Storing data in an ItemStack?

Hey guys, is it possible to store data like strings or anything else in an itemstack? Unfortunately the .setMetadata method just works for entities and I don't think you can store data in the MaterialData or can you? Please help me

EDIT: I don't want to use the name/lore to store information!!!!

 

I made utils for nbt tags, maybe this can be usefull:
https://github.com/Cybermaxke/MaterialAPI/tree/master/src/main/java/me/cybermaxke/tagutils
After you use setItemMeta for your itemstack it will be lost.

 

Cybermaxke That looks good, I won't change the itemmeta, but do you have an example of using this?

 

Sure

Code:

ItemStack is = new ItemStack(Material.DIAMOND_SWORD);
 
/**
* Getting tag from the itemstack. (A copy.)
*/
TagCompound tag = TagUtils.getTag(is);
if (tag == null) {
    tag = new TagCompound();
}
 
/**
* Creating or getting a component.
*/
TagCompound mytag = new TagCompound();
if (tag.hasKey("MyCompound")) {
    mytag = tag.getCompound("MyCompound");
}
 
/**
* Adding custom data.
*/
mytag.setInteger("MyCustomData1", 5);
mytag.setString("MyCustomData2", "Data");
 
/**
* Setting the component to the tag.
*/
tag.setCompound("MyCompound", mytag);
 
/**
* Setting the tag for the itemstack. (Returns a cloned itemstack.)
*/
is = TagUtils.setTag(is, tag);