Unable to clear drops from a block

Hey all,

I cannot figure out why I cannot stop blocks dropping items

This is my code

AntiDrops.java (open) AntiDrops.java (close)

Code:

package me.Mee8a.prison.utils;

import org.bukkit.GameMode;
import org.bukkit.Material;
import org.bukkit.block.Block;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.block.BlockBreakEvent;
import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
import org.bukkit.inventory.PlayerInventory;

public class AutoInvBlock implements Listener{
   
    /*
     * Stopping blocks dropping, Adding blocks to inventory
     */
   
    @EventHandler
    public void onBreak(BlockBreakEvent e) {
        Player p = e.getPlayer();
        if(p.getGameMode() == GameMode.CREATIVE) return;
        if(p.isOp()) return;
        else{
            Material type = e.getBlock().getType();
            Block block = e.getBlock();
            ItemStack item = new ItemStack(type);
            block.getDrops().clear();
            e.setCancelled(false);
            PlayerInventory pi = p.getInventory();
            pi.addItem(item);
        }
    }

}

Thanks in advance

 

Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to do this with Bukkit. Your code would work, except that block.getDrops() just gives you a list of things that block would drop if it got broken, so changing the list doesn't do anything. A while ago I tried to get them to add a (changeable) drop list to the BlockBreakEvent class but unsurprisingly I don't think they did anything.

The only solution I could come up with was to cancel the event, set the block to air, play a block break sound at its location, and spawn my own set of dropped items. If you find a better way to do it, let me know.

 

That sounds like a lot of work, I'm farily sure their are plugins that do this, hopefully ones open source so I can have a look how they did it,