hello, i am having an issue, where java is reading an array list from a YAML file of numbers, or strings, and it is interpreting the numbers as octal if it has a leading 0, and no 8-9 digit.

is there a way to force java to read the yaml field as a string?

code:

ArrayList recordrarray = (ArrayList) sect.get("recordnum");
   if (recordrarray != null) {
      recno = join (recordrarray, " ");
   }

HAVE ALSO TRIED:

Iterator<String> iter = recordrarray.iterator();
       if (iter.hasNext()) recno = " " +String.valueOf(iter.next());
       System.out.println(" this recnum:" + recno);
       while (iter.hasNext()){
          recno += ""+String.valueOf(iter.next()));

        System.out.println(" done recnum:" + String.valueOf(iter.next()));

       }

the input is such: 061456 changes to 25390 061506 changes to 25414 061559 -> FINE

it took a while to figure out what it was doing, and apparently this is a common issue for java,

ideas? thanks