Create PluginMessages.kt

src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/pluginmessages/PluginMessages.kt

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+package net.axay.kspigot.pluginmessages
+
+import net.axay.kspigot.extensions.onlinePlayers
+import net.axay.kspigot.main.KSpigotMainInstance
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.DataOutputStream
+import java.io.IOException
+
+/**
+ * Chooses a random player to send the message.
+ * Be careful to not send a player specific message
+ * using this method!
+ * @see sendPluginMessageToBungeeCord
+ * @return True, if a player was found to send the message.
+ */
+fun sendPluginMessageToBungeeCordRandomPlayer(
+    subChannel: String,
+    content: List<String>? = null
+): Boolean {
+    val randomPlayer = onlinePlayers.randomOrNull()
+    return if (randomPlayer != null) {
+        sendPluginMessageToBungeeCord(randomPlayer, subChannel, content)
+        true
+    } else false
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sends a plugin message on the "BungeeCord" channel.
+ * Specify your sub channel and if necessary add the
+ * required content.
+ */
+fun sendPluginMessageToBungeeCord(
+    player: Player,
+    subChannel: String,
+    content: List<String>? = null
+) {
+
+    val msgbytes = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    val msgout = DataOutputStream(msgbytes)
+
+    try {
+
+        msgout.writeUTF(subChannel)
+
+        if (content != null)
+            for (messagePart in content)
+                msgout.writeUTF(messagePart)
+
+    } catch (e: IOException) {
+        e.printStackTrace()
+    }
+
+    player.sendPluginMessage(KSpigotMainInstance, "BungeeCord", msgbytes.toByteArray())
+
+}