API Usage

If you want to use ChestSort's advanced sorting features for your own plugin, or if ChestSort causes trouble with your own plugin, you can use the ChestSortAPI. It provides

the methods sortInventory(Inventory inv) and sortInventory(Inventory inv, int startSlot, int endSlot)to sort any given inventory, following the rules you have specified in your ChestSort's config.yml and the corresponding category files
a cancellable event called ChestSortEvent that is fired whenever ChestSort is about to sort an inventory, that can also be used to change the sorting results
the methods setSortable(Inventory inv) and setUnsortable(Inventory inv) to tell ChestSort whether your custom inventories should be sortable by ChestSort

and more, see the Javadocs at the bottom of this page. There's also a link to an example plugin.

Maven repository

You can use maven to add ChestSort as a dependency to your Spigot-/Bukkit-Plugin:

<repositories>
	<repository>
		<id>jeff-media-public</id>
		<url>https://hub.jeff-media.com/nexus/repository/jeff-media-public/</url>
	</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>de.jeff_media</groupId>
		<artifactId>ChestSortAPI</artifactId>
		<version>12.0.0</version>
		<scope>provided</scope>
	</dependency>
</dependencies>

You must also add ChestSort (NOT ChestSortAPI) to the depend or softdepend section of your plugin.yml.

Note: it is no longer required nor allowed to shade the ChestSortAPI into your plugin.

Accessing the API

As `depend`

If you depend on ChestSort, you can easily access the API methods directly:

import de.jeff_media.chestsort.api.ChestSortAPI;
...
ChestSortAPI.sortInventory(player.getInventory());

As `softdepend`

If you only softdepend on ChestSort, you have to check whether ChestSort is installed. To avoid exceptions, do not import the ChestSortAPI class in classes that you instantiate regardless of whether ChestSort is installed, but use qualified method calls instead:

if(Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("ChestSort") != null) {
    de.jeff_media.chestsort.api.ChestSortAPI.sortInventory(player.getInventory());    
}

Your Listener has to import the ChestSortEvent class, so only register it when ChestSort is installed:

if(Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("ChestSort") != null) {
    Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(new MyListener(), yourPlugin);    
}

Sorting inventories

Now, you can sort any Inventory! Just like this:

ChestSortAPI.sortInventory(Inventory inventory);

To sort only specific slots, you can pass slot numbers where to start and end sorting. ChestSort will not modify the inventory outside the given slot range.

ChestSortAPI.sortInventory(Inventory inventory, int startSlot, int endSlot);

You can also check if a player has automatic sorting enabled or disabled:

boolean sortingEnabled = ChestSortAPI.hasSortingEnabled(Player player);

Custom ChestSort event

If you want to prevent ChestSort from sorting a certain inventory, you can listen to the ChestSortEvent event.

@EventHandler
public void onChestSortEvent(ChestSortEvent event) {
	if(event.getInventory() == whatever) {
		event.setCancelled(true);
	}
}

You can also exempt certain slots / ItemStacks from being sorted using the following methods:

    public void setUnmovable(int slot)

    public void setUnmovable(ItemStack itemStack)

    public void removeUnmovable(int slot)

    public void removeUnmovable(ItemStack itemStack)

    public boolean isUnmovable(int slot)

    public boolean isUnmovable(ItemStack itemStack)

For example, to avoid the first item in the player's hotbar from being sorted:

@EventHandler
public void onChestSortEvent(ChestSortEvent event) {
	event.setUnmovable(0);
}

Making custom inventories sortable / unsortable

If you create a new Inventory inside your plugin, you can tell ChestSort whether that inventory should be sortable by ChestSort:

// Make it sortable
ChestSortAPI.setSortable(myInventory);

// or make it not sortable
ChestSortAPI.setUnsortable(myInventory);

Javadocs, Source code, Example plugin & Discord

There are more methods you can use, just have a look at the Javadocs.

Here is a complete example plugin that shows to add and use the ChestSort API: LINK

If you need help using the API, feel free to join my Discord server:

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