There is a bug when i set the list

[OMAR-3OOV]

so basically I used the library for a few days, and I found out that when I have a list already and try to add an element to it, something weird happens, so I create the List first by using config.set("key", ArrayList<String>("")) so first I want to create empty list.
but in the YML file it's not empty, so the bug is when I try to add an element like this:

List<String> list = ArrayList<String>(config.getStringList("key"), ("newElement"));

config.set("key", list);
config.save()

it displayed in the file like this

-  - 'newElement'
- 'oldElements'

it's so weird bug...

[EverNife]

This is not a bug.

You are creating an ArrayList that is not of <Strings>, but of <Object>!

List myWrongList = new ArrayList();
myWrongList.add(Arrays.asList("element1", "element2", "element3");
myWrongList.add("simpleString1");
myWrongList.add("simpleString2");
myWrongList.add("simpleString3");

Now, the myWrongList contains 4 elements, and not 6 elements.
myWrongList contains 1 List of Strings and 3 other strings

To fix your problem, rather than calling add(anotherList) you should be calling addAll

Code showing how to reproduce your problem.

	@Test
	void contextLoads() throws Exception {
		YamlFile firstYamlFile = new YamlFile(new File("teste.yml"));

		List<String> firstList = Arrays.asList(
				"OldElement1",
				"OldElement2",
				"OldElement3"
		);

		firstYamlFile.set("MyList", firstList);
		firstYamlFile.save();

		YamlFile secondYamlFile = new YamlFile(new File("teste.yml")); //Load from the previous value
		secondYamlFile.loadWithComments();

		List<String> retrievedList = secondYamlFile.getStringList("MyList");

		List mixedList = new ArrayList();
		mixedList.add(retrievedList);
		mixedList.add("newElement1");
		mixedList.add("newElement2");
		mixedList.add("newElement3");


		secondYamlFile.set("MyList2", mixedList);
		secondYamlFile.save();

		System.out.println(mixedList);
	}

[Carleslc]

As stated, that is the intended behaviour. Thank you @EverNife for the answer.

With config.set("key", Arrays.asList(config.getStringList("key"), "newElement")) you're creating a list of lists instead of appending the previous elements. To append multiple elements you must use addAll.

Example to add elements to a list:

// Create the YamlFile
YamlFile config = new YamlFile("examples/test61.yml");

// Create a new config file if it does not exist or load its contents otherwise
config.createOrLoad();

// Set the list
config.set("key", new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("oldElement1", "oldElement2")));

// Get the previously set list (copy)
List<String> list = config.getStringList("key");

// Add several elements to the list
list.addAll(Arrays.asList("newElement1", "newElement2"));

// Add single element to the list
list.add("newElement3");

// Update the list elements
config.set("key", list);

// You can also add elements with list indexing!
config.set("key[-1]", "lastElement");

// Save the configuration file
config.save();

key:
  - oldElement1
  - oldElement2
  - newElement1
  - newElement2
  - newElement3
  - lastElement