using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using YamlDotNet.RepresentationModel;

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namespace Test

{

    public class Program

    {

        public YamlStream GetYamlStream()

        {

            var yaml = new YamlStream();

            var rootYamlNode = new YamlMappingNode();

            yaml.Add(new YamlDocument(rootYamlNode));

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            rootYamlNode.Add("foo", "\nbar");

            return yaml;

        }

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        public void OutPutAsFile()

        {

            using (var writer = new StreamWriter(new FileStream("test.yaml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write), Encoding.UTF8))

            {

                var yaml = GetYamlStream();

                yaml.Save(writer, false);

            }

        }

        public void OutPutInConsole()

        {

            using (var writer = new StringWriter())

            {

                var yaml = GetYamlStream();

                yaml.Save(writer, false);

                var yamlContent = writer.ToString();

                // HERE is the trick to handle the "null char bug"... Warning, putting a whole file into memory may not be a good idea.

                // Works for me because I only manage small files and there is no performance involved in 

                // my tool. Best option would be create a dedicated StreamWriter proxy.

                yamlContent = yamlContent.Replace("\0","");

                // End of the trick

                Console.Write(yamlContent);

                Console.Write(string.Join(", ", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(yamlContent).Select(b => string.Format("{0:X2}", b)).ToArray()));

            }

        }

        public void Main()

        {

            OutPutInConsole();

        }

    }

}

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