com.comphenix.protocol.utility

Class ChatExtensions

java.lang.Object

com.comphenix.protocol.utility.ChatExtensions

public class ChatExtensions
extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods for sending chat messages.

Author:

Kristian

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ChatExtensions(ProtocolManager manager)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	broadcastMessageSilently(java.lang.String message, java.lang.String permission) Broadcast a message without invoking any packet listeners.
static PacketContainer[]	createChatPackets(java.lang.String message) Construct chat packet to send in order to display a given message.
void	sendMessageSilently(org.bukkit.command.CommandSender receiver, java.lang.String message) Send a message without invoking the packet listeners.
static java.lang.String[]	toFlowerBox(java.lang.String[] message, java.lang.String marginChar, int marginWidth, int marginHeight) Print a flower box around a given message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChatExtensions

public ChatExtensions(ProtocolManager manager)

Method Detail

sendMessageSilently

public void sendMessageSilently(org.bukkit.command.CommandSender receiver,
                       java.lang.String message)
                         throws java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Send a message without invoking the packet listeners.

Parameters:

receiver - - the receiver.

message - - the message to send.

Throws:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - If we were unable to send the message.

createChatPackets

public static PacketContainer[] createChatPackets(java.lang.String message)

Construct chat packet to send in order to display a given message.

Parameters:

message - - the message to send.

Returns:

The packets.

broadcastMessageSilently

public void broadcastMessageSilently(java.lang.String message,
                            java.lang.String permission)
                              throws java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Broadcast a message without invoking any packet listeners.

Parameters:

message - - message to send.

permission - - permission required to receieve the message. NULL to target everyone.

Throws:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - If we were unable to send the message.

toFlowerBox

public static java.lang.String[] toFlowerBox(java.lang.String[] message,
                             java.lang.String marginChar,
                             int marginWidth,
                             int marginHeight)

Print a flower box around a given message.

Parameters:

message - - the message to print.

marginChar - - the character to use as margin.

marginWidth - - the width (in characters) of the left and right margin.

marginHeight - - the height (in characters) of the top and buttom margin.