Messaging Plugin

Hey there, I'm currently developing a Messaging plugin just for fun, and I'm looking for some help with a feature. Here is the current code I have for the /amsg command - It's basically the default /msg command but coded myself. Pointless, right? I know, I was just bored. But what I'd like to add is to add a little popping sound whenever the player receives a message. Here is my current code -
https://pastebin.com/trUQWjXt

In addition, I'd also like to know how I could make a Social Spy/Message Spy component, if anybody has any notable tutorials or suggestions, please comment, been searching the web for about 20 minutes now with nothing.

 

@Aarooncia
1. Use this method to play a sound to the player.
2. For the social spy; simply loop all the online players, and then send them the message if the condition (permission, toggled, etc.) is met.
3. I'd recommend using StringBuilder instead of String+String. For an explanation you can look up "Java StringBuilder vs String Concatenation"

 

This is certainly accurate. Here's a method I've used for years that has an added feature:

Code:

public static String buildMessage(String[] material, int start) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

        for(int i = start; i<material.length; i++) {

            builder.append(material[i]);
            builder.append(" ");

        }

        return builder.toString().trim();


    }

This takes two arguments, a String[] array of material, and an int for where to start. Basically, this allows you to parse messages from command syntax, without having to worry about knit-pickily cutting out specific elements from the array. Zero corresponds to the first part of the array, so if you want to include all elements, pass 0, etc.



Playing a sound to a player is as simple as getting the player instance you want, and calling the playSound method.

 

Apache Commons is shaded in, so it's even easier to just do String message = StringUtils.join(args, " ", 1, args.length);