Solved Turning ChatColor into strings

Is there a way to convert chatcolors to strings to be saved in a config?
Example:
ChatColor.DARK_RED + "hi"

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&4hi

 

@Hex_27
You can use ChatColor#translateAlternateColorCodes(char c, String s)
inside of your config. For example:

Code:

String message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("test));

player.sendMessage(message);

 

@Hex_27 ChatColors can be saved in the config no problem.

 

No. I don't want that. Read my post again. I want to do the literal opposite of what you're doing there.

Can it be saved in the way I put in the Original Post? I need the users to understand the saved colorcodes

 

If you print out ChatColor.DARK_RED it actually prints out "§4". I don't know what you want

 

@FisheyLP I guess users can understand that, and there would be no need for me to write any code to change it. Thanks

@FisheyLP okay, I just tried it, and no it didn't save it that way. It saved it like this
\xa7[color]

<Edited by bwfcwalshy: Merged posts, please use the edit button rather than double posting.>

 

@Hex_27 https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzl2y1ohja4mxvf/Chat.java?dl=0

Use Chat.unColor(String msg)

 

@bwfcwalshy I'll give it a shot

 

@Hex_27 This is the best option. It's simple and the users won't tell a difference.

 

Yep, this works . Just what I was looking for.

I would. But, I need to save items with colored lores and display names in the game itself. It is much simpler with a colorize and decolorize method