Solved Logging to a file

I followed this Guide on how to make a Log file.

At this line:

Code:

File dataFolder = getDataFolder();

getDataFolder is getting marked as an Error in Intellij.

with this Error:

Code:

Cannot resolve method 'getDataFolder' in 'Listeners'

and with these Suggestions to solve it:




I already tried it with Bukkit.getDataFolder() but the same Error is shown.

However it exists in the Docs.

Im new to Java so i may be missing something obvios, thanks for any help

For anyone interested: i fixed it myself:

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This will throw an Exception when the Folder doesnt exist, but the file will be created if it doesnt exist.

All the other Credit goes to this thread.

Code:

public void logToFile(String message) {

        try
        {

            File saveTo = new File("path/to/my/log.txt" );
            if (!saveTo.exists())
            {
                saveTo.createNewFile();
            }

            FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(saveTo, true);

            PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(fw);

            pw.println(message);

            pw.flush();

            pw.close();

        } catch (IOException e)
        {

            e.printStackTrace();

        }

    }

 

@Lulonaut The reason you can’t use getDataFolder() is because you’re trying to call it outside of your main class without an instance of your main class.