Plugin doesnt last reload

So i made a region plugin... when i reload the server the region goes away.. how do i make it stay through reloads until i do /region delete <NAME> i have the ability to delete but idk what to do about the reload.

 

Save the regions to a config file and save/load them on disable/enable, getConfig() seems promising.

 

XxZHALO13Xx could u give me a example. im new to doing config files

 

If you store the region as a variable, when the plugin is reset the variable get's reset, since the plugin instance is no more. Do what the above says and you'll be fine.

This comment was for explanatory purposes only.

 

SmooshCakez and how to save then delete them when needed.. tahnks

nateracecar5

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

 

XxZHALO13Xx
This seems promising.

I also suggest no to /reload, not many plugins like being reloaded and many memory leaks can occur.

 

XxZHALO13Xx What I do is I create a config.yml file in my jar, then I put in my onEnable()

Code:java

getConfig().options.copyDefaults(true);

So if you had in your config:

Code:java

autoUpdate: true
useRedstoneAsItems: false
makeMobsSpinUncontrolably: true

It would copy all of that in the config. Now don't worry, it doesn't reset the config everytime the plugin is reloaded. Now, if you want to get one of those booleans, in your code somewhere you can do:

Code:java

boolean myBool = getConfig().getBoolean("useRedstoneAsItems");

That will get the boolean above, and set myBool to false, since useRedstoneAsItems in set to false.

You can do that with strings, and ints too. For instance:

Code:java

String myStr = getConfig().getString("myString");
int myInt = getConfig().getInt("myInt");

You can also use those in if statements, but you can figure that out

If you want to set a variable, you can do the same above in a similar manner my doing:

Code:java

getConfig().set(true, "myBool");
getConfig().set(52, "myInt");
getConfig().set("Hello World!", "myStr");

Also, make sure to ALWAYS do

Code:java

saveConfig();

after EVERY config change. The method name is self explanatory.

There are probably better ways of doing this, but this is how I do it with my plugins.

There are also ways of creating custom config names, but I haven't learned that yet. Try googling it