Solved Command Aliases

Hello, I was wondering how can I make an alias for a command. I dont have a clue of how to do this, i.e. here is some of my onCommand:

Code:java

    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender Sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String[] args){
        Player player = (Player) Sender;
        if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("plugins")){
            if(Sender.hasPermission("ecore.pl")){
            player.sendMessage("Plugins " + getConfig().getString("plnum") + ": " + getConfig().getString("pllist").replace("&", "§"));
 
        }else{
            player.sendMessage(getConfig().getString("Prefix").replace("&", "§") + getConfig().getString("noperm").replace("&", "§"));
        }
    }
}

How can I make that command (/plugins) work when someone makes /pl? Thanks for the help

 

An alias is simply another name for a command which will fire the same command to your plugin. You declare these inside your plugin.yml file like so:

Code:

commands:
  flagrate:
    description: Set yourself on fire.
    aliases: [combust_me, combustMe]
    permission: inferno.flagrate
    usage: Syntax error! Simply type /<command> to ignite yourself.

(taken from the official wiki)
So if you do this, when someone types /combustMe, the command "flagrate" will be sent to your onCommand function. If for whatever reason you want to see what alias was actually used, you can use onCommand's commandLabel parameter.

 

I have tried that, but the strings wont appear in chat, only when i type the command that appears in the oncommand.

 

random_username Ah, that's because you're using commandLabel to check what the command is. As I said, commandLabel shows the actual alias that was used when typing the command. You should try to use cmd.getName() when checking the command - there is no difference, unless you're trying to use aliases.

 

So how would I write down my onCommand? Sorry, I'm a newbie at this v.v

 

Instead of

Code:

if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("plugins")){

you do this:

Code:

if(cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("plugins")){

and then it will be true if the command is "plugins" or any of its aliases.

 

Thanks so much, It worked with almost all my commands! Well, although there is one that isn't working, it is /plugins. /pl is working fine, but any idea why /plugins isn't?

 

random_username That's odd. Can I see your plugin.yml?

 

Sure:

Code:

name: Corecommands
main: me.Kait18.Corecommands.Corecommands
version: 5.0
description: >
            Some basic Commands.
commands:
  plugins:
    description: Gives you the plugins list.
    aliases: [pl]
  help:
    description: The help Command.
    aliases: [?]
  Features:
    description: The Features on the server.

When I try /plugins only my real plugin list appears, instead the one I made in my config (which is in my onCommand)

 

random_username It's probably not causing a problem, but when you only write one alias, you don't have to put the square brackets around it. Other than that I'm afraid I'm stumped.

 

random_username & adam753
one thing I like to do, to save a bit of time when creating multiple commands in one method is to set the Command to command instead of cmd, then do this

Code:java

 
cmd = command.getName();
 

it might not be much, but it's pretty nice.

Another thing; the reason your /pl command works, but not your /plugins command, is because it's a default Bukkit command. I've done it before with the same command. Here's my code.

Main class (onEnable method)

Code:java

 
Bukkit.getPluginmanager().RegisterEnents(CommandOverrideListener(), this);
 

CommandOverrideListener Class

Code:java

 
// overrides the default commands
@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.LOWEST)
public void onCommandPreProcess(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event){
    if(event.getMessage().toLowerCase().startsWith("/plugins")){
        event.setCancelled(true);
        event.getPlayer().sendMessage(getPluginList());
    }
}
 
// get the list of plugins, then generate it
private String getPluginList() {
    StringBuilder pluginList = new StringBuilder();
    Plugin[] plugins = Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugins();
 
    for (Plugin plugin : plugins) {
        // splits each plugin with a white comma
        if (pluginList.length() > 0) {
            pluginList.append(ChatColor.WHITE);
            pluginList.append(", ");
        }
 
        // green plugins are enabled, red are not
        pluginList.append(plugin.isEnabled() ? ChatColor.GREEN : ChatColor.RED);
        pluginList.append(plugin.getName());
    }
 
    /*
      * outputs a string that lists how many plugins there are
      * then the plugins themselves
      */
    return ChatColor.DARK_GRAY + "(" + ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE + plugins.length + ChatColor.DARK_GRAY + "): " + pluginList.toString();
}
 

 

Thanks!