# io.github.libtmux.workspace.WorkspaceBuilder.WorkspaceBuilder.parse

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.workspace.WorkspaceBuilder.WorkspaceBuilder
- **Package:** libtmux-workspace
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/842228310449e879ebcaa3f910597757c9dbffd6/libtmux-workspace/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/workspace/WorkspaceBuilder.java#L38
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/workspace/reference/io-github-libtmux-workspace-workspacebuilder-workspacebuilder-parse/

```
io.github.libtmux.workspace.WorkspaceBuilder.WorkspaceBuilder.parse(yaml: String) -> Workspace
```

Reads a workspace from YAML text.

## Raises

- `IllegalArgumentException`: if the description is one tmux could not build, including a layout name tmux would not recognise