			std::ifstream fin(file.c_str());
+
+			try {
+				// read and output
+				Parser parser(fin);
+				if(!parser)
+					return false;
+
+				Node doc;
+				parser.GetNextDocument(doc);
+
+				std::stringstream out;
+				out << doc;
+				// and save
+				std::string firstTry = out.str();
+
+				// and now again
+				parser.Load(out);
+				if(!parser)
+					return false;
+
+				parser.GetNextDocument(doc);
+				std::stringstream out2;
+				out2 << doc;
+				// and save
+				std::string secondTry = out2.str();
+
+				// now compare
+				if(firstTry == secondTry)
+					return true;
+
+				std::ofstream fout("out.yaml");
+				fout << "---\n";
+				fout << firstTry << std::endl;
+				fout << "---\n";
+				fout << secondTry << std::endl;
+
+				return false;
+			} catch(Exception&) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+}

tests.h

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <string>
+
+namespace YAML
+{
+	namespace Test {
+		void RunAll();
+
+		bool Inout(const std::string& file);
+	}
+}

tests/mixed.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+- the main thing is a sequence
+- here's a key: value
+  and another: value
+- let's inline: [1, 2, 3]
+  and an inline map: {key: value, 243: 101}
+- and multiple indents:
+  - here's
+  - a
+  - list
+  and another:
+  - list
+  - of
+  - things
+- maybe now:
+  let's: get
+  pretty:
+    deep: here
+    in:
+      the: nesting
+      just: to
+      confuse:
+        the: heck
+        out:
+          - of
+          - the: parser
+            if:
+              - we
+              - can
+          - do: that
+      what: do
+    you: think?
+    

tests/simple.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+just a scalar
+---
+and another scalar
+---
+now an end document
+...
+---
+and now two
+...
+...
+---
+and that's it

yaml-reader.vcproj

@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@
 				RelativePath=".\main.cpp"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath=".\tests.cpp"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<Filter
 				Name="Scanner"
 				>
@@ -247,6 +251,10 @@
 				RelativePath=".\exceptions.h"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath=".\tests.h"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<Filter
 				Name="Scanner"
 				>