How to Get the Axis a sign faces!

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Im making a plugin that allows you to rate a person build using signs but the first problem I have run into is finding the direction the sign faces to I know where to place the other two.

I also want it to work if its a wall sign but not sure if the way I have in mind would work.

How would I get the correct location to put the signs so there in a line of 3 and all face the same way.

Thanks in advance

 

I just yesterday figured the whole thing out:

Code:java

//Get the signs into Block type sign.getBlock() etc.
MaterialData face = new MaterialData(OriginalSignBlock.getType(), OriginalSignBlock.getData())
//Spawn a sign (set location block type to sign)
NewSignBlock.setData(face);
NewSignBlock.update();

Something like that, customize by your needs.

 

One problem is there's two classes named Sign:
org.bukkit.block.Sign
org.bukkit.material.Sign

The former is a Block, and lets you manipulate the text, the latter is a MaterialData subclass, and lets you manipulate the integer "Data Value" through a cleaner API.

To reconcile it in code which needs both, you need to import one, and reference the other by the full classname.
Let's say you have a Block and you know it's already a sign (like you checked getType == Material.SIGN or the like). Then you can do:

Code:

org.bukkit.material.Sign signData = (org.bukkit.material.Sign) block.getData();
BlockFace face = signData.getFacing();

Because I find I'm doing this a lot in my plugins, turning blocks into Signs (to get lines) or getting the direction they face, I've got a utility class with these two methods on it:

Code:

 
import org.bukkit.block.Block;
import org.bukkit.block.BlockFace;
import org.bukkit.block.Sign;
 
public final class SignUtils {
        public static BlockFace signFacing(Sign sign) {
                org.bukkit.material.Sign signData = (org.bukkit.material.Sign) sign.getData();
                return signData.getFacing();
        }
       
        public static Sign signFromBlock(Block block) {
                return (Sign) block.getState();
        }
}