Saving a custom file

I have tried making this and looking at tutorials, but I can't find a good one on either File/YAML writing that doesn't deal with making a single config (which I already know how to do). I want the ability to use /g create Test, and a file named Test.yml is created and I can store values and stuff there. Thanks in advance.

@TheDirtyDan

Code:

public YamlConfiguration getConfig(String name) {
    File folder = new File(getDataFolder());
    File file = new File(getDataFolder() + name +".yml");
    if(!folder.exists()) {
        folder.mkdir();
    }
   
    try {
        file.createNewFile();
        YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file).save(file);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
}

Code:

public YamlConfiguration getGuild(CommandSender sender, String name){
        File folder = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "guilds");
        File file = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), name + ".yml");
        if(!folder.exists())
            folder.mkdir();
        if(!file.exists()){
            try{
                file.createNewFile();
                YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file).save(file);
                sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN+"You have created the guild " + name);
            }catch(IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }else{ sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED+"Guild already exists!"); }
        return YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
    }

Code:

if(label.equalsIgnoreCase("guild")){
                if(args.length == 1){
                    util.getGuild(sender, args[0]);
                }
            }

@kyle1320 It's giving me unhandled exception

@TheDirtyDan
You're trying to put them in a folder named "guilds" from what I can tell? If that's the case it needs to be something like:

Code:

File folder = new File(plugin.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "guilds");
File file = new File(plugin.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "guilds" + File.separator + name + ".yml");

@kyle1320

Code:

public YamlConfiguration getGuild(CommandSender sender, String name){
        File folder = new File(plugin.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "guilds");
        File file = new File(plugin.getDataFolder() + File.separator + "guilds" + File.separator + name + ".yml");
        if(!folder.exists())
            folder.mkdir();
        if(!file.exists()){
            try{
                file.createNewFile();
                YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file).save(file);
                sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN+"You have created the guild " + name);
            }catch(IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
                sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED+"IOException : I dunno fix it!");
            }
        }else{ sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED+"Guild already exists!"); }
        return YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file);
    }

Still throwing Unhanded exception error

@TheDirtyDan
Post the error and the line the error points to

Code:

17:28:26 [INFO] TheDirtyDan issued server command: /guild CollKidClub
17:28:26 [SEVERE] null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'guil
d' in plugin Guilds v1.0
        at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:42)
        at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:16
8)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:4
98)
        at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.handleCommand(NetServerHandler.
java:880)
        at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.chat(NetServerHandler.java:826)
 
        at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:808)
        at net.minecraft.server.Packet3Chat.handle(Packet3Chat.java:44)
        at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:282)
        at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.d(NetServerHandler.java:109)
        at net.minecraft.server.ServerConnection.b(SourceFile:35)
        at net.minecraft.server.DedicatedServerConnection.b(SourceFile:30)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:577)
        at net.minecraft.server.DedicatedServer.q(DedicatedServer.java:213)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.p(MinecraftServer.java:473)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:405)
        at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:539)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at me.thedirtydan.guilds.Main.onCommand(Main.java:40)
        at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:40)
        ... 15 more

@kyle1320

@TheDirtyDan
What line is Main.java:40?

I'm using this command method to make the guild ( the command being /guild [text] )

Code:

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label, String[] args){
        if(sender instanceof Player){
            if(label.equalsIgnoreCase("guild")){
                if(args.length == 1){
                    util.getGuild(sender, args[0]);
                }
            }
        }
       
        return true;
    }

So which line is line 40?

lol

Code:

util.getGuild(sender, args[0]);

@kyle1320 anything?

If the files aren’t supposed to be edited by users, then use gson.

Code:

Gson gson = new Gson();
 
// Write:
String str = gson.toJson(myClass);
writeString(str);
// Read
String str = readString();
MyClass myClass = gson.fromJson(str, MyClass.class);

MyClass = Guild in your case, I think.

You can use my WriterReader https://github.com/andfRa/Saga/blob/master/src/org/saga/saveload/WriterReader.java
You only need a custom Directory enum and delete/change some lines.