Solved Convert String to Location?

Quick question, how would I convert a Location, that I saved as a String in a File and used a BufferedReader to read, back into a Location so that a player can be teleported to that Location?

 

@timtower

Short answer: As a String inside a .yml

Long answer:
When a sign is placed on top of a specific construction, the signs Location gets saved into a seperate .yml file for every one of those constructions.
Heres the Method where the Location gets saved:

Code:Java

 
public void signPlaced(SignChangeEvent event) throws IOException {
        Block signblock = (Block)event.getBlock();
        Sign sign = (Sign) signblock.getState();
        String text = (String) event.getLine(0);
        Player user = (Player) event.getPlayer();
 
        if(isGuidepost(sign)) {
            File waypoint = new File("plugins/Guideposts/" + text + ".yml");
            //Checks if waypoint file already exists
            if (!waypoint.exists()) {
                waypoint.createNewFile();
                writeTeleportLocation(waypoint, sign);
                BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("plugins/Guideposts/" + text + ".yml"));
                writer.write(signblock.getLocation().add(-2,0,0).toString());
                writer.close();
                //TO-DO: Reload Plugin
                user.sendMessage(ChatColor.YELLOW + "Guidepost " + ChatColor.RED + text + ChatColor.YELLOW + " has been build and is now available for fast travel.");
            } else {
                user.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "A guidepost with this name already exists!");
                signblock.setType(AIR);
                user.getInventory().addItem(new ItemStack(SIGN));
            }
        }
    }
 

And heres the full class:
https://pastebin.com/c8kinAVm

 

@timtower Don`t know, im pretty new to this What benefit would that have? Is it not possible to convert a String to a Location?

 

@timtower Okay so writing the world into a file works normally, but for some reason

Code:Java

 
writer.write(signblock.getX());
//and
writer.write(signblock.getX().toString());
 

dont work

 

@timtower the complete output of

Code:Java

 writer.write(signblock.getWorld().toString());
writer.write(signblock.getX());
writer.write(signblock.getY());
writer.write(signblock.getZ());
writer.close(); 

is:
CraftWorld{name=world}?F?

 

@timtower what do you mean "turn the location into a single string"? like .signblock.getLocation().toString()?

Cause thats what I did here.

 

@timtower Oh okay, that makes sense.
So what now?

 

@timtower Works great, thanks!