org.bukkit.conversations
Interface Prompt

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanPrompt, FixedSetPrompt, MessagePrompt, NumericPrompt, PlayerNamePrompt, RegexPrompt, StringPrompt, ValidatingPrompt

public interface Prompt
extends Cloneable

A Prompt is the main constituent of a Conversation. Each prompt displays text to the user and optionally waits for a user's response. Prompts are chained together into a directed graph that represents the conversation flow. To halt a conversation, END_OF_CONVERSATION is returned in liu of another Prompt object.

Field Summary

static Prompt

END_OF_CONVERSATION A convenience constant for indicating the end of a conversation.

Method Summary

Prompt	acceptInput(ConversationContext context, String input) Accepts and processes input from the user.
boolean	blocksForInput(ConversationContext context) Checks to see if this prompt implementation should wait for user input or immediately display the next prompt.
String	getPromptText(ConversationContext context) Gets the text to display to the user when this prompt is first presented.

Field Detail

END_OF_CONVERSATION

static final Prompt END_OF_CONVERSATION

A convenience constant for indicating the end of a conversation.

Method Detail

getPromptText

String getPromptText(ConversationContext context)

Gets the text to display to the user when this prompt is first presented.

Parameters:

context - Context information about the conversation.

Returns:

The text to display.

blocksForInput

boolean blocksForInput(ConversationContext context)

Checks to see if this prompt implementation should wait for user input or immediately display the next prompt.

Parameters:

context - Context information about the conversation.

Returns:

If true, the Conversation will wait for input before continuing.

acceptInput

Prompt acceptInput(ConversationContext context,
                   String input)

Accepts and processes input from the user. Using the input, the next Prompt in the prompt graph is returned.

Parameters:

context - Context information about the conversation.

input - The input text from the user.

Returns:

The next Prompt in the prompt graph.