[Closed] Getting UUID of player from sign

gvlfm78 remember to add the @EventHandler above playeronsign

 

Wait, I don't need to do that, do I? That method gets called from another method

 

gvlfm78 There's a reason we don't support unofficial builds. And no you don't. If it's not the event method, it doesn't need the annotation.

 

Unofficial builds of what?

 

gvlfm78 Of bukkit. i.e. we don't provide support for things like spigot.

 

gvlfm78
To get his UUID to a string:

Code:

String playerUUID = getServer().getOfflinePlayer("Username").getUniqueId().toString();

Note that I haven't tested this with an editor, but the getOfflinePlayer part is because he might not be online, Again, I haven't tested this, so you can try changing it to getPlayer or something else.

 

Something like this might work.

Code:java

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    @EventHandler
    public void weee(PlayerInteractEvent e) {
        if (e.getClickedBlock() != null && (e.getClickedBlock().getType() == Material.SIGN_POST || e.getClickedBlock().getType() == Material.WALL_SIGN )) {
            Player player = (Player) e.getPlayer();
            Sign sign = (Sign) e.getClickedBlock().getState();
            OfflinePlayer player2 = getServer().getOfflinePlayer(sign.getLine(1));
            if (player2.getUniqueId().toString() != null) {
                player.sendMessage(player2.getUniqueId().toString());
            }
        }

Please note from the apidocs: getOfflinePlayer "This method may involve a blocking web request to get the UUID for the given name." ie probably should'nt be run in the main thread.

I tested with my own and one other username and that got the correct UUID. Tested with some random characters that isn't likely a username and still got some UUIDs returned. *shrug*

 

I am closing this thread because my plugin, InactiveLockette, is dependant on Lockette, which won't be able to update to the UUID system because it stores the usernames on signs allowed for name changing people to steal stuff and/or not be able/gain acces to containers around the place.

So I will update my plugin to 1.7.2 and stop the developing there, without requiring a switch to the UUID system.