Configuration file error

I'm currently writing a plugin, but the configuration file seems to give some weird errors and I can't figure out what's wrong.

Code:

SEVERE: null; expected '<document start>', but found Scalar (Is it up to date?)
expected '<document start>', but found Scalar
 in "<reader>", line 8, column 1:
    reward-items:true
    ^

        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseDocumentStart.produce(ParserImpl.java:233)
        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:163)
        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:148)
        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:108)
        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:124)
        at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:264)
        at org.bukkit.util.config.Configuration.load(Configuration.java:62)
        at com.bukkit.blaatz0r.Trivia.TriviaSettings.initialize(TriviaSettings.java:57)
        at com.bukkit.blaatz0r.Trivia.Trivia.onEnable(Trivia.java:66)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:135)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:282)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:173)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:60)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:45)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:153)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:140)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:104)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:177)
        at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:512)

And this is TriviaSettings.java:

Code:

public class TriviaSettings {
    private static final String settingsFile = "Trivia.yml";

    public static HashMap<String,String> defaults;
    public static int timer;
    public static int backupTimer;
    public static int questionTimeout;
    public static int maxHints;
    public static boolean rewardPoints;
    public static boolean rewardItems;
    public static int points;
    public static List<Integer> items;
    public static int decrease;
    public static boolean permNext;
    public static boolean permHint;
    public static String dbName;
    public static int lettersPerHint;

    public static void initialize(File dataFolder) {

        defaults = new HashMap<String,String>();
        defaults.put("timer", "15");
        defaults.put("time-out", "5");
        defaults.put("max-hints", "3");
        defaults.put("reward-points", "true");
        defaults.put("reward-items", "true");
        defaults.put("points", "10");
        defaults.put("#items", "A list of item IDs of which one is randomly rewarded");
        defaults.put("items", "[1,3,4]");
        defaults.put("decrease", "2");
        defaults.put("permissions-next", "true");
        defaults.put("permissions-hint", "true");
        defaults.put("db-name", "trivia.db");
        defaults.put("letters-per-hint", "8");

        if(!dataFolder.exists()) {
            dataFolder.mkdirs();
        }

        File configFile = new File(dataFolder, settingsFile);
        if(!configFile.exists()) {
            createSettingsFile(configFile);
        }
        Configuration config = new Configuration(configFile);
        config.load();
        timer             = Math.max(1, config.getInt("timer", 15));
        backupTimer     = timer;
        questionTimeout = Math.max(1, config.getInt("time-out", 5));
        maxHints         = config.getInt("max-hints", 3);
        rewardPoints     = config.getBoolean("reward-points", true);
        rewardItems        = config.getBoolean("reward-items", true);
        points            = config.getInt("points", 10);
        items            = config.getIntList("items", null);
        decrease        = config.getInt("points-decrease", 2);
        permNext        = config.getBoolean("permissions-next", true);
        permHint        = config.getBoolean("permissions-hint", true);
        dbName            = config.getString("db-name", "trivia.db");
        lettersPerHint    = config.getInt("letters-per-hint", 8);
    }

    public static void resetTimer() {
        timer = Math.max(1, backupTimer);
    }

    public static void setTimer(int t) {
        timer = t;
    }

    private static void createSettingsFile(File configFile) {
        BufferedWriter bwriter = null;
        FileWriter fwriter = null;
        try {
            configFile.createNewFile();
            fwriter = new FileWriter(configFile, true);
            bwriter = new BufferedWriter(fwriter);
            bwriter.newLine();

            for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : defaults.entrySet()) {

                bwriter.write(e.getKey() + ":" + e.getValue());
                bwriter.newLine();
            }
            bwriter.flush();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (bwriter != null) {
                    bwriter.close();
                }
                if (fwriter != null)
                    fwriter.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}

And finally Trivia.yml:

Code:

reward-points:true
max-hints:3
#items:A list of item IDs of which one is randomly rewarded
reward-items:true
db-name:trivia.db
time-out:5
items:[1,3,4]
timer:15
letters-per-hint:8
permissions-next:true
permissions-hint:true
points:10
decrease:2

My guess is that sometthing is wrong with the yml file, but I don't see what.


Edit: Seems like the comment is causing some problems. Dunno why tho.
Also, the items list seems to break, what is the right syntax for specifying a list in YML?

There needs to be a space between the colon and the value, so:

timer: 15 instead of timer:15

Took me ages to find >.<

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Hey, so does org.bukkit.util.config actually work?

Docs say "This class is currently incomplete. It is not yet possible to get a node.".

Are the docs just out of date?

The javadoc for bukkit is frustrating.