Getting player that dropped a item into hopper.

Hello there!
I have been trying to figure out how I get the player that dropped a item into a hopper? I am using the InventoryPickupItemEvent. I suppose I would have to add a "invisible" lore that contained the players name? I don't really want to do this. But I will if I have to, do you have any other suggestions?

EDIT:
FYI I am trying to detect when a player drops a Gold Ingot into a hopper, then update a scoreboard with the new value.
Thanks!
-CaL

 

had you opened source of hopper tile entity, if no - open it, if yes - tell us, do hopper trigger any events at all?

 

No, I want it to trigger when a Item get's throw in to a hopper. I have not tested any code, this is all theory up to now. I want to know before I spend hours wasting my time if it's not possible. Eamples of code, if possible would be nice.
RawCode

 

CaLxCyMru
Listen to the PlayerDropItemEvent, give the Item Entity a custom metadata (.setMetadata()) containing the data you need (i.e. the dropping player), then listen to the InventoryPickupItemEvent and retrieve the Metadata and you have detected when a player drops something into a hopper. (You might need some more checks )

 

Syd Good idea!

I have never played with meta data before. Could you show some examples of setting metadata? If not, no worries!
Thanks for your help!

Edit - After looking for a little, I managed to work out how to set and get Meta data.

 

I want to know before I spend hours wasting my time CaLxCyMru

this is not way of coding, good luck for you.

 

I'm sorry,What do you mean "this is not way of coding"?
That sentence made no scene. That is no way of speaking English..

 

CaLxCyMru
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPU1ITKY1qO6PyEDvx6NpLTfNIAHQLaXdIqIT0dZqGw/edit
There should be a link to a simple plugin as well. (I couldn't explain it better...)