Change direction of existing/new sign

I've been searching the forums for some ideas on to set the facing direction of a sign. I have a plugin that changes a block to a sign (it could add a new sign too, not a big deal).

I have a specific, known BlockFace direction I want it to face but nothing I try works, except for figuring out what the byte value for the directions would be.

Code:

Code:

Block block = sign block in the world.
 
// tried, kinda works, but I'd rather not convert blockface directions to byte values
Sign s = (Sign)block.getState();
s.setRawData( (byte value relating to directions) );
 
// tried:
org.bukkit.material.Sign test = (org.bukkit.material.Sign)block.getState().getData();
test.setFacingDirection(b.getFacing());
block.setData(test.getData(), true);

 

Code:java

byte north = 0x2;
byte south = 0x3;
byte west = 0x4;
byte east = 0x5;
block.setData(north); // or whichever direction you want it to face

Additionally, with the test variable, you're attempting to cast a byte to a sign item (as in, the type found in an inventory), which will never work.

 

you might need to teleport the sign