Save and Load NBTData to/ from String

[CreativeMD]

Hi,

is there a way to save the NBTData to a string and load it from? I know there is a method toString(), but a method to parse From String doesn't exit.

Also the toString() method doesn't save the type of an entry. Is there a way to do it or should i do it on my own?

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NBTTagCompound#setString(String, String)

NBTTagCompound#getString(String)

[CreativeMD]

Oh i think you understood me wrong. I want to save the whole NBT Data in a string.

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...Do you know how to make a String ?

[CreativeMD]

What?

Of course i do, did you read my question?

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Then what do you think of

NBTBase.readNamedTag(DataInput)

NBTBase.writeNamedTag(NBTBase, DataOutput)

?

[Draco18s]

You CAN'T save an NBT to a string, it's a compressed data file.  Literally.  It's bzipped.

 

The whole point of NBT is to serialize data to save it to a disc, why on earth would you want to turn it into a string?

 

The toString() function exists because all complex data types inherit from Object, and Object has a toString() function.  It's useful for printing things to the debug window.

[CreativeMD]

I'm working on my mod CraftingManager. I programming a way to add new recipes. I save the recipes in the config file. I have to save the NBTData and that can only be a string.

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CompressedStreamTools

That class contains methods to read and write to File with NBTTagCompound.

[CreativeMD]

Is there a very simple why to convert a file to a string? The File from CompressedStreamTools.

[Draco18s]

CompressedStreamTools

That class contains methods to read and write to File with NBTTagCompound.

 

This.

NBTdata is already a File object (sort of) so there's no reason to convert that to a string.  Using NBT files is actually really super easy.  You can in fact treat NBT files as config-like objects (someone I know is doing that, just due to the sheer volume of information being stored).