Config yml configuration help

Here is the main class for my plugin:
http://pastie.org/3974844

Here is the error I'm getting:
http://pastie.org/3974850

I know it's referring to the line:
this.saveConfig();

But I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Setting the configuration options seems to be working, it's just saving the config.

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EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Hmm, strange problem you're having, the JavaPlugin class variable "configFile" isn't being initialized. How are you loading the plugin?

 

What do you mean?

and when I change:
public FileConfiguration config;

to:
public FileConfiguration config = getConfig();

I just get an null file error on startup. I AM including a config.yml in my plugin Jar and it has worked for me before.

 

That makes sense because getConfig cannot resolve the config file until the plugin is initialized, usually before it is enabled.

 

I still get a Null point error when resolving it after the plugin has been enabled, like in onEnable() and an onCommand(). What do I need to do to fix this.

 

Its not getConfig() but

Code:

public FileConfiguration config = new YamlConfiguration();

 

Tried that, still getting a Null error:

Here is my error: http://pastie.org/3978823

Here is my code: http://pastie.org/3978818

 

try this:

Code:

File file = new File(this.getDataFolder(), "config.yml");
public FileConfiguration config = new YamlConfiguration();

public void setTagSpawn(Location loc){
    config = this.getConfig();
    config.set("x", loc.getX());
    config.set("y", loc.getY());
    config.set("z", loc.getZ());
    config.set("World", loc.getWorld().getName());
    config.save(file);
}

 

Didn't work, here is the error I get: http://pastie.org/3978943

But it looks like the line the error is pointing to is:

Code:

config = this.getConfig();

 

I just thought of something, get rid of all fields of type FileConfiguration and naned config. then see what happens. Line 57 from the pastie in the op

EDIT: like this.

 

You need to define config otherwise you will get compiling errors.

 

derp =/

The save action must be inside a try{} =)
try this:

Code:

File file = new File(this.getDataFolder(), "config.yml");
public FileConfiguration config = new YamlConfiguration();
 
public void setTagSpawn(Location loc){
  try{
    config = this.getConfig();
    config.set("x", loc.getX());
    config.set("y", loc.getY());
    config.set("z", loc.getZ());
    config.set("World", loc.getWorld().getName());
    config.save(file);
  catch(Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 

Then let the changes ripple out.
Like this, http://pastie.org/pastes/3979008

EDIT: missed a few, also don't have the other classes.

 

I try that and I get a brand new HUGE error:
http://pastie.org/3979077

Want me to send a zip with all the source files in it?

 

Actually its the same error.

 

ddeckys
Looks like the file doesn't exist.. is it even there?

 

null and non-existing are two different states.

 

Sagacious_Zed
i know, but if:

Code:

file = new File(getDataFolder(), "config.yml");

doesn't exist it returns null, so in this case its the same..

make a default config.yml in the same folder as your plugin.yml and add something like this

Code:

if(!file.exists())
        {                                 
            file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
            try
            {
                this.saveDefaultConfig();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

 

BobbyD441
No, that is now how constructors work. What can happen is getDataFolder returning null if the plugin is not initialized.

 

[quote uid=90675798 name="BobbyD441" post=1137921]ddeckys
Looks like the file doesn't exist.. is it even there?[/quote]

The file IS there, I will send you a ZIP with the whole source

[quote uid=90675798 name="BobbyD441" post=1137921]ddeckys
Looks like the file doesn't exist.. is it even there?[/quote]

Here is the source:
<Edit by Moderator: Redacted mediafire url>

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

ddeckys
Hmm... Where did you get the error?

 

Thanks for posting the full source, made it easier to see exactly what was occurring. The problem is all of your classes is extending your main class.

 

Why is that a problem? Aren't they supposed to extend it so I can use them?

 

No, inheritance is not the right answer. You have to pass a reference instead.