gistfile1.java

//Save data
public void updateStackTagCompound(ItemStack itemStack, ItemStack[] values) {
		if (itemStack.stackTagCompound == null) {
			itemStack.setTagCompound(new NBTTagCompound());
		}

		NBTTagList list = new NBTTagList();
		for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
			ItemStack stack = values[i];
			NBTTagCompound link = new NBTTagCompound();
			if (stack != null) {
				System.out.println(stack.getItem().toString());
				link.setInteger("itemno", stack.itemID);
				link.setInteger("meta", stack.getItemDamage());
				link.setInteger("index", i);
				if (stack.stackTagCompound != null) {
					link.setTag("data", stack.stackTagCompound);
				}
				list.appendTag(link);
			}
		}
		itemStack.stackTagCompound.setTag("link_holder_inventory", list);
	}
	
	//load data
	public ItemStack[] readFromStackCompound(ItemStack itemstack) {
		if (itemstack.stackTagCompound == null) {
			System.out.println("Tag null");
			return new ItemStack[InventoryLinkHolder.inventorySize];
		}
		
		ItemStack[] items = new ItemStack[InventoryLinkHolder.inventorySize];
		
		NBTTagList list = itemstack.stackTagCompound.getTagList("link_holder_inventory");
		for (int i = 0; i < list.tagCount(); i++) {
			NBTTagCompound link = (NBTTagCompound) list.tagAt(i);
			int itemNo = link.getInteger("itemno");
			int meta = link.getInteger("meta");
			NBTTagCompound tag = link.getCompoundTag("data");
			int index = link.getInteger("index");
			
			if (itemNo != -1) {
				items[index] = new ItemStack(itemNo, 1, meta);
				System.out.println(items[index].toString());
				items[index].setTagCompound(tag);
			}
		}
		System.out.println("Items returned" + list.tagCount());
		return items;
	}