[Solved] Inventory to file

What is the best way to convert a ItemStack[] to a string and back so it can be used in a configuration file?

 

Just write the itemstack into your config. You will be amazed that that works

PS: It's because itemstack has the ConfigurationSerializable implemented

 

I know how to do that but I want to save an entire inventory, so how do you save an array of ItemStacks?

 

You could write them one by one into a text file using a for loop. And then call them line by line when you need to use them again.

 

Yeah, or you could just print it into a list...

Code:java

 
plugin.youryamlfile.set("your.path",Arrays.asList(something));
 

 

I get this error though when retrieving it:

Code:java

13:23:20 [SEVERE] null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'bn'
in plugin BattleNight v2.0...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to [
Lorg.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
at me.limebyte.battlenight.core.Configuration.PlayerData.restore(PlayerD
ata.java:106)
at me.limebyte.battlenight.core.Util.restorePlayer(Util.java:74)
at me.limebyte.battlenight.core.Commands.onCommand(Commands.java:31)
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:40)
... 14 more
 

Source:
me.limebyte.battlenight.core.Configuration.PlayerData.restore(PlayerData.java:105)

 

Use .toArray(new ItemStack[0]) and you won't need the cast.

 

Don't I need to set a size for the Array?

 

No, read the javadoc of the function. It creates a new array of the same type if it's too small, thus passing a zero size array is common.