Remove block drops from area?

Hi I have been trying to remove all block drops in a certain area (after game finishes); what I have currently got is this but I cannot get it to work. I am guessing it is something to do with b.getDrops().clear(); but I am not sure what exactly (do I need to check for entities in the area instead?)

Code:java

for(int x = arena.arenaLoc1().getBlockX(); x <=  arena.arenaLoc2().getBlockX(); x++) {
            for(int y = arena.arenaLoc1().getBlockY(); y <= arena.arenaLoc2().getBlockY(); y++) {
            for(int z = arena.arenaLoc1().getBlockZ(); z <= arena.arenaLoc2().getBlockZ(); z++) {
                Block b = Bukkit.getWorld("competition").getBlockAt(x, y, z);
                b.getDrops().clear();

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

what you can do is onBlockBreakEvent you could check if the block is in that area and if so set the block to air and cancel the event.

 

I did consider this but Ideally they still need to be able to pick up the blocks. Thats why I was wondering if there is anyway to remove all of the dropped blocks. But thank you

 

if(boolean){?

 

Or maybe...

Code:

 player.getWorld().getEntities(); 

 

Yeh the problem is I have multiple arenas in one world so that will remove all of these entities as well

 

danielh112
Mabe you can make use of the WorldEdit API to get a selection or something... I am not too good with the WorldEdit API

 

Cancel BlockBreakEvent event, then set block as air.

 

Thank you but if I do this how would I give the player the actual materials they would get I have tried getting the material and giving them that. But this does not work with stuff like Redstone ore (as it does not give them redstone).

 

So you don't want the block to drop the item, but the player to receive it?

 

yes this seems the only way to do what I want

 

*bump* (sorry)

 

Exceptions? Post your code.

 

No there is no errors the problem I have got is I cannot give the player what they should actually get

The code I am using

Code:java

                e.getBlock().setType(Material.AIR);
                e.setCancelled(true);
                e.getPlayer().getInventory().addItem(new ItemStack(e.getBlock().getType()));

As for example if they mine a block of coal they do not get coal ore, they get the actual ore (not what they are meant to get).

 

You must specify the items amount.

 

Looks like the capability you want used to be in Bukkit, but no longer is...

https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-397