Chunk X and Chunk Z Saving to a file

Hello, I am trying to save Chunk X and Z to a file, I don't know what the most efficient way of doing this so I am asking for any help I can get. I would be saving the locations to a file like this:

Chunks:
- 11, 12
- 13. 12

(X, Z)

 

samus1221 What have you tried so far?

 

Hashmaps, plus I have tried doing something like this:

ChunkX:
- 12

ChunkZ:
- 11

But then i found out this is completely useless. I need the integers as a grouping like so (X, Z)

How would i go about doing something like this?

 

samus1221 Create a string out of it(e.g. "x, z").

Code:

String xz = x + ", " + z;

Save that to the config.
When you want to get it from the config, split the string.

Code:

int x = Integer.parseInt(configString.split(", ")[0]);
int z = Integer.parseInt(configString.split(", ")[1]);

 

Dude, I thank you so much...

 

samus1221 No problem--glad to help.

 

To save the chunks to a file, use this;

Code:java

try {
    PrintWriter file = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("chunks.txt")));
} catch (IOException e) {};

And to load them back up, use this;

Code:java

ArrayList<Chunk> chunks = new ArrayList<Chunk>();
try {
    BufferedReader file = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("chunks.txt"));
    while (file.ready()) {
        String[] line = file.readLine().split(":");
        int[] pos = {1, 1};
        for (int i=0;i<1;i++) {
            try {
                pos[i] = Integer.parseInt(line[i]);
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {}
        }
        chunks.add(world.getChunkAt(pos[0], pos[1]));
    }
 
} catch (IOException e) {};[/i][/i]

 

Maurdekye That's a little much when you have FileConfiguration...

 

Compressions what's FileConfiguration? This is what I've always done. Does bukkit have a built in method of dealing with files or something?

 

Maurdekye It has an implementation of YamlConfiguration.
Also, a tutorial on how to use it easily

 

Compressions Thanks. This should help a lot later.