ItemStack getTypeId() is Deprecated

I need to save items into a file and I'd like to store them via item id's but that method is deprecated. I would still use it but I have no idea if it is planned to be removed. Any help would be great on what I should do or if that method is actually going to be removed.

 

Item ID's are being phased out of Minecraft (and therefore out of Bukkit too) to be replaced with strings. You should store its name rathr than its ID.

 

adam753 So I should store it's material type?

 

Yep.

 

adam753 And just to clarify, the material ids that I'll be saving won't be phased out with the upcoming 1.8 Bukkit versions correct?

 

Glumpz
I don't know when IDs will be phased out of bukkit, they've been deprecated for a long time and I'm pretty sure minecraft doesn't have them anymore. Generally though you should always avoid using deprecated methods if you don't want to have to rewrite your plugin in the near future.

 

adam753 Yeah that's what I am trying to avoid, rewriting in the future. Thanks for the help!

 

anything involved in magic numbers marked deprecated

 

They will be ambiguous per world because of the mod/plugin API, at least that's what Mojang said.

 

Garris0n Ah okay, I think that'll be quite interesting when, and if, the API comes out.