Creating and Reading Config File

Code:

        // Creates a new configuration file if one does not exist
        File configFile = new File(this.getDataFolder() + "/config.yml");
        if(!configFile.exists())
        {
            this.getLogger().info("No configuration file found. Attempting to create one.");
            this.saveDefaultConfig();
        }

Hey guys. Does this code even make sense? I am able to create a new config file if its missing, but when it comes to loading actual values (e.g. this.plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("debug")), it seems to be loading the default value that's in the jar. I have no problem mutating the values after it has been loaded though...

 

No, all you have to do is call saveDefaultConfig()

 

ohtwo

Code:

File configFile = new File(this.getDataFolder() + "/config.yml");

Bad line^
That will generate /config.yml in your folder.
So it will load it from config.yml while you set /config.yml 's data get rid of the /

 

This statement makes no such thing on the file system. Please read the javadoc for File.

 

I guess I just don't understand what's going on with the code. I was expecting there to be some kind of "open" method, and if there was a FileNotFoundException, create a new file.

 

You can just use saveDefaultConfig();
Becuase it won't overwrite something when it already exists.
Try this:
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Configuration_API_Reference

 

File IO has been abstracted away for you.