From d1c10cb8d00c3b6e9c8612bc30e9e7a715dd1ecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:55:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add String based Action Bar API


diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
index 5638a077..bc2f9621 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
@@ -394,6 +394,26 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
     public void sendMap(MapView map);
 
     // Paper start
+
+    /**
+     * Sends an Action Bar message to the client.
+     *
+     * Use Section symbols for legacy color codes to send formatting.
+     *
+     * @param message The message to send
+     */
+    public void sendActionBar(String message);
+
+    /**
+     * Sends an Action Bar message to the client.
+     *
+     * Use supplied alternative character to the section symbol to represent legacy color codes.
+     *
+     * @param alternateChar Alternate symbol such as '&'
+     * @param message The message to send
+     */
+    public void sendActionBar(char alternateChar, String message);
+
     /**
      * Sends the component to the player
      *
@@ -417,9 +437,11 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
     /**
      * Sends an array of components as a single message to the specified screen position of this player
      *
+     * @deprecated This is unlikely the API you want to use. See {@link #sendActionBar(String)} for a more proper Action Bar API. This deprecated API may send unsafe items to the client.
      * @param position the screen position
      * @param components the components to send
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public default void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatMessageType position, net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent... components) {
         spigot().sendMessage(position, components);
     }
@@ -1743,9 +1765,11 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
         /**
          * Sends the component to the specified screen position of this player
          *
+         * @deprecated This is unlikely the API you want to use. See {@link #sendActionBar(String)} for a more proper Action Bar API. This deprecated API may send unsafe items to the client.
          * @param position the screen position
          * @param component the components to send
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatMessageType position, net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent component) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
         }
@@ -1753,9 +1777,11 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, CommandSender, Offline
         /**
          * Sends an array of components as a single message to the specified screen position of this player
          *
+         * @deprecated This is unlikely the API you want to use. See {@link #sendActionBar(String)} for a more proper Action Bar API. This deprecated API may send unsafe items to the client.
          * @param position the screen position
          * @param components the components to send
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public void sendMessage(net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatMessageType position, net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent... components) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
         }
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