Create Settings file

Hi Guys, have some Problems creating a settings file with some simple true and false statements.
It should look like this

Code:

enableElevators=true
enableGravesigns=true
enableBuildings=true
enableWirestone=true

also I want to know how I can get the settings, if it is true or false.
Thanks for helping
Zero9195

 

Hi.

You can use the built-in Configuration class if you want to read/write yaml configuration files.

Code:

Configuration _config = new Configuration(new File("MyFolder/MyFile.yml"));

_config.load();
 
// Reading from yml file
Boolean elevators = _config.getBoolean("mysettings.enableElevators", false);
Boolean gravesigns = _config.getBoolean("mysettings.enableGravesigns", false);
Boolean buildings = _config.getBoolean("mysettings.enableBuildings", false);
Boolean wirestone = _config.getBoolean("mysettings.enableWirestone", false);

//Writing to yml file
_config.setProperty("mysettings.enableElevators", true);
_config.setProperty("mysettings.enableGravesigns", true);
_config.setProperty("mysettings.enableBuildings", true);
_config.setProperty("mysettings.enableWirestone", true);

_config.save();

There you have some code to read and write to a config file. Quite easy.

Regards, Jerry

 

Which directory is "MyFolder/MyFile.yml" in? I'm assuming the "plugins" directory?

 

No, the root is going to be where your craftbook.jar is. So if you want it to be in the plugins folder, you have to have "plugins/MyFolder/MyFile.yml"

 

Cool! Thanks.

 

I highly recommend using the default config file for your plugin (this.getConfiguration() in the onEnable method). That will access plugins/[YourPlugin]/config.yml which is the default, and is where you should store your config stuff.
To create the default file, just have a method that does config.setProperty() for all of the options you want, and then run config.save() and it will create the required directory/file.

 

Thanks!! this sounds much easier than everything I have tried so far xD
--- merged: Feb 13, 2011 9:08 AM ---
Is there any way to check if the file already exists? Because now it overwrites the settings everytime. Thanks for Help^^