Saving and loading all Materials + Data for shop plugin.

Hello,

I'm currently rewriting my shop plugin, but I currently have a problem. I have this code:

Code:java

this.getDataFolder().mkdirs();
        File hs = new File(this.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "materials.properties");
        try {
            Properties props = new Properties();
 
            for(int i = 0;i < Material.values().length; i++){
                props.setProperty(Material.values()[i].toString(), "" + 0.0);
            }
 
            FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(hs);
            props.store(writer, "Do not try to edit this file manually! (Unless you're an advanced user)");
            writer.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            this.getLogger().warning("File not found exception!");
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            this.getLogger().warning("IO exception!");
        }[/i]

Which will perfectly save all Materials to my config file, however, can this be modified so it will save blocks like stained glass with their data value if necessary? Example:

Code:

...
STAINED_GLASS:1=0.0
STAINED_GLASS:2=0.0
STAINED_GLASS:3=0.0
...
RECORD_3=0.0
BIRCH_WOOD_STAIRS=0.0
REDSTONE_LAMP_ON=0.0
GHAST_TEAR=0.0
WOOD_SWORD=0.0
...

Thanks for helping

WoutWoot

 

woutwoot get the ItemStack's data and add it to it that way.

 

I don't have an actual itemstack, I just need a file which automatically contains all the materials and their (if necessarily) data values.

 

woutwoot You can not get an item's data through a Material. I don't quite get what you are asking. If you are trying to do ITEMNAMEATA then you need the data. If you are trying to do ITEM_NAME_WITH_DATA_AS_A_NAME you would still need the data, but you could use 'if' and 'case' statements to solve that problem.

 

Ok, that's what I needed, so there is no way I can know if a Material needs data values for different blocks or not. Then I will indeed have to use a switch statement.