Replace something with something else?

I have a config file which loads correctly, in this a person can enter a message to be displayed, I want it so it replaces things like *GREEN* with the corresponding ChatColor, how could I do this?

 

I cant understand what it is that you want to do. Can you give a better description?

 

make a utilitie:

Code:

public static String colorFormat(String string){
        String format = string.replace("&0", ChatColor.BLACK.toString());
        format = format.replace("&1", ChatColor.DARK_BLUE.toString());
        format = format.replace("&2", ChatColor.DARK_GREEN.toString());
        format = format.replace("&3", ChatColor.DARK_AQUA.toString());
        format = format.replace("&4", ChatColor.DARK_RED.toString());
        format = format.replace("&5", ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE.toString());
        format = format.replace("&6", ChatColor.GOLD.toString());
        format = format.replace("&7", ChatColor.GRAY.toString());
        format = format.replace("&8", ChatColor.DARK_GRAY.toString());
        format = format.replace("&9", ChatColor.BLUE.toString());     
        format = format.replace("&a", ChatColor.GREEN.toString());
        format = format.replace("&b", ChatColor.AQUA.toString());
        format = format.replace("&c", ChatColor.RED.toString());
        format = format.replace("&e", ChatColor.YELLOW.toString());
        format = format.replace("&f", ChatColor.WHITE.toString());
 
        return format;
    }

Support it:

Code:

utilitiename.colorFormat(//code here);

 

An easier and more efficient verison of the above is this:

Code:

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

Use it like this:

Code:

String myString = "Hello &7World &5Colors!";
 
String myColorString = myString.replaceAll("(&([a-f0-9]))", "\u00A7$2");
 
player.sendMessage(myColorString);