Solved Bukkit Config - Is it possible to have a list within a list?

Using Bukkit's configuration API, is it possible for you to have a list within a list? For example:

Code:

- List 1
  - Sublist
  - Sublist
- List 2
  - Sublist

 

You can use ConfigurationSection.getKeys to turn the big list into a set of keys, then loop through that and get all the lists

 

for(i =0; i<5; i++)
getConfig.getStringList("MyEntries.list"+i);

in the config it would look like:

Code:

MyEntries:
  list0:
  - item1
  - item2
  - item3
  list1:
  - item1
  - item2
  list3 ... up to list 4

 

RingOfStorms
Is 4 lists a limit, or is it just the case in your example?

 

Just my example. And that is really just one way of doing it.
I chose 4 because the for loop went from 0-4.

 

Sounds good. Thank you!

RingOfStorms

Actually, is it possible to use the for-each loop on this? If it is, what type would each list entry be? :/

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

 

http://yaml.org/spec/1.0/
A 'list' inside of a 'list' would be like this:

Code:

entry:
-
  - config.getList("entry").get(0).get(0)
  - config.getList("entry").get(0).get(1)
-
  - config.getList("entry").get(1).get(0)
  - config.getList("entry").get(1).get(1)

But what I think you want is:

Code:

entries:
  SomeBlah:
  - config.getSection("entries").getList("SomeBlah").get(0)
  - config.getSection("entries").getList("SomeBlah").get(1)
  SomeOther:
  - config.getSection("entries").getList("SomeOther").get(0)
  - config.getSection("entries").getList("SomeOther").get(1)

My first example would loop like this:

Code:

for (List<?> subList : (List<List<?>>) config.getList("entry"))
    for (Object object : subList) {
        // stuff;
    }
}

Whereas the second example would loop like this:

Code:

ConfigurationSection entries = config.getSection("entries")
for (String key : entries.getKeys(false)) {
    for (Object object : entries.getList(key)) {
        // stuff;
    }
}

 

Tirelessly
Sorry, I totally missed your post. Thank you.

Wolvereness
Thank you for your detailed post. Second code was what I needed.