Initial file creation overwriting defaults

Solution
I poked around in Bukkit docs until I fixed the issue by including plugin.saveResource(String resourcepath, boolean replace) in my onEnable to copy defaults from the resource file.

Code:

    private void loadFiles() throws IOException {
        saveResource("resource-with-defaults.yml", false);  // This line here fixed the issue
        resource = new Resource(this, "resource-with-defaults");
        resource2 = new Resource2(this, "resource2");
        resource3 = new Resource3(this, "resource3");
    }

The string argument tells you which file to copy defaults, and the boolean tells you whether you should override an existing file.

Original question
I am attempting to write a YamlConfiguration wrapper for my plugin. The subclasses each use a constructor that matches their superconstructor exactly. When the plugin enables, it loads the three necessary yml files in the expected directory (PluginName/data).

All three files are loading completely blank. However, one of those files should be loading defaults from a file (src/main/resources/data/filename.yml).

Here is the constructor for the abstract superclass:

Code:

public abstract class CustomConfig {
    private String path:
    private File file;
    private YamlConfiguration config;
    private JavaPlugin plugin;

    protected CustomConfig(JavaPlugin p, String filename) throws IOException {
        path = plugin.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "data";
        File dir = new File(path);
        if (!dir.exists())
            dir.mkdirs();
        path += File.separator + filename + ".yml";
        plugin = p;
        file = new File(path);
        file.createNewFile();
        config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
    }
    // Some protected accessor methods...
}

It may be a dumb question, or dumb code. Files are definitely not my strong suit.

 

@JellyRekt I don't see you write to the file anywhere, you only create it.

 

Shouldn't it load the existing file stored in the resources folder? IE, from src/main/resources/data/File.yml in my project to server/plugins/Plugin/data/File.yml in my server files? File#createNewFile() shouldn't do anything if the file already exists.

 

@timtower thanks but I think I actually solved it with plugin.saveResource()