With the way I have my code set up, I have all of my items in one class.

public class YummyItems {


public static Item redappleslice;
public static Item redapplecore;
public static Item YellowApple;
public static Item yellowappleslice;
public static Item yellowapplecore;
public static Item greenapple;
public static Item greenappleslice;
public static Item greenapplecore;



public static final void init() {	

	redappleslice = new ItemFood(1, 0.3f, false)
			.setUnlocalizedName("RedAppleSlice") 
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "appleslice");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(redappleslice, "redappleslice");

	redapplecore = new Item()
			.setUnlocalizedName("RedAppleCore")
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "applecore");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(redapplecore, "redapplecore");		

	YellowApple= new ItemFood(4, 0.3f, false)
			.setUnlocalizedName("YellowApple") 
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "YellowApple");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(YellowApple,"YellowApple");

	yellowappleslice = new ItemFood(1, 0.3f, false)
			.setUnlocalizedName("YellowAppleSlice") 
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "yellowappleslice");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(yellowappleslice, "YellowAppleSlice");

	yellowapplecore = new Item()
			.setUnlocalizedName("YellowAppleCore")
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "yellowapplecore");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(yellowapplecore, "YellowAppleCore");

	greenapple = new ItemFood(4, 0.3f, false)
			.setUnlocalizedName("GreenApple") 
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "greenapple");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(greenapple,"GreenApple");

	greenappleslice = new ItemFood(1, 0.3f, false)
			.setUnlocalizedName("GreenAppleSlice") 
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "greenappleslice");
	GameRegistry.registerItem(greenappleslice, "GreenAppleSlice");

	greenapplecore = new Item()
			.setUnlocalizedName("GreenAppleCore")
			.setCreativeTab(Yummy.tabYummyIngredients)
			.setTextureName(Yummy.MODID + ":" + "applecore");

 

It it possible with my setup to give the player an item on eaten without creating a new class specifically for each item?

 

What do you mean exactly? Do you want to return an itemStack when you eat something? If so, check if the ticks for use remaining on the item is lapsed and add an item to the player's inventory. You can do this by overriding item methods such as onItemRightClick() and checking the item use duration.

Well I got it to work using the minecraft ItemSoup class as a model. I am just wondering if there's a way to do that without having the item as its own class.

is that even possible or am I wasting my time trying to do something silly?

What exactly are you trying to do?

I'm trying to fit the .onEaten  and returnItemstack between the  "YellowApple= new ItemFood()" and the Gameregistry.

 

Sorry I misunderstood.

He wants to give the player an item (like an empty bowl) when they eat each of item various food items (like soup) without having to create a custom class for those food items.

 

And the answer is no.

Okay, I was afraid of that.

Thank you both!