need suggestion: "custom recipe"

[cheatchki]

So I am looking at creating a special workbench which is really just a dispenser with an enchantment table next to it. I have that all set up it recognizes the block but now I'm not sure how to do recipes, I would like to input the recipe into the dispenser and you right click the enchantment table and bam the item is made!
What would be the most effective method of figuring out if a recipe is defined or not?

I was thinking like

if slot 0 of dispenser is air
    if slot 1 of dispenser is diamond
        if slot 2.... etc....
    else if slot 1 is... etc

and so on but that list would become huge and annoying to navigate

Do any of you know of a better method to compare the "custom recipes" or is the my best bet?

 

[ShaneBee]

So I am looking at creating a special workbench which is really just a dispenser with an enchantment table next to it. I have that all set up it recognizes the block but now I'm not sure how to do recipes, I would like to input the recipe into the dispenser and you right click the enchantment table and bam the item is made!
What would be the most effective method of figuring out if a recipe is defined or not?

I was thinking like

if slot 0 of dispenser is air
    if slot 1 of dispenser is diamond
        if slot 2.... etc....
    else if slot 1 is... etc

and so on but that list would become huge and annoying to navigate

Do any of you know of a better method to compare the "custom recipes" or is the my best bet?

The only other ways I could think of are a bit convoluted as well, but possibly looping the items contained in the block next to the enchant table when it's clicked, and if they match a "recipe list variable" then replacing the items or giving the custom item to the player.

 

[ShaneBee]

I would make a nice system by combining MundoSK custom events and a function to register recipes. If you wanted extra points, you can use packets to make the dispenser display as a crafting bench and still have it be a dispenser server side

 

[ShaneBee]

@Pikachu could you provide a small example? I have been attempting all weekend but everything I create is kinda shabby.