Adding Color Code Support To A Broadcast Message.

Okay, i am new to java. This is what i need fixing. I am creating a personal /broadcast command to a little admin plugin i am making for my practice Dev server.

This what i have so far (Just started)

The color support i added is not working. Do you know how i can make it work? Thanks!

Code:java

package me.sleepydog935;
 
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.Color;
import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
public class Admin extends JavaPlugin {
 
    public void onEnable(){
        //loadConfig(); // Just here for later use //
 
    }
 
    public void onDisable() {
 
 
    }
 
    public void loadConfig() {
 
        getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
        saveConfig();
        return;
    }
 
 
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender,  Command cmd, String label, String[] args) {
 
        if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("broadcast")){
            String broadcastMessage = "";
            if (args.length > 0) broadcastMessage = args[0];
            if (!broadcastMessage.equals("")) {
            String broadcastMessageFinal = "&3 Broadcast &8» &7" + broadcastMessage;
            Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', broadcastMessageFinal));
 
            }
            else {
                sender.sendMessage("§c Error §8» §7" + " You must enter a message to broadcast!");
 
            }
 
        }
        return false;
 
 
    }
}

 

any errors in console or just no chat color. And btw SleepyDog I think you need to learn a little more java because the plugin you are working on seems a little over complex

 

TheCodingCat A broadcast plugin? Fairly easy; I would say. Yeah, perfect for beginners in my opinion.

 

This plugin is for learning, i use the forums and pick other plugins apart. Learn how they work and how i can use them. Most people learn form reading the 1000000 page java books you can buy. I cant get/use one of those. I resulted to just learn as i develop.

Any idea how to fix my problem?

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

 

import ChatColor

 

Do you know the import name, it's not showing.

 

You're importing Bukkit's Color and you don't need that. You need to import ChatColor.

 

I don't know the import name! When i hover over 'ChatColor' it is not showing

 

Remove the Color import, look it up in the JavaDocs or Google because it's slipping my mind atm.

 

SleepyDog import org.bukkit.ChatColor; I believe.

 

Import not found

 

SleepyDog

Are you certain Bukkit is on your build path?

 

yes

 

Add "" + before it
("" + ChatColor.transla... etc

 

SleepyDog
You can take my code as a example hope this helps you...
Every thing was very straight forward except the "for" loop for a beginner.
*This class is a sub class so I don't have the onEnable and onDisable etc. contained in the Main

Code:java

package me.cheesepro.minefuturepl.mainpack;
 
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
public class commandbroadcast implements CommandExecutor{
 
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label,
            String[] args) {
        Player player = (Player) sender;
        if(sender instanceof Player){
            if(label.equalsIgnoreCase("broadcast")){
                String usrcmdinput="";
                for(int i=0;i<args.length;i++){
                    usrcmdinput = usrcmdinput + args[i] + " ";
                }
                if(args.length>0){
                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.GRAY + "Message [ " +usrcmdinput +"] sent!");
                    Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.YELLOW + "[!]" + ChatColor.RESET + ChatColor.RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Broadcast" + ChatColor.RESET + ChatColor.YELLOW + "[!] " + usrcmdinput);
                }else if(args.length==0){
                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.YELLOW + "type /broadcast [Message]");
                }
            }
        }else{
            Bukkit.getLogger().info("Command executor must be a in-game player!");
        }
        return false;
    }
 
}
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Barinade

Why would you do that? There is not a single reason why you would do that, nor is it at all related to his error.

 

At a glance it seemed like the function calls for a String, which ChatColor isn't

 

Barinade But with that, you would still be able to add the import.

 

Barinade

So what do we do to fix that? You call toString() on it, not implicitly invoke it with empty quotes, which clutters up code.

 

I was thinking he might have already had it and the error was different. I literally just glanced at it and recalled past issues.

Personal preference

 

Thanks for the help, it still doesn't fix my problem.

 

Show what you have now, make sure you're importing
org.bukkit.ChatColor

You have
org.bukkit.Color
imported, but that's different

 

i know

 

I decided i dont want my staff using color boradcasts because it is often abused. I picked a nice light grey and used that. I am about to post another thread. Keep a eye out please