Pkl — pronounced Pickle — is an embeddable configuration language which provides rich support for data templating and validation.
These packages are C# bindings to pkl to provide a native way to interact with pkl files.
The below table describes how Pkl types are mapped into C# types.
| Pkl type | C# type |
|---|---|
| Null | null |
| Boolean | bool |
| String | string |
| Int | long |
| Int8 | sbyte |
| Int16 | short |
| Int32 | int |
| UInt | ulong |
| UInt8 | byte |
| UInt16 | ushort |
| UInt32 | uint |
| Float | float |
| Number | double |
| List |
T[] |
| Listing |
T[] |
| Map<K, V> | Dictionary<K, V> |
| Mapping<K, V> | Dictionary<K, V> |
| Set |
HashSet<T> |
| Pair<A, B> | (A, B) |
| Dynamic | dynamic |
| DataSize | Pkl.PklTypes.DataSize |
| Duration | Pkl.PklTypes.Duration |
| IntSeq | Pkl.PklTypes.IntSeq |
| Class | Pkl.PklTypes.Class [1] |
| TypeAlias | Pkl.PklTypes.TypeAlias [1] |
| Any | dynamic |
| Unions (A|B|C) | dynamic [2] |
| Regex | Regex |
[1]
Pkl.PklTypes.ClassandPkl.PklTypes.TypeAliasonly exist for compatibilty purposes because they are possible Pkl runtime values.[2] If all types within a union are mapped to the same C# type, it can be decoded to that specific type instead of
dynamic. For example, a union of"error" | "warning"can be decoded tostring, whereas a union ofString | Intwould need to be decoded todynamic.