Make several ArrayLists stay after reload

I m currently working on a reports plugin, where players can report other players for griefing, scamming, etc. When a player types /report grief playername , the playername is stored in a specific ArrayList for grief reports. It's fine until there, but the problem is the ArrayLists clear on reload, and the reports do so. Is there any way I can store ArrayLists (several) onDisable and transfer the data stored to the same ArrayLists onEnable? There's no need for the stored data to be readable outside the game.

 

theluckyg
Use a config.yml file to store them, it's perfectly possible: you just need to make a string list inside the config with each of the arraylist.toString()s.
But I've not done it before, so you might want to get someone else to help you with that if you don't know how - I've not got so much time to experiment.

 

iPoke111 the problem with that is, I've got all these ArrayLists:
playerReportGrief
offlineReportGrief
playerReportSpam
offlineReportSpam
playerReportRuleBreaker
offlineReportRuleBreaker
playerReportScam
offlineReportScam
playerReportOther
offlineReportOther

And apart from that, how do I make the ArrayList restore their data after reload?

 

theluckyg
String s = "a,b,c,d,e";
List<String> myList =newArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(s.split(",")));
quick google search returned this
for every list you have saved as a string, use that.

 

iPoke111 , if I change the ArrayList distribution by separating strings with commas, would things like

Code:java

if(myList.contains("something)){actions}

still work?

 

I was having this same problem lol. I was trying to save an ArrayList, but I realized I could just save individual playernames to a file as they join and leave. This here is funny lol.