Get back command console output from dispatchCommand()

Hello everyone. I've gotten my plugin's ConsoleCommandSender instance to dispatch a command, but I would like to grab the command feedback as a String and utilize it in my application. How can I do this?

For example, you'd do "/kill" and get back "Killed (target's name)", but the dispatchCommand() method is a boolean.

 

Commands return only true or false. You are trying to do the wrong thing if you ask me. If you want to catch output from a command, you should do it in the handler for the command itself.

But if you must do it, you could read the logs or use a logger for the console.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/do...er.html#addHandler(java.util.logging.Handler)

 

@Kars It was a show of concept, I'm just asking if I can do the same while getting the output (Thank you for the answer)
@timtower You see, I'm combining two APIs, and I want a given string input from the other API to dispatch a command. However, for the whole time, I can only know if the command ran, or if the command didn't run. But the command doesn't work, even when onCommand returns true. (The API would send "/kill", and get back "Command executed successfully", but nothing happened). I'd like my other API to get the command feedback as well. So, instead of "command has been run", I can get "Given (items) to (player)".

You see what I mean?

 

@HelpMeILostMyAccount You are not combining APIs properly if you are running console commands.

 

@HelpMeILostMyAccount couldn't you just use the Event system built it to trigger stuff like that?

 

Alright, some more context. I'm using Discord JDA for Discord bots in combination with CraftBukkit. I want to have a channel in my Discord server that the bot will recognize as a console. If an approved moderator sends a message there, the plugin shall dispatch it as a command, and send the Discord channel whatever the return message was.

 

Probably a better way would be to use a Handler to capture everything and post it in that discord channel.

 

For some reason, my console says "An unexpected error occurred trying to execute that command", but the command did work. I have 20 golden apples.

 

@timtower Edited. That command worked. Something weird is going on there

You guys are saying I should use logger filtering to find what messages correspond to my sent commands?
Where can I start to learn how?

 

There is nothing else. I swear.



It's just that.

 

Yeah. That just seems simpler than trying to figure out what messages were sent because of what command.

I'd be more of a console then a log, but you wouldn't have to do any other stuff to filter out messages.

 

How can copy logs to the Discord channel?

 

https://hasteb.in/ekacogoc.sql Here's a relevant piece of the log

https://hasteb.in/akeheloh.cs Here's the relevant class