Solved No more block IDs?

I've noticed that all functions involving Block IDs (i.e. 1 for stone, 2 for cobblestone, etc.) have been deprecated in the latest CB release. Does this mean there's no way I can use 1 to represent stone anymore, I have to use the Material enum? That is very frustrating if so, it's going to make things like config and storing lists of blocks a lot less fun.
Does anyone have a temporary or permanent solution to this? Is an alternative in the works?

Edit: For anyone searching for the answer to this problem, I've made a little API that can convert between old IDs and the Material enum. You can get it here: http://pastebin.com/rscFbS1f

Bump. A dev reply would be appreciated.

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

 

adam753 in the next update, Mojang is removing item ids, and changing them to: "material:sandstone", for example. My guess is that everything will be converted to use the Material enum instead of item ids.

 

adam753
Exactly what chasechocolate said except I might have to add this: It would be unlikely and stupid if Bukkit removed IDs and broke tons of plugins. That being said, it's still a good idea to use Materials unless IDs are needed. I believe the idea of deprecating them was to divert people from using them.

 

IDAPI anyone?

 

chasechocolate
Ah right, it's Mojang's doing. Very frustrating, but thanks for the info.
tommycake50
I think I'll quickly write a class for that, I prefer that idea to having to type out the material names in config files.

 

adam753 Hey, mind sending me the api when ya finish? I hate using enums

 

JellybeanPrince
Sure, here's the one I threw together. http://pastebin.com/rscFbS1f

 

Thanks ! You should make this a plugin