[Bleeding] Added option to remove entire plugins from the help index using the help.yml file. Addresses BUKKIT-1178

By: rmichela <deltahat@gmail.com>

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/BukkitCommand.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.bukkit.command.defaults;
+
+import org.bukkit.command.Command;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public abstract class BukkitCommand extends Command{
+    protected BukkitCommand(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    protected BukkitCommand(String name, String description, String usageMessage, List<String> aliases) {
+        super(name, description, usageMessage, aliases);
+    }
+}

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/PluginsCommand.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 
-public class PluginsCommand extends Command {
+public class PluginsCommand extends BukkitCommand {
     public PluginsCommand(String name) {
         super(name);
         this.description = "Gets a list of plugins running on the server";

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/ReloadCommand.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 
-public class ReloadCommand extends Command {
+public class ReloadCommand extends BukkitCommand {
     public ReloadCommand(String name) {
         super(name);
         this.description = "Reloads the server configuration and plugins";

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/TimingsCommand.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.TimedRegisteredListener;
 
-public class TimingsCommand extends Command {
+public class TimingsCommand extends BukkitCommand {
     public TimingsCommand(String name) {
         super(name);
         this.description = "Records timings for all plugin events";

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/command/defaults/VersionCommand.java

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile;
 
-public class VersionCommand extends Command {
+public class VersionCommand extends BukkitCommand {
     public VersionCommand(String name) {
         super(name);
 

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/help/HelpMap.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.bukkit.help;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * The HelpMap tracks all help topics registered in a Bukkit server. When the server starts up or is reloaded,
  * help is processed and topics are added in the following order:
- *
+ * <p/>
  * 1. General topics are loaded from the help.yml
  * 2. Plugins load and optionally call {@code addTopic()}
  * 3. Registered plugin commands are processed by {@link HelpTopicFactory} objects to create topics
@@ -43,4 +45,14 @@ public interface HelpMap {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException Thrown if {@code commandClass} does not derive from a legal base class.
      */
     public void registerHelpTopicFactory(Class<?> commandClass, HelpTopicFactory<?> factory);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the list of plugins the server administrator has chosen to exclude from the help index. Plugin authors
+     * who choose to directly extend {@link org.bukkit.command.Command} instead of {@link org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand}
+     * will need to check this collection in their {@link HelpTopicFactory} implementations to ensure they meet the
+     * server administrator's expectations.
+     *
+     * @return A list of plugins that should be excluded from the help index.
+     */
+    public List<String> getIgnoredPlugins();
 }

paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/help/HelpTopicFactory.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public interface HelpTopicFactory<TCommand extends Command> {
      * for it.
      *
      * @param command The custom command to build a help topic for.
-     * @return A new custom help topic.
+     * @return A new custom help topic or {@code null} to intentionally NOT create a topic.
      */
     public HelpTopic createTopic(TCommand command);
 }