How can I correctly set a Dye into an ItemStack?

I'm trying to apply a Dye color into an existing ItemStack, how can I do this without using deprecated methods and creating an new stack?

I tried the following code but it's resulting in a normal ink sack.
ps: I'm creating an stack in the first line only as example.

Code:

final ItemStack stack = new ItemStack(Material.INK_SACK);
Dye dye = new Dye();
dye.setColor(DyeColor.LIME);
stack.setData(dye);

edit: Added final to stack variable to show that it cannot be replaced by a new stack.

 

You can set the color of an ink sac? I dont believe that is possible.

 

But using data vaules is risky, they may change in future versions, that's why all data related methods are deprecated. There should be a way to do this without using deprecated methods or creating a new stack.

I edited my sample code to show that I can't create a new ItemStack where i'm trying to apply the dye.

 

joserobjr
Dye has toItemStack inherited from MaterialData

Javadoc: http://jd.bukkit.org/rb/apidocs/org/bukkit/material/Dye.html

 

Gater12 But it creates a new stack...

I think it's an issue with Bukkit API, if I'm setting the data of an ItemStack using a MaterialData object the ItemStack should also update the damage value, because of that we have to create a new stack every-time we want to change a color or use deprecated methods to set the data using a magic byte value.

 

joserobjr
Isn't this what you want? An ItemStack object?