x = cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("menu");

Hey guys java novice here, i'm having a hard time creating a menu system at the moment. In regular java im use to using
menuoption = Integer.parseInt( JOptionPane.showInputDialog( menulist));
switch (menuoption)
case 1: menuoption = 1

case 2: menuoption = 2

However when i try to do say menuoption = cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("menu");
and i go to declare String menuoption; it says that menuoption is a boolean ._.??? So is there a way i can grab the user input part to make this easy? I'm just hoping there's a simplistic way to activate the switch statement. If this looks a bit crazy or unorthodox if you could share your wisdom how to make a simple user interface i would be grateful. I just want to figure out how to make the user do /menu then prompt him with choices, then execute whatever command he puts in.

 

.equalsIgnoreCase will return a boolean as to whether the string is equal to another one whilst ignoring the case. Therefore when you do menuoption = ....equalsIgnoreCase, it will end up returning a boolean, not a string.

 

I would suggest checking the command name, then checking args, example here:

https://github.com/gomeow/MetaHandl...gomeow/metahandler/commands/Commands.java#L23

 

Bukkit does not support swing.

 

got a 404 not found on that page ^^!

So how would you guys go about making a menu system for a plugin, if someone could show me a example of just a user doing /menu and then it says please enter 1 or 2 and then does whats under the switch i would be grateful.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

paully104
Sorry about that, I changed the class name today. It's been moved to here:

https://github.com/gomeow/MetaHandl...meow/metahandler/commands/CommandHandler.java

 

paully104
http://www.google.com
Look up Chest GUI bukkit or item menu bukkit. There's a bunch of threads on them.
Also try this! http://wiki.bukkit.org/Plugin_Tutorial

 

awesome thank you