broadcast command through console and player

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label, String[] args) {
Player p = (Player) sender;
StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder("");
if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("crypticbroadcast")) {
if ((args.length == 0) && (p.hasPermission("ccmcessentials.broadcast"))) {
p.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "Usage: /cb <message>");
} else {
for (String part : args) {
if (!message.toString().equals(""));
message.append(" ");

message.append(part);
}
if ((p.hasPermission("ccmcessentials.broadcast")) || (sender instanceof ConsoleCommandSender)) {
Bukkit.getServer().broadcastMessage(Utils.chat(message.toString()));
} else {
p.sendMessage(Utils.chat(plugin.getConfig().getString("commands.broadcast.no_permission")));
}
}
}
return false;
}
}

I get an error whenever trying to send the command through console for a broadcast. Any ideas on how to fix it?

 

@timtower what do you mean by that? I just started learning bukkit & java a couple of days ago

 

You're probably way more knowledgeable about this than me, but n my understanding that line is what allows me to use p instead of the longer version.

It worked through the console before when I had this same setup, but instead of:

Code:

                for (String part : args) {
                    if (!message.toString().equals(""));
                        message.append(" ");
                   
                    message.append(part);
                        }

I had:

Code:

} else if(args.length >= 1){
                      String message = "";
                      for (String part : args) {
                           if (message != "") message += " ";
                           message += part;
                               }

This worked through player and console but only the first word in the message was broadcast.
@timtower
btw sorry if I'm not supposed to ping

 

@timtower
It's the same as the 1st post to this thread. tbh it's not bad, I just learned the other way. The issue still at hand is why the first one can run through a player executing the command and not through the console.

I should've added this earlier but here's the error that I receive once I try and execute the command through console:

Unexpected exception while parsing console command "cb hello world"
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'cb' in plugin CCMCEssentials v1.0.0
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:47) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:149) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_16_R3.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:763) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_16_R3.CraftServer.dispatchServerCommand(CraftServer.java:748) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServer.handleCommandQueue(DedicatedServer.java:387) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServer.b(DedicatedServer.java:356) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:1008) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:847) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.lambda$0(MinecraftServer.java:164) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_241]
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_16_R3.command.ColouredConsoleSender cannot be cast to org.bukkit.entity.Player
at me.shril.ccmcessentials.commands.BroadcastCommand.onCommand(BroadcastCommand.java:26) ~[?:?]
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:45) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:2991-Spigot-018b9a0-f3f3094]
... 9 more

 

@timtower Okay, so how would I fix it?

 

@Shril

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