Solved How to convert String to Color

In my plugin, I give the user the ability to change the colors of things in the config file. How do I take the String (whatever they put in (Ex. blue)), and make it a Color? Thanks!

 

If color is an enum, then
Color.valueOf(String)

 

String colored = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes("&", stringWithCodes)

 

I need to convert a string, like "blue", to a Color.BLUE or whatever

I need to convert a string, like "blue", to a Color.BLUE or whatever

NEVER MIND! I FIXED IT! All I did is created a method that returned a Color and inputted a String, and it will check the config file option that has that string input, and return the color it equals! That's confusing:

Code:

if(config.equalsIgnoreCase("black")){
               
                return Color.BLACK;
               
            }

Something like that!

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

 

FluffyNarwhals I do not know if you still need it and if you are still active but if you were trying to get a color from a config file, you can use config.getColor(path);

 

Lionhard - i'm trying to use this config.getColor(path) myself, having trouble getting it to work.. what goes in the config part?
lets say path is mycolor
config.yml
mycolor: WhatGoesHere?

 

Try config.setColor() and see what it does.

 

no setColor method for configuration files sadly. I believe its an enum of some kind but.. i've literally tried everything and nothing works.

 

tremor There goes either BLUE fo r example or ChatColor.BLUE or Color.BLUE i suppose.

 

Lionhard - I solved my issue, turns out I needed the hex equivalent with the leading 0x###### to do it the way I was trying.

 

tremor lolz, ok. Good that it works for you now.