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What is a good file format for saving game data?

I need to save some custom game data. Map, player, etc. All of them will have "sub objects". For example, a map and map will have an "array" of tiles. ie, hierarchical data. Hopefully nothing ...
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For 2D tiled maps is all object and NPC data loaded into memory when the map is loaded?

I'm creating a text RPG in Java, but I think this applies for a GUI as well with regard to the data structure. Each Level is a tiled map. Each Tile object has an (X,Y) coordinate, and references to ...