Configurable data types

You can easily make most variables in your plugin configurable. The following table comprises various data types and examples of why you may want them to be configurable:

Data Type	How It Can Be Used
int	To define the number of times an event should occur
double	To set the health of a mob when it spawns
boolean	To turn a specific feature on or off
String	To change a message that is sent to a player
ItemStack	To make a customized item appear

Tip

Adding an ItemStack value to a configuration file is complicated, but this will be explained towards the end of this chapter.

We are going to make MobEnhancer configurable. We want to give the players a choice of setting the value of the zombies' health. This will simply be one double value. Let's expand the plugin to support additional creature types. We will create the config file first and then adapt the program to be able to modify different types of mobs. Therefore, we have decided that the config file...