Using the ItemNovaMaterial

Getting an ItemStack

To get an ItemStack from a ItemNovaMaterial, you can either call createItemBuilder().get() or createItemStack(amount).

ItemProviders

ItemProviders are just wrappers for ItemStacks, so that they can be used in InvUI GUIs.
There are two different providers arrays available:

Name	Description
basicClientsideProviders	The client-side providers without lore or nbt data
clientsideProviders	The client-side providers with lore and nbt data

The elements in the arrays represent the different models specified in the materials.json.

You can also use basicClientsideProvider and clientsideProvider, which are both the first element of their array.

Understanding Packet Items

To understand the difference between a normal (server-side) and a client-side item, you first need to understand how custom items are handled in Nova.
In order to be extremely flexible when it comes to changing custom model data, the underlying vanilla material, the lore format of the item or its display name, Nova's ItemStacks do not store this information at all. All of these values are actually only applied on packet level, this can be observed by running the command /data get entity @p SelectedItem while holding an item from Nova: its material will always be shulker_shell and it won't have any custom model data, display name or lore, even though it has one for your game.
Coming back to client-side providers: These are wrappers for the ItemStacks that the client actually sees. They should only be used in cases where the ItemStack isn't actually stored anywhere, for example as a button in a GUI or as the head of a FakeArmorStand.

Info

Generally, you should use clientsideProviders or basicClientsideProviders when working with GUIs and createItemStack(amount) if you need an item to give to a player.