Saving ChatColor to config.

Hi, any help with this question is appreciated, thanks in advance!
I am trying to save a String with a ChatColor to the config with a '&' in front of a number.
How can I replace this:

Code:java

ConfigString: '\xa7bThis is an aqua string'
AnotherConfigString: '\xa7aThis is a lime string'
 

With this:

Code:java

ConfigString: '&bThis is an aqua string'
AnotherConfigString: '&aThis is a lime string'

I have tried doing this when saving it to the config:

Code:java

//A blue string
String blueString = ChatColor.BLUE + "Blue!";
 
//Save it to config
config.set("ConfigString", blueString.replace('\xa7', "&");
And this is how I tried getting it from the config:
String configString = ChatColor.stripColor( config.get("ConfigString") );
String newConfigString = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', configString);

Can someone please help me out with this?

 

ChaddTheMan

I don't see your problem? You should just be able to use the & is works for me :S

 

repalce § with & (example: "§ahello" will be printed out like this: hello)

you can use e.g. ChatColor.YELLOW or §e the result is the same

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

 

ChaddTheMan Just use ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', "");

 

ChaddTheMan instead of stripColor, use replace(char, char). For the first char, you could use ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR.

 

I'm pretty sure you can save chatcolors right into the config and then call ConfigurationSection.getColor(String path, ChatColor defaultVal)

 

Abs0rbed thing is, he doesn't only want to save ChatColors, he wants to save a String with ChatColors in it .

[EDIT] That aside, the config appears to support Color, not ChatColor.

 

Thanks, helped me fix my problem.