Solved Plugin Help (When a player does /advert 'MSG' it broadcast it)

I want to make it so When a player does /advert 'MSG' it broadcast it like for example.
'[Advert] NAME: My Message'

Here is the format I'm using. I'm a bit new so please take it easy on me.

Code:

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String[] args) {
        Player p = (Player)sender;
        if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("advert")) {
            if (!p.hasPermission("crp.advert")) {
                p.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "You don't have permission for this command.");
                return true;
            }
          //THIS IS WHERE THE BROADCAST STUFF WOULD GO. Just confused on how to do it.
        }
}

 

@Thunderbolt_316 Check before casting!!

Just use a StringBuilder or something and go through the arguments to get the string, then broadcast that.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuilder.html

 

Ok, so I got the broadcast thing done but, I gotta do it so it grabs when they do /advert Hello, world!
Here's what i got so far

Code:

getServer().broadcastMessage(" " + ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes ('&', this.getConfig().getString("Prefix") + " ") + p.getDisplayName() + ChatColor.GRAY + ":" + ChatColor.WHITE + MESSAGE);

 

@Thunderbolt_316 wow that's a mess. Have you ever used either StringBuilder or String#format? Both of them wll make your code a whole lot cleaner. Builder individually adds each piece of the string with append calls while format replaces all the variables with symbols in a template string and the variable arguments replace the symbols at runtime.

ie.

Code:

// this is what you are doing
Player.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA  + plugin.getPrefix() + ":"  + player.getName()  + " " + "someMessage");

// and it could be this!
Player.sendMessage(String.format("%s%s:%s %s", ChatColor.AQUA, plugin.getPrefix(), player.getName(), "someMessage"));

 

No, I have not I'm new to JAVA and this is my first time.

What I want as the message at the end is when they do '/advert Test' it'll be The Message that have like I put Test I want it to sya whatever they said.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I would do something like this:

Code:

String message;
for(String arg : args){
    message.concat(" ");
    message.concat(arg);
}

//loop through all players online and p.sendMessage(message);

EDIT: just broadcast the message instead of looping

 

Try this instead sorry
message = message.concat (" ");
message = message.concat (arg);

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Problem Solved! Thank you for everyone who helped!