Get player UUID given player name

So I have a hash map of player UUID's and Slime entities. If a player's UUID is mapped to a slime, I want an admin to be able do a remove command on the player and kill the slime.

The command would look something like this: /remove <name>.

Normally to get the player given in the command's UUID, get the associated slime, and kill it, we could do:

Code:java

Player p = Bukkit.getPlayerExact(name);
UUID playerID = p.getUniqueId();
Slime slime = map.get(playerID);
slime.setHealth(0.0D);

However, the function Bukkit.getPlayer(name) and Bukkit.getPlayerExact(name) are deprecated.

Is there any other way to get a user's UUID given the user's name?

 

the amount of people asking this question -.- its not hard to find the answer with a simple google search

https://forums.bukkit.org/threads/player-name-uuid-fetcher.250926/

 

Yes, if the player is offline. If the player is online, you should use the getPlayerExact() and getPlayer() methods.

@OP If you're worried about the deprecation, you obviously haven't read the announcement.
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/psa-the-switch-to-uuids-potential-plugin-server-breakage.250915/