Begin to fix issue 149 - identify the problem
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue149/ComponentBean.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue149/ComponentBean.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, http://www.snakeyaml.org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue149;
+
+public class ComponentBean {
+    private int property1;
+    private String property2;
+
+    public int getProperty1() {
+        return property1;
+    }
+
+    public void setProperty1(int property1) {
+        this.property1 = property1;
+    }
+
+    public String getProperty2() {
+        return property2;
+    }
+
+    public void setProperty2(String property2) {
+        this.property2 = property2;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue149/GlobalDirectivesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue149/GlobalDirectivesTest.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, http://www.snakeyaml.org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue149;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.TypeDescription;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Util;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Tag;
+
+public class GlobalDirectivesTest extends TestCase {
+    public void testOneDocument() {
+        String input = Util.getLocalResource("issues/issue149-one-document.yaml");
+        // System.out.println(input);
+        Constructor constr = new Constructor();
+        TypeDescription description = new TypeDescription(ComponentBean.class, new Tag(
+                "tag:ualberta.ca,2012:" + 29));
+        constr.addTypeDescription(description);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constr);
+        Iterable<Object> parsed = yaml.loadAll(input);
+        for (Object obj : parsed) {
+            System.out.println(obj);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testDirectives() {
+        String input = Util.getLocalResource("issues/issue149-losing-directives.yaml");
+        // System.out.println(input);
+        Constructor constr = new Constructor();
+        TypeDescription description = new TypeDescription(ComponentBean.class, new Tag(
+                "tag:ualberta.ca,2012:" + 29));
+        constr.addTypeDescription(description);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constr);
+        // Iterable<Object> parsed = yaml.loadAll(input);
+        // for (Object obj : parsed) {
+        // System.out.println(obj);
+        // }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-losing-directives.yaml b/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-losing-directives.yaml
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+++ b/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-losing-directives.yaml
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+%YAML 1.1

+%TAG !u! tag:ualberta.ca,2012:

+--- !u!29 &1

+property1: 0

+property2: aaa

+

+--- !u!29 &2

+property1: 3

+property2: bbb

diff --git a/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-one-document.yaml b/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-one-document.yaml
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+++ b/src/test/resources/issues/issue149-one-document.yaml
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+%YAML 1.1

+%TAG !u! tag:ualberta.ca,2012:

+--- !u!29 &1

+property1: 0

+property2: aaa

+

+