Location <--> String serialization

LocationStringSerialization.java

//NO YAW/PITCH:
 
public static String locationToString(Location location){ //Method to turn a location into a string
 
        return location.getWorld() + ";" + location.getX() + ";" + location.getY() + ";" + location.getZ(); //Return a string with the format world;x;y;z
 
}
 
public static Location stringToLocation(String string){ //turn a string into a location
 
        String[] split = string.split(";"); //split the string by the ";" so world;x;y;z becomes an array with world, x, y, and z in it
 
        if(split.length < 4) //the string array is too short, return null
                return null; //null
 
        World world = Bukkit.getServer().getWorld(split[0]); //the first argument is a World, get the world by name
        if(world == null) //the world does not exist and thus is null, so return null
                return null;
 
        double x; //x
        double y; //y
        double z; //z
 
        try{ //we're gonna need a try/catch here
 
                x = Double.parseDouble(split[1]); //parse the next argument into a double
                y = Double.parseDouble(split[2]); //parse the next argument into a double
                z = Double.parseDouble(split[3]); //parse the next argument into a double
 
        }
        catch(NumberFormatException e){ //one of them wasn't a double, return null
 
                return null;
 
        }
 
        return new Location(world, x, y, z); //return a new location
 
}

//WITH YAW/PITCH:
 
public static String locationToString(Location location){ //Method to turn a location into a string
 
        return location.getWorld() + ";" + location.getX() + ";" + location.getY() + ";" + location.getZ() + ";" + location.getYaw() + ";" + location.getPitch(); //Return a string with the format world;x;y;z;yaw;pitch
 
}
 
public static Location stringToLocation(String string){ //turn a string into a location
 
        String[] split = string.split(";"); //split the string by the ";" so world;x;y;z;yaw;pitch becomes an array with world, x, y, z, yaw, and pitch in it
 
        if(split.length < 6) //the string array is too short, return null
                return null; //null
 
        World world = Bukkit.getServer().getWorld(split[0]); //the first argument is a World, get the world by name
        if(world == null) //the world does not exist and thus is null, so return null
                return null; //null
 
        double x; //x
        double y; //y
        double z; //z
        float yaw; //yaw
        float pitch; //pitch
 
        try{ //we're gonna need a try/catch here
 
                x = Double.parseDouble(split[1]); //parse the next argument into a double
                y = Double.parseDouble(split[2]); //parse the next argument into a double
                z = Double.parseDouble(split[3]); //parse the next argument into a double
                yaw = Float.parseFloat(split[4]); //parse the next argument into a float
                pitch = Float.parseFloat(split[5]); //parse the next argument into a float
 
        }
        catch(NumberFormatException e){ //one of them wasn't a double/float, return null
 
                return null;
 
        }
 
        return new Location(world, x, y, z, yaw, pitch); //return a new location
 
}