gistfile1.txt

Instead of this...

thinger: blah blah at x: 1, y: 1, z: 1

do this:

thinger:
  msg: blah blah
  x: 1
  y: 1
  z: 1


/////////////////////////////// here's a data class for you

public class Message implements ConfigurationSerializable {
  private String message;
  private int x, y, z;

  public Message(String m, int x, int y, int z) {
    this.message = m;
    this.x = x;
    this.y = y;
    this.z = z;
  }

  //getters and setters

  public Message deserialize(Map<String, Object> in) {
    return new Message((String) in.get("message"), (Integer) in.get("x"), (Integer) in.get("y"), (Integer) in.get("z"));
  }

  public Map<String, Object> serialize() {
    Map<String, Object> ret = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    ret.put("message", message);
    ret.put("x", x);
    ret.put("y", y);
    ret.put("z", z);
    return ret;
  }
}