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Developer API

MCTennis provides a comprehensive API for developers to integrate with the plugin programmatically.

Installation Required

The API is not published to Maven Central. You must reference the MCTennis.jar file directly in your project.


🚀 Quick Setup

1. Plugin Dependency

Add MCTennis as a soft dependency in your plugin.yml:

softdepend: [ MCTennis ]

2. Basic Usage

Access MCTennis services through Bukkit's ServiceManager:

public class YourPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer("YourPlayerName");

        // Creating a tennis ball independent of a game.
        TennisBallFactory tennisBallFactory = Bukkit.getServicesManager().load(TennisBallFactory.class);
        TennisBall tennisBall = tennisBallFactory.createTennisBall(player.getLocation(), new TennisBallSettings());
        // The is no way to directly set the velocity, but you can kick it relative to the position the player.
        tennisBall.kickByPlayer(player);

        // Letting a player join a game.
        GameService gameService = Bukkit.getServicesManager().load(GameService.class);
        TennisGame game = gameService.getByName("myGameName");
        game.join(player, Team.BLUE);
    }
}

🎯 Core Services

Service Purpose
GameService Manage games, get game instances, player management
TennisBallFactory Create and manage tennis balls outside of games

📡 Event System

MCTennis broadcasts various events that you can listen to:

  • Game Events: Start, end, goal scored, player join/leave
  • Ball Events: Kick, pass, interaction
  • Player Events: Team switch, respawn

View all available events in the GitHub repository.


📚 Documentation

For detailed API documentation and method signatures, refer to the MCTennis source code on GitHub or use your IDE's intellisense when the plugin is loaded.