... Database upgrades exist...

And many ad suggested items already have special converters.

I agree with this, however, the description string is client side and as
such cannot be read by computers.

On Sun, 5 Apr 2015 7:01 pm Vexatos notifications@github.com wrote:

... Database upgrades exist...

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Well, all of the arguments against this I immediately thought of were already mentioned. Just wanna expand on those points a bit more:

• You can sort items, including based on NBT data, using the database upgrade, by getting the hash of an item in the database (database.computeHash()).
• If there is anything specific, a converter is the sane way to go - text parsing on the Lua side is unnecessarily error prone, for one simply because it's string parsing, for two because it involves localization on the server, which is nothing one should rely on, ever (yes, usually it boils down to resulting in the English strings, but still).
  There are converters for safari nets and bees already, for example (though the one for the bees only works while the bee is in the analyzer or a bee house/apiary/alveary... if I don't forget again I'll make that work for plain item stacks, too...)

I understand the error proneness of the string parsing, but this was the best I could think of. The converters I haven't seen before, is there somewhere I can find more information on them?

The problem I had with using a database to sort the items was that a database can only compare to known items, which severely limits the uses when trying to automate breeding processes.

https://github.com/MightyPirates/OpenComputers/blob/master-MC1.7.10/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mfr/ConverterSafariNet.scala <- example

Example using Java in case you're unfamiliar with Scala. As you see, it's quite simple to make one.

I think what they were referring to is how to access the converters lua
side.

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Example using Java
https://github.com/MightyPirates/OpenComputers/blob/master-MC1.7.10/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/ic2/ConverterElectricItem.java
in case you're unfamiliar with Scala. As you see, it's quite simple to make
one.

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trying to automate breeding processes

@LordTy I hope you know that there is a special converter for Bees so automating bee breeding already is easily possible.

I think what they were referring to is how to access the converters lua side.

Ah, well that's automatic - given some callback returns the converted type. Such as the getStackInSlot method of the inventory controller.