EDTA Usage

In this post we will go through the use of EDTA.
First, import it:
import htmlguy.edt.advanced.*;

Then, create the EDTAFile:
EDTAFile e = new EDTAFile();

Or, to immediately load from a file, add the location as a parameter:
EDTAFile e = new EDTAFile("MyEdtaFile.edta");

To modify a value, use modValue. However, with EDTA, the value parameter can be a String OR any primitive data type:
e.modValue("MyIntValue",123);

To get an EDTA value, use getValue.
EDTAValue v = e.getValue("MyIntValue");
BUT: With EDTA, this function returns an EDTAValue instead of a string.

To get the type of an EDTAValue, use getType.
ReturnType t = v.getType();

The ReturnType enum can be: STRING,INT,BOOL,FLOAT,DOUBLE,LONG,BYTE, OR OTHER.

Based on the type of ReturnType, you can figure out how to get the value:
if(t == ReturnType.INT)
{
int i = v.getIntValue();
}
else
{
System.err.println("The int Value is somehow not an int.");
}

The value "getters" are usually like this: getIntValue(), getStringValue(), getBoolValue(), etc.
To see a complete list of value "getters", download the javadoc from the "files" page.

To read from an EDTA file, use the readFrom function:
e.readFrom("MyEdtaFile.edta");

To write to an EDTA file, use the writeFile function:
e.writeFile("MyEdtaFile.edta");