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

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

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

public void deSerializeMap(String fileName, Map<?, ?> map) {
    initDir();
    try {
        File file = new File(storageDirectory, fileName);
        if(!file.exists() || file == null) {
            return;
        }
        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file);
        ObjectInputStream object = new ObjectInputStream(stream);

        /*
        * Basically, the map saves to the file. It gets loaded here.
        * It does register here as map, but will not replace the map
        * specified.
        *
        * Ex:
        * MapSerializer.get().deSerializeMap("color.txt", MapSerializer.get().getColorMap());
        * When getColorMap() is called, it will not give the outputs
        * defined below.
        */

        map = (Map<?, ?>) object.readObject());
        object.close();
        stream.close();
        Bukkit.getLogger().info("Loading data from: " + file.getPath());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

public void serializerMap(String fileName, Map<?, ?> map) {
    initDir();
    try {
        File file = new File(storageDirectory, fileName);
        if(!file.exists() || file == null) {
            file.createNewFile();
        }
        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 Map<UUID, String> getColorMap() {
    return playerColor;
}

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