[SOLVED]Config Color Formatting

Does anyone know how to set up colors in the plugins config file?

 

So let's say you have colors enabled with the "&" sign.
A string in your config looks like:

Code:

message: &3I &4am &5 a &6message

You can then do in your plugin:

Code:

String message = getConfig().getString("message").replaceAll("(&([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2");

The

Code:

.replaceAll("(&([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2")

part takes stuff that comes after the "&" sign and replaces it with the colors/formatting.

You can add more lines after so you can have colors with "%", "&", and "$"

Code:

String message = getConfig().getString("message").replaceAll("(&([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2").replaceAll("($([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2").replaceAll("(%([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2")

 

I tried that but it just gets rid of the word its in front of and doesn't change the color

 

Then take a look at this: http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/org/bu...teAlternateColorCodes(char, java.lang.String)

It would be used something like this:

Code:

String message = getConfig().getString("message");
message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', message);
message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('$', message);
message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('%', message);

 

now it wont even show

 

Show your code. These methods are the only way to do it.

 

Code:

public void onEnable() {
            PluginDescriptionFile pdfFile = this.getDescription();
            this.log.info(pdfFile.getName() + " Version: " + pdfFile.getVersion() + " has been Enabled!");
            Extras ex = new Extras("BaseCommands");
            this.getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
            this.saveConfig();
            getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new Listener() {
                @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.NORMAL)
                public void playerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
                    String message = getConfig().getString("MOTD");
                    message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', message);
                    message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('$', message);
                    message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('%', message);
                    event.getPlayer().sendMessage(message);
                }
            }, this);

 

How about this :

Code:java

String string = getConfig().getString("message");
String string2 = string.replaceAll("&" , "§");
String message = string2.replaceAll("§§" , "&");

Replaces "&" with the corresponding color.
To display the "&" , the value in the config must be "&&"

EDIT :

extend JavaPlugin and implement Listener in your main class.
Try changing our code to this :

Code:java

public void onEnable() {
PluginDescriptionFile pdfFile = this.getDescription();
this.log.info(pdfFile.getName() + " Version: " + pdfFile.getVersion() + " has been Enabled!");
Extras ex = new Extras("BaseCommands");
this.getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
this.saveConfig();
getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, this);
}
 
@EventHandler
public void playerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
 
String string = getConfig().getString("message");
String string2 = string.replaceAll("&" , "§");
String message = string2.replaceAll("§§" , "&");
 
event.getPlayer().sendMessage(message);
}

 

Why...why are you putting a Listener inside your onEnable? You could at least make a method in your class and then register events from your main class.

Anyway, the reason it isn't working is because it doesn't know where to get the config from. You need to instantiate the plugin and use:

Code:

plugin.getConfig.getString("message");

 

yay it works now thank you and i will move that listener

ok nvm its sorta working it keeps on erroring if I do &3 or &2 or if i put like &7 at the start of the string it gets rid of that word

nvm got it to work

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.