String to player

I'm trying to get a player without color codes with the below code:

Code:

  public static boolean has(Player player, String permission) {
      String name = ChatColor.stripColor(player.getName());
    return player.hasPermission(permission);
  }

The problem I'm having is converting the string into a player. I've tried Bukkit.getPlayer(name), but I get a NullPointerException.

Any help?

 

you already have an player?

 

If you use Bukkit.getPlayer(name) and the player is offline, you may get a NullPointer. Before doing anything to the player you have to check it with something like...

Code:

Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer(name);
 
if (player != null && player.isOnline()) {
    //Do whatever with the player here
}

[EDIT] But as @ferrybig said, you already have a Player object since your method requires you to pass a player to it.