PrismaticAPI

PrismaticAPI is a powerful utility library for advanced color manipulation and text formatting in Bukkit/Spigot/Paper plugins. Originally forked from IridiumColorAPI, PrismaticAPI has since diverged significantly, expanding its functionality and refining its design to offer enhanced features such as dynamic gradients, rainbow effects, and improved support for both legacy and modern RGB color schemes.

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Overview

PrismaticAPI provides a robust, unified interface to:

• Apply Color Effects: Create smooth gradient and rainbow effects by generating arrays of ChatColor values.
• Process Strings: Colorize text by applying a series of registered color patterns and translate alternate color codes.
• Strip Formatting: Remove legacy and modern color formatting to retrieve plain text.

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Key Features

• Gradient Effects:
  Create smooth color gradients between two colors by generating an array of intermediary colors that can be applied to text.

• Rainbow Effects:
  Dynamically generate a rainbow effect across a string based on a defined number of steps and a saturation parameter.

• Legacy and Modern Support:
  Automatically adapts to legacy (16-color mode) and modern RGB color support based on the server version and player client.

• Text Processing:
  Provides methods to apply all registered color patterns to text, as well as strip any color or formatting codes, ensuring clean plain text output when needed.

Key Enhancements Over IridiumColorAPI

• Enhanced Gradient and Rainbow Effects:
  PrismaticAPI introduces more flexible gradient and rainbow functionalities, enabling smoother and more dynamic color transitions.

• Improved Text Processing:
  Better handling of color codes and stripping methods, making it easier to manipulate and clean text.

• Optimized API Design:
  Streamlined methods for applying and stripping colors, and an overall more modular and maintainable codebase.

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Usage Examples

Example 1: Colorizing a Chat Message

package com.example.myplugin;

import me.croabeast.prismatic.PrismaticAPI;
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class MyPlugin extends JavaPlugin {

  @Override
  public void onEnable() {
    // Example player (could be obtained from an event)
    Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer("a player reference");

    // Colorize a message using PrismaticAPI
    String message = "&aHello, &bworld!";
    String coloredMessage = PrismaticAPI.colorize(player, message);

    // Send the colorized message
    player.sendMessage(coloredMessage);
  }
}

Example 2: Applying a Gradient Effect

package com.example.myplugin;

import me.croabeast.prismatic.PrismaticAPI;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.Color;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class MyPlugin extends JavaPlugin {

    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        // Define the start and end colors for the gradient
        Color startColor = new Color(255, 0, 0);   // Red
        Color endColor = new Color(0, 0, 255);   // Blue
        
        // Apply a gradient effect to the text "Gradient Text"
        String gradientText = PrismaticAPI.applyGradient("Gradient Text", startColor, endColor, false);
        
        // Log the gradient text (or send it to a player)
        getLogger().info(gradientText);
    }
}

Example 3: Stripping All Formatting

package com.example.myplugin;

import me.croabeast.prismatic.PrismaticAPI;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class MyPlugin extends JavaPlugin {

    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        String formattedText = "&aThis &btext &chas &dcolored &ewith &6codes";
        
        // Remove all color and formatting codes
        String plainText = PrismaticAPI.stripAll(formattedText);
        
        getLogger().info("Plain text: " + plainText);
    }
}

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Maven / Gradle Installation

To include PrismaticAPI to the project, add the following repository and dependency to your build configuration. Replace ${version} with the desired version tag.

Maven

Add the repository and dependency to your pom.xml:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>croabeast-repo</id>
        <url>https://croabeast.github.io/repo/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>me.croabeast</groupId>
        <artifactId>PrismaticAPI</artifactId>
        <version>${version}</version>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Gradle

Add the repository and dependency to your build.gradle:

repositories {
    maven {
        url "https://croabeast.github.io/repo/"
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation "me.croabeast:PrismaticAPI:${version}"
}

Replace ${version} with the appropriate module version.

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Conclusion

PrismaticAPI consolidates advanced color manipulation and text formatting functions into a single, easy-to-use API. Whether you need to create eye-catching gradients, implement dynamic rainbow effects, or simply clean up formatted text, PrismaticAPI provides the tools to do so effectively. Its support for both legacy and modern RGB formats ensures broad compatibility across different server versions and player clients.

Enhance your plugin’s visual presentation and user experience with PrismaticAPI!

Happy coding!

— CroaBeast