Saving Data to File Problem

[worldly snow]

public class Database implements Serializable {

    @Serial
    private static transient final long serialVersionUID = -1681012206529286330L;

    public static final String filePath = "database.ser";

    private ItemStack[] activeItems;
    private ItemStack[] collectedItems;
    private ItemStack[] disabledItems;
    ...
    public boolean saveData(String filePath) {
        Bukkit.getServer().getLogger().log(Level.INFO, "Trying to save...");
        try {
            FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(filePath);
            BukkitObjectOutputStream out = new BukkitObjectOutputStream(fileOut);
            out.writeObject(this);
            out.close();
            Bukkit.getServer().getLogger().log(Level.INFO, "Data saved!");
            return true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Bukkit.getServer().getLogger().log(Level.INFO, "!SAVING FAILED!");
            return false;
        }
    }
    ...
}

Hey,
im trying to save the entire Database Class with the active,collected and disabledItems arrays into a file. Is this the right way to go about it? Its loosely based on this https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/save-load-data-files/
If i save the data this way no file gets created :/ Does anyone see why ?

[narrow flare]

is the file even created?

[worldly snow]

no

should i create the file myself ?

[narrow flare]

then create it iguess

[worldly snow]

i figured the out.writeObject would take care of it since its not throwing an error or anything

[south echo]

what's even shown on the console tho?

did your debug message get printed?

[worldly snow]

Trying to save...
Data saved!

[sage dew]

Why saving data in that way?

[worldly snow]

Cause i googled it and that guide was the first result to come up ^^

[south echo]

what parameter did you pass to the method?

[narrow flare]

lmao

[sage dew]

I would use Json or Yaml

[narrow flare]

serializing itemstacks

[worldly snow]

the filepath defined here

[south echo]

actually yes, because they're not serializable, but ConfigurationSerializable, doesn't extend from Java serializable so I guess It might not work :p

[narrow flare]

you can serialize itemstacks

[south echo]

ik, but I guess not passing them as objects of an OutputStream

[worldly snow]

whats the proper way to store data then ?

[south echo]

I mean, the spigot way to store configuration is by using config files in yml format (https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/config-files/). But if you want to store data just learn how to use databases.

[worldly snow]

i know how to use databases

but for storing so little data a database is total overkill

im just trying to store a handfull of items...

i will look into the config files