How Can I Add Color (&) Support For My Plugin?

Hey! I'm making my very first own plugin and i'm wondering how I can add color support to it, so people can use color codes in the config.yml file.
Thank you.

 

Do u know the methods for generating a config.yml file and color codes for what..

 

http://jd.bukkit.org/rb/apidocs/org...teAlternateColorCodes(char, java.lang.String)

 

Yes I know how and I want be able to use color codes inside of it.

Not working?
}
public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(char altColorChar, String textToTranslate)
}

 

re-read the api. Thats not how you use it^^

 

I'm stuck, can you help me?

 

Code:java

String message = "&3Message to colorize";
String coloredMessage = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', message);

 

I have a command named "test":

but i'm getting a "Warning" in eclipse:
The value of the local variable coloredMessage is not used.

 

Well. Now you only saved it to a variable. You have to USE it actually.

 

This may sound stupid but how can I use it?..
I'm new to java started today.. just keep that in mind

 

You should watch a few Java tutorials first/read some books

You don't need much knowledge, just the basics

 

Well. Don't want to be an arse. However I think you should look more into java before starting working with the Bukkit API

I mean you have to use the variable for anything. Like sending it in a text to the player or what ever

 

Doing java for straight 4 hours now, i have a plugin with 120 lines and a fully working config.yml and language.yml file.. I think i'm doing good for a newbie

 

Well. If you would have been knowing a bit more, you would have known what the error was you had

However I wish you best of luck. And just going to tell you. It's not going to be easier^^

 

I'm pretty much stuck at this stage, i'm trying to add color support to the language.yml file but i'm unsure how.
I don't know where to put the code you gav me so yeah..

 

TheMcPlayer1997

4 hours isn't going in depth.. that would be learning some basic things. It took me a while more than 4 hours to grasp core concepts.


To use the string, you would just use the coloredMessage variable instead of message

 

Didn't say i'm pro ;P, anyway should I add this:
String coloredMessage = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', message);
Under the command i'm creating or where? I'm keep getting the "Warning"

 

TheMcPlayer1997
Or we can just do it:

String example = "&cText in red!";
player.sendMessage(example.replace("&", "§"));

Done :v

 

TheMcPlayer1997 it never comes over night Dont give up

 

If you want to let players use colors in chat, I think you can invoke a method upon the chat event to modify its message. You could then change the message from, say, "&3I like colors!" to the output of the translateAlternateColorCodes() method. e.g.:

@EventHandler
public void onPlayerChat(PlayerChatEvent e){
String msg = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&',e.getMessage());
e.setMessage(msg);
}

 

I want have command "Test" inside of my config file;
if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("test")){
player.sendMessage(getConfig().getString("Test"));
What should I do to get & support for this message?

 

Easy:


if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("test")){
player.sendMessage(getConfig().getString("Test").replace("&", "§"));

This should work. =P

 

Don't use .replace(), use the bukkit API for this:

Code:java

player.sendMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', plugin.getConfig().getString("example")));

 

My Gosh......once you you've used:

Code:java

String coloredMessage = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', message);

then you can do something like so, for example:

Code:

(in your command, check for the sender being an instance of player and if so, cast a new variable converting the sender into a player:)
player.sendMessage(coloredMessage);

So for your test command, if you just want it to repeat back to the player:

Code:java

if (commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("test")) {
if (sender instanceof Player) {
Player player = (Player) sender;
if (args.length == 1) {
player.sendMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', args[0]);
}
}
}

Should work enough so..

Please learn more Java :3

 

Code:java

public String getColoredString(String path) {
    return ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', plugin.getConfig().getString(path));
}

 

Removed some advertising from the thread.

 

this is a string and therefore it should be added before all the commands?

Code:java

 
public String getColoredString(String path) {
return ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', plugin.getConfig().getString(path));
}
 
public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String[] args){
Player player = (Player) sender;
etc..
 

 

If I understand what you mean (didn't read all posts on this thread), then it doesn't matter.
Java is an OOP language, Object Oriented Programming.
This means you can actually throw methods all around as you wish, as long as the code within those make sense.
In the command, or wherever you'd need that string you can simply call that method.

 

The whole point of OOP is to not have to copy/paste things everywhere (well okay, there are many, but for this example...).

Code:java

YourClass example = /*class instance containing the method getColoredString(String path)*/;
String colored = example.getColoredString("path.to.string"); // is colored version of .getString(path)

 

Well, the plugin doesn't react on the & inside of the config.yml file, any suggestions?