Solved Alternative to ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes

[LABSTORM]

I have a config file wich looks something like this:

# colour codes start with &
# variables are enclosed by %
Messages:
  NoPermission: '&4Denied access! You are not allowed to do this.'
  Join: '&a>>&7 %Player%'
...

In my old code I just used

ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', config.getString("Messages.Join"))

to give me a String with colour information on which I later used String#replace to change the '%Player%' to the actual player name...
Now I want to use components.
I know how to make colourful components, but I don't know how the user could set the colours easily in the config file.
Can you give me a hint how this could be implemented?

 

[electronicboy]

We recommend using minimessage for config files, in part because it supports modern features in a way which is cross platform, but also the fact that it's generally seeing more adoption over the past year or two, so people are becoming familiar with it as-is, and it supports stuff like placeholders, etc

Dynamic Replacements

MiniMessage has some included TagResolver s which can replace tags dynamically when parsing those. Those resolvers can replace a tag with dynamic input such as a string or a formatted number. Place...

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[stefvanschie]

I have a config file wich looks something like this:

# colour codes start with &
# variables are enclosed by %
Messages:
  NoPermission: '&4Denied access! You are not allowed to do this.'
  Join: '&a>>&7 %Player%'
...

In my old code I just used

ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', config.getString("Messages.Join"))

to give me a String with colour information on which I later used String#replace to change the '%Player%' to the actual player name...
Now I want to use components.
I know how to make colourful components, but I don't know how the user could set the colours easily in the config file.
Can you give me a hint how this could be implemented?

Take a look at the LegacyComponentSerializer. This can turn your text into a component.

 

[LABSTORM]

We recommend using minimessage for config files

This looks very cool, I will definitely use it in future plugins!

Take a look at the LegacyComponentSerializer. This can turn your text into a component.

But I think I will use this for this plugin.

Thanks a lot both of you

 

[Silal]

If the Problem isn`t solved, i would solfe it like this:

Component comp = Component.text(config.getString("Messages.Join").replace("&", "§"));

If you also want to replace %player% with the playername:

String playername = "lol"; Component comp = Component.text(config.getString("Messages.Join").replace("&", "§").replace("%player%"), playername);

I hope this solves your Problem

 

[4drian3d]

If the Problem isn`t solved, i would solfe it like this:

Component comp = Component.text(config.getString("Messages.Join").replace("&", "§"));

If you also want to replace %player% with the playername:

String playername = "lol"; Component comp = Component.text(config.getString("Messages.Join").replace("&", "§").replace("%player%"), playername);

I hope this solves your Problem

That is a terrible use of components, you must use the LegacyComponentSerializer if you want to use that deprecated format or you can migrate to MiniMessage