[SOLVED] Config.getString() sometimes returns null when the path *is* there

I have to parts of code. The only difference between them is variable names and where in the config they direct to:

Code:

public static String getName(String name){
        String nameColor = "";
        String preset = "";
        nameColor = config.getString("olyChat.Users." + name + ".NameColor");
        if(nameColor == null){
            preset = config.getString("olyChat.Users." + name + ".Preset");
            if(preset == null){
                nameColor = config.getString("olyChat.Defaults.NameColor");
            }else{
                nameColor = config.getString("olyChat.Presets." + preset + ".NameColor");
                if(nameColor == null){
                    nameColor = config.getString("olyChat.Defaults.NameColor");
                }
            }
        }return formatColors(nameColor).replace("%name", name);
    }

Code:

public static String getChatColor(String name){
        String chatColor = "";
        String preset = "";
        chatColor = config.getString("olyChat.Users." + name + ".ChatColor");
        if(chatColor == null){
            preset = config.getString("olyChat.Users." + name + ".Preset");
            if(preset == null){
                chatColor = config.getString("olyChat.Defaults.ChatColor");
            }else{
                chatColor = config.getString("olyChat.Presets." + preset + ".ChatColor");
                if(chatColor == null){
                    chatColor = config.getString("olyChat.Defaults.ChatColor");
                }
            }
        }return formatColors(chatColor);
    }

The first one *always* works, but in the second one, the first check returns null, and goes onto the next checks, even though the variable *is* there.

My config.yml:

Code:

olyChat:
    Defaults:
        NameColor: '&7%name'
        ChatColor: '&f'
        SeparatorColor: '&8'
    Users:
        -snip-
        CalDaBeast:
            NameColor: '&cCal&dDa&bBeast'
            ChatColor: '&3'
            SeparatorColor: '&a'
    - snip-
    #Presets would go here, but they work properly, so I took them out of the post

Any help would be greatly appreciated, because i've been sitting here for nearly three hours trying to get this to work....

 

you -snip-ed the Users configuration section. youre using getString() on it, however, im fairly sure theres supposed to be multiple entries there. Is it a string list? if so, this would be the cause of getString returning null, because its not a string, but a string list.

edit: my mistake, its not a key/value, but a configsection.

Try this debug:

System.out.print("olyChat.Users." + name + ".ChatColor");

make sure it matches up with what you think it should be. Ive made this mistake tons of times, and it typically ends up being a wrong path string

 

CorrieKay
OH MY GOSH! THANK YOU!
You solved my problem!
What was happening was that I was setting the name variable to the person's name color and THEN checking other variables off of that, so it would check for "olyChat.Users.&cCal&dDa&bBeast.ChatColor". Made it so it checks for name last and now it should work! Thank you so much!

 

glad to help, and like i said, in the future, always check your config string paths. Theyre a bugger...