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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\Component\Yaml\YamlTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Component\Yaml;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid class.
+ *
+ * @group Drupal
+ * @group YAML
+ */
+class UuidTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'YAML handling',
+      'description' => "Test the parsing and dumping of YAML is consistent between the PECL and Symfony implementations.",
+      'group' => 'YAML',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests dumping with Symfony and parsing with PECL.
+   *
+   * @dataProvider providerYamlData
+   */
+  public function testAlternateDumperParser($data, $parser_class, $dumper_class) {
+    $dumper = new $dumper_class;
+    $parser = new $parser_class;
+
+    $dumped = $dumper->dump($data);
+
+    $parsed = $parser->parse($dumped);
+
+    $this->assertEquals($data, $parsed);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Data provider for YAML instance tests.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public function providerYamlData() {
+    $object = array(
+      'foo' => 'bar',
+      'id' => 'schnitzel',
+      'ponies' => array('nope', 'thanks'),
+      'how' => array(
+        'about' => 'if',
+        'i' => 'ask',
+        'nicely'
+      ),
+      'the' => array(
+        'answer' => array(
+          'still' => 'would',
+          'be' => 'nope',
+        ),
+      ),
+      'how_many_times' => 123,
+      'should_i_ask' => FALSE,
+      1,
+      FALSE,
+      array(1, FALSE),
+      array(10),
+      array(0 => '123456'),
+    );
+    // Test parsing with Symfony and dumping with PECL.
+    $data[] = array(
+      $object,
+      'Drupal\Component\Yaml\Symfony',
+      'Drupal\Component\Yaml\Pecl'
+    );
+
+    // Test parsing with PECL and dumping with Symfony.
+    $data[] = array(
+      $object,
+      'Drupal\Component\Yaml\Pecl',
+      'Drupal\Component\Yaml\Symfony'
+    );
+
+    return $data;
+  }
+
+}