public static ItemStack[] itemStackArrayFromBase64(final String data) throws IOException {
        try {
            if (data.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
                return new ItemStack[0];
            }
            final ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64Coder.decodeLines(data));
            final BukkitObjectInputStream dataInput = new BukkitObjectInputStream((InputStream)inputStream);
            final ItemStack[] items = new ItemStack[dataInput.readInt()];
            for (int i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
                items[i] = (ItemStack)dataInput.readObject();
            }
            dataInput.close();
            return items;
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new IOException("Unable to decode class type.", e);
        }
    }