YamlAndGroovy.groovy

// simple script which shows how to read and write YAML with Groovy
@Grab("org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.16")
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml

def yamlData = """
Time: 2001-11-23 15:01:42 -5
User: a Test
# Multiline String
Warning:
  This is an error message
  for the log file
Boolean: True
address:
  street: sesamestreet 5
  city:   Hollywood
"""
def dataFromYaml = new Yaml().load(yamlData) 
println dataFromYaml
Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
println yaml.dumpAsMap(dataFromYaml)