io.github.mrblobman.nbt

Interface NBTIODelegate<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the data this delegate can forward the operations to.

public interface NBTIODelegate<T>

This class provides read, write and append operations for the NBT data of an object of the type T.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	append(T item, NBTCompoundTag tag) Add all of the mappings in the tag to the item.
NBTCompoundTag	read(T item) Read the NBT data from the item.
void	write(T item, NBTCompoundTag tag) Write the given tag to the item.

Method Detail

read

NBTCompoundTag read(T item)

Read the NBT data from the item.

Parameters:

item - the item who's data is being read

Returns:

an NBTCompoundTag with the item's NBT data

write

void write(T item,
           NBTCompoundTag tag)

Write the given tag to the item. This completely overwrites the items old data with this tag. See append(Object, NBTCompoundTag) if you would only like to add new tags or overwrite just the tags in the compound.

Parameters:

item - the item that the data is being written to

tag - the data to write to the item

append

void append(T item,
            NBTCompoundTag tag)

Add all of the mappings in the tag to the item. This will only overwrite things that appear in the given tag leaving the other elements in the existing tag alone.

Parameters:

item - the item that the data is being written to

tag - the data to append to the item