YamlConfiguration list of allowed characters

Hey,
I am searching for some kind of list of allowed characters that can be used inside a String (Edit: more precise , a list of strings ) inside a YamlConfiguration.

What I want to achieve with that, is:
A Player shall be able to save a (list of) string/s inside a YamlConfiguration via commands etc., but before it is actual saved I want to check this input and replace characters that could lead into yaml errors during the loading.. (characters like '.' or ':'for example I think)

Any suggestions ?
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If you put the string into quotes, you can have those characters

Example: ":"

 

Hm, but what is with lists? If I want to put a list of strings into a YAMLConfig like:

PHP:

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();       
list.add("10:Balls:332:0:15");
list.add("50:Balls:332:0:65");
list.add("100:Balls:332:0:120");
 
config.set("some.node", list);

I am very sure I had problems there with ':', and also with '|' , thats the reason I now use '-' as seperator.

In the current case I also have lists of strings, but random players can put stuff there via commands, so I would like to have it save..

 

I think if you would use that snippet, the YAML parser would just wrap the String in quotes

 

So I donÄt have to fear any input from users inserting a String into this list ?

 

You should not have to fear that. I assume the YAML parser would handle that perfectly fine :3