org.bukkit.help
Class IndexHelpTopic

java.lang.Object
  org.bukkit.help.HelpTopic
      org.bukkit.help.IndexHelpTopic

public class IndexHelpTopic
extends HelpTopic

This help topic generates a list of other help topics. This class is useful for adding your own index help topics. To enforce a particular order, use a sorted collection.

If a preamble is provided to the constructor, that text will be displayed before the first item in the index.

Field Summary

protected Collection<HelpTopic>	allTopics
protected String	permission
protected String	preamble

Fields inherited from class org.bukkit.help.HelpTopic

amendedPermission, fullText, name, shortText

Constructor Summary

IndexHelpTopic(String name, String shortText, String permission, Collection<HelpTopic> topics)

IndexHelpTopic(String name, String shortText, String permission, Collection<HelpTopic> topics, String preamble)

Method Summary

void	amendCanSee(String amendedPermission) Allows the server administrator to override the permission required to see a help topic.
protected String	buildIndexLine(CommandSender sender, HelpTopic topic) Builds individual lines in the index topic.
protected String	buildPreamble(CommandSender sender) Builds the topic preamble.
boolean	canSee(CommandSender sender) Determines if a Player is allowed to see this help topic.
String	getFullText(CommandSender sender) Returns the full description of this help topic that is displayed when the user requests this topic's details.
protected void	setTopicsCollection(Collection<HelpTopic> topics) Sets the contents of the internal allTopics collection.

Methods inherited from class org.bukkit.help.HelpTopic

amendTopic, applyAmendment, getName, getShortText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

permission

protected String permission

preamble

protected String preamble

allTopics

protected Collection<HelpTopic> allTopics

Constructor Detail

IndexHelpTopic

public IndexHelpTopic(String name,
                      String shortText,
                      String permission,
                      Collection<HelpTopic> topics)

IndexHelpTopic

public IndexHelpTopic(String name,
                      String shortText,
                      String permission,
                      Collection<HelpTopic> topics,
                      String preamble)

Method Detail

setTopicsCollection

protected void setTopicsCollection(Collection<HelpTopic> topics)

Sets the contents of the internal allTopics collection.

Parameters:

topics - The topics to set.

canSee

public boolean canSee(CommandSender sender)

Description copied from class: HelpTopic

Determines if a Player is allowed to see this help topic. HelpTopic implementations should take server administrator wishes into account as set by the HelpTopic.amendCanSee(String) function.

Specified by:

canSee in class HelpTopic

Parameters:

sender - The Player in question.

Returns:

True of the Player can see this help topic, false otherwise.

amendCanSee

public void amendCanSee(String amendedPermission)

Description copied from class: HelpTopic

Allows the server administrator to override the permission required to see a help topic. HelpTopic implementations should take this into account when determining topic visibility on the HelpTopic.canSee(org.bukkit.command.CommandSender) function.

Overrides:

amendCanSee in class HelpTopic

Parameters:

amendedPermission - The permission node the server administrator wishes to apply to this topic.

getFullText

public String getFullText(CommandSender sender)

Description copied from class: HelpTopic

Returns the full description of this help topic that is displayed when the user requests this topic's details. The result will be paginated to properly fit the user's client.

Overrides:

getFullText in class HelpTopic

Parameters:

sender - The player or console requesting the full text. Useful for further security trimming the command's full text based on sub-permissions in custom implementations.

Returns:

A full topic description.

buildPreamble

protected String buildPreamble(CommandSender sender)

Builds the topic preamble. Override this method to change how the index preamble looks.

Parameters:

sender - The command sender requesting the preamble.

Returns:

The topic preamble.

buildIndexLine

protected String buildIndexLine(CommandSender sender,
                                HelpTopic topic)

Builds individual lines in the index topic. Override this method to change how index lines are rendered.

Parameters:

sender - The command sender requesting the index line.

topic - The topic to render into an index line.

Returns:

The rendered index line.