BlockType.toString() representing minecraft:log2 data values oddly

[clucky]

Messing around with some block data outputting, I realized that all of the minecraft:log2 directions and variants have a data value of 0, except for variant: dark_oak and axis: y, it has a data value of 1. This seems to be a bug to me, and is causing some minor inconveniences with my code. Is this a bug?

[clucky]

As well, I have a question. How can I represent all possible data values of a block within BlockType?

[clucky]

The same issue can be found with minecraft:log. The only logs which appear to have a different data value, are the axis: y. Is there a point in even having data values now that there are Block Properties?

[darkdiplomat]

Data values are used when blocks are stored to the region files (afaik), BlockType was never intended as a system to represent all block "states" just a way to difference the actual noticeable types (ie: oak logs vs birch logs) BlockType should be used in conjunction with a (meta)data value for full precision.

[clucky]

There is the issue then with logs and their children and z counterparts not having the same data value as the y.

[clucky]

-children +x