public class MapSerializer {

    private static Map<UUID, String> playerColor = new HashMap<UUID, String>();
    private static Map<UUID, String> playerTag = new HashMap<UUID, String>();

    private final static File folder = new File(DynamicGui.get().getPlugin().getDataFolder() + File.separator + "storage");

    private static void init() {
        if(!folder.exists() || folder == null) {
            folder.mkdirs();
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes" })
    public static void deSerializeMap(String filename, Map<?, ?> map) {
        init();
        try {
            File file = new File(DynamicGui.get().getPlugin().getDataFolder() + File.separator + "storage" + File.separator + filename);
            if(!file.exists() || file == null) {
                file.mkdir();
            }
            FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file);
            ObjectInputStream object = new ObjectInputStream(stream);
            map = (Map) object.readObject();
            object.close();
            stream.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void serializeMap(String filename, Map<?, ?> map) {
        init();
        try {
            File file = new File(DynamicGui.get().getPlugin().getDataFolder() + File.separator + "storage" + File.separator + filename);
            if(!file.exists() || file == null) {
                file.mkdir();
            }
            FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(file);
            ObjectOutputStream object = new ObjectOutputStream(stream);
            object.writeObject(map);
            object.close();
            stream.close();
            Bukkit.getLogger().info("Saving data to: " + file.getPath());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static Map<UUID, String> getColorMap() {
        return playerColor;
    }

    public static Map<UUID, String> getTagMap() {
        return playerTag;
    }
}