Saving/Loading the contents of a chest. Using basic Configuration.

I've tried many different things, used google and the dreaded Bukkit search so far I came up with this nasty looking this:

Code:java

 
public boolean onCommand(CommandSender s, Command c, String sl, String[] args) {
Player p = (Player)s;
PermissionUser user = PermissionsEx.getUser(p);
if(c.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("rhrestore") && user.has("Rehab.HGC.rhrestore")){
int x = plugin.getConfig().getInt("Chest.Storage.Chest["+t+"].X");
int y = plugin.getConfig().getInt("Chest.Storage.Chest["+t+"].Y");
int z = plugin.getConfig().getInt("Chest.Storage.Chest["+t+"].Z");
Block blockatlocation = Bukkit.getWorld(p.getWorld().getName()).getBlockAt(x,y,z);
if (blockatlocation.getState() instanceof Chest) {
Chest chest = (Chest) blockatlocation.getState();
chest.getInventory().clear();
ItemStack[] itemsinchest;
Object o = plugin.getConfig().get("Chest.Storage.Chest["+t+"].Contents");
if (o instanceof ItemStack[])
itemsinchest = (ItemStack[]) o;
else if (o instanceof List)
itemsinchest = (ItemStack[]) ((List) o).toArray(new ItemStack[0]);
else
plugin.log.info("Exception!");
chest.getInventory().setContents((ItemStack[]) o);
}
s.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD+"[RHG] "+ChatColor.DARK_GRAY+"chests restored!");
}
return false;
}
}
 
 

The above code doesn't work!

There has to be a simpler way of going about saving and loading chest contents from a regular old configuration file right? Thanks for the insight.

 

I'm actually working on something similar. i know you can sterilize an item stack with

PHP:

 ItemStack.serialize();

I then put the sterilized output into a hashmap with the slot as an key and a sterilized item stack as the value.

PHP:

public Map<Integer, Map<String, Object>> sterilizeInv(Inventory inv){
 
            Map<Integer, Map<String, Object>> invOut = new HashMap<Integer, Map<String, Object>>();//hasmap with slot number as int and the sterlized itemstack as the value
            for(int i = 0; i < inv.getSize(); i++){//loop through all the slots in the inv
                ItemStack is = inv.getItem(i);//get the items stack at current slot
                Map<String, Object> sis = is.serialize();//sterlize
                invOut.put(i, sis);//put into the hasmap
            }
            return invOut;
        }

i haven't tested this code yet btw.
i then go and save the hashmap as a binary file

PHP:

public void saveMap(String filename, Map<Integer, Map<String, Object>> saves) {
            try {
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(filename);
                GZIPOutputStream gzos = new GZIPOutputStream(fos);
                ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(gzos);
                out.writeObject(saves);
                out.flush();
                out.close();
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                System.out.println(e);
            }
          }

 

@Tzeentchful
Interesting, I did not know the itemstack could be serialized now. I think that will make things so much more easier. Thank you.

Sadly the code given doesn't work. Does anyone have a better idea?
@Tzeentchful
I'll use that for saving a player inventory.

I'm still very stumped... Does anyone have any idea on storing the chest contents then reloading them from a Yml File?

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

 

Orcem12
Well. I know this isn't exactly what you wanted - it's using a database - but here's how I did it:
https://github.com/DarkCraft/DarkMi...ava/net/darqy/DarkMisc/Backpack/Backpack.java

It's easy enough to use the toMapList and fromMapList methods with a FileInput/OutputSteam, as well. In fact it's what I used first.

Sorry if this is no help!