# Inventory configuration

CraftVentory enables developers to create fully customizable inventories from configuration files. **YAML** is the default file format supported by the library for this purpose.

### How to configure an inventory?

Each inventory must be defined in a **separate configuration file**. It is represented by a set of **properties** which are listed below:

#### Id

```yaml
# An id that uniquely identify the inventory.
inventory-id: "inventory-id"
```

#### Type

```yaml
# The type of view that will be used for the inventory.
# Available types:
# - CHEST_9x1 (1 row)
# - CHEST_9x2 (2 rows)
# - CHEST_9x3 (3 rows)
# - CHEST_9x4 (4 rows)
# - CHEST_9x5 (5 rows)
# - CHEST_9x6 (6 rows)
# - DROPPER
# - HOPPER
type: "CHEST_9x6"
```

#### Title

```yaml
# The title of the inventory.
# The following placeholders are available by default:
# - %player_name% : The name of the player who is viewing the inventory.
# - %inventory_type% : The name of the inventory type.
# - %inventory_size% : The number of slots of the inventory.
title: "title"
```

#### Pattern

```yml
# The pattern of the inventory used to set items.
# A pattern must have the exact same number of rows and columns than the inventory.
# Items are represented by their associated symbol in the pattern.
# The symbol '&' must be used to represent an empty slot.
pattern:
  - "&&&&&&&&&"
  - "&1111111&"
  - "&1111111&"
  - "&1111111&"
  - "&P&&&&&N&"
  - "&&&&&&&&C"
```

#### Content

```yml
# The content of the inventory.
# You can add as many items as you want.
content:
  # Each item is described by a section.
  close:
    # The item to display.
    # You can use the default YAML representation supported by Bukkit to define an ItemStack
    # or the custom one provided by the library.
    item:
      type: BARRIER
    # Symbol used in the pattern to place the item in the inventory.
    # You must ensure that two items do not have the same symbol.
    symbol: "C"
    # Actions executed when a player clicks on the item.
    # Each action is described by a new element in the list.
    actions:
      # The name of the action.
      - action: "CLOSE"
```

#### Paginations

```yml
# Paginations used in the inventory.
# An inventory can contain several paginations.
paginations:
  # Each pagination is described by a section.
  pagination-1:
    # The internal id of the pagination.
    # It must be unique for the inventory, as an inventory can contain several paginations.
    id: "pagination-1"
    # The symbol used in the pattern to place the pagination items in the inventory.
    symbol: "1"
    # The item used to represent each value of the pagination.
    # The Bukkit ItemStack representation must be used.
    pagination-item:
      item:
        type: DIAMOND
    # Item to open the previous page.
    # It is configured like items in the 'content' section.
    previous-page-item:
      # Item displayed when a previous page is available.
      navigation-item:
        item:
          type: ARROW
          # The following placeholders are available by default and can be used in name and lore:
          # %previous_page%: Previous page number.
          # %current_page%: Current page number.
          # %total_pages%: Total number of pages.
          name: "Page %previous_page%"
      symbol: "P"
    # Item to open the next page.
    # It is configured like items in the 'content' section.
    next-page-item:
      # Item displayed when a next page is available.
      navigation-item:
        item:
          type: ARROW
          # The following placeholders are available by default and can be used in name and lore:
          # %next_page%: Next page number.
          # %current_page%: Current page number.
          # %total_pages%: Total number of pages.
        name: "Page %next_page%"
      symbol: "N"
```

### Item configuration

An inventory is composed of a set of items. CraftVentory uses the [CraftStack](https://github.com/Syr0ws/CraftStack) library for item configuration. You can check [this documentation](https://github.com/Syr0ws/CraftStack/wiki/Item-components) to know about the currently supported item properties that can be used in an item configuration.


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