Solved Get value from custom config.

Hello everyone,

I succesfully made a method that creates a playerfile whenever a player joins (And the file doesn't already exist), but my problem right now is that I don't know how to get the value's out of my custom files.
Can anyone explain how I can get these value's?

Create Playerfile method:

Code:java

 
    public void firstJoin(PlayerJoinEvent e){
 
        Player player = e.getPlayer();
 
        FileConfiguration playerfile = null;
        File file = new File("plugins"+File.separator+plugin.getDescription().getName()+File.separator+"users"+File.separator+e.getPlayer().getUniqueId()+".yml");
 
        if(!file.exists()){
            try {
                file.createNewFile();
            } catch (IOException e1) {
                e1.printStackTrace();
            }
 
            playerfile = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
 
            playerfile.set("Player.Name", player.getName());
            playerfile.set("Player.Rank", "member");
 
            try {
                playerfile.save(file);
            } catch (IOException e1) {
                e1.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
 

Class where I need the value's:

Code:java

 
    @EventHandler
    public void onPlayerChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent e){
 
        FileConfiguration playerfile = null;
        File file = new File("plugins"+File.separator+plugin.getDescription().getName()+File.separator+"users"+File.separator+e.getPlayer().getUniqueId()+".yml");
 
        playerfile = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
 
        if(???????){
            e.setFormat(ChatColor.YELLOW + "[Member] " + ChatColor.GRAY + e.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.RED + " » " + ChatColor.GRAY + e.getMessage());
        } else{
            e.getPlayer().sendMessage("It still doesn't work.");
        }
    }
 

Hope someone can help,
Sten.

 

@Doubtstand Retrieve the values just as you would with a normal config.

Code:

FileConfiguration config = getConfig();

would work the same as

Code:

FileConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);

since the plugin config is a FileConfiguration.
EDIT: Source

 

@Doubtstand Use one of the various getters that FileConfiguration class offers for retrieving the data. Just find the right method and pass the desired path to it as an argument. For strings, you want FileConfiguration#getString(path), and its similar for other objects.

Link for you: Configuration API

 

When using the following code, it still gives this error: http://pastebin.com/QtUxbFSt
It gives an error on line 25: File file = new File(etc)

Code:java

 
    @EventHandler
    public void onPlayerChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent e){
 
        File file = new File("plugins"+File.separator+plugin.getDescription().getName()+File.separator+"users"+File.separator+e.getPlayer().getUniqueId()+".yml");
        FileConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
 
        if(config.getString("Player.Name") == "member"){
            e.setFormat(ChatColor.YELLOW + "[Member] " + ChatColor.GRAY + e.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.RED + " » " + ChatColor.GRAY + e.getMessage());
        } else{
            e.getPlayer().sendMessage("It still doesn't work.");
        }
    }
 

EDIT: It also doesn't say the else message: it still doesn't work.

 

@Doubtstand

1. Check if the file exists before using it, check that the plugin is not null, check that the directory your are writing the file to exists.
   
2. You do not compare strings with ==. Use the equals or equalsIgnoreCase methods instead.

 

@Doubtstand

1. Load the file once for the player, not Every Single Time the player sends a message.
2. Do tell me (AND have your plugin print out ) what the file's path will be?

 

Plugins folder > Datafolder > users > <uuid>.yml

 

@Doubtstand
And what is the string IT gives...

ps, you get the datafolder by doing JavaPlugin.getDataFodler();

 

The file will exist, because it is generated when a player joins with !file.exist.

It will return member in the default case ( sorry if im unclear, my english isn't that great ).

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

 

@Doubtstand
Please post EXACTLY what it prints out. This is what you should use to actually see EXACTLY what the string is

Code:

System.out.println(THAT STRING)

 

@Doubtstand Better to be safe than sorry. Also, are you sure that the plugin variable is not null?

 

I found the problem, it was the simple thing that I was using plugin.getDescription().getName() to get the datafolder instead of plugin.getDataFolder(). Thanks you guys for your help anyways ;d