Installation

You'll need approximately two minutes to integrate the zLibrary inside your plugin, if you are using Maven already.

Currently, the zLib requires Java 7 or later, Bukkit 1.8.3 or later. This document explains how to install the zLib if you are using Maven, but it works too with other system, as long as a shading-like feature is present.
 

Integration of the library files inside your plugin

1. Add our Maven repository to your pom.xml file.

       <repository>
           <id>zDevelopers</id>
           <url>http://maven.carrade.eu/artifactory/snapshots</url>
       </repository>

2. Add the zLib as a dependency.

       <dependency>
           <groupId>fr.zcraft</groupId>
           <artifactId>zlib</artifactId>
           <version>0.99-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </dependency>

3. Add the shading plugin to the build. Replace YOUR.OWN.PACKAGE with your own package.

        <build>
            ...
            <plugins>
                ...
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.3</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <artifactSet>
                            <includes>
                                <include>fr.zcraft:zlib</include>
                            </includes>
                        </artifactSet>
                        <relocations>
                            <relocation>
                                <pattern>fr.zcraft.zlib</pattern>
                                <shadedPattern>YOUR.OWN.PACKAGE</shadedPattern>
                            </relocation>
                        </relocations>
                    </configuration>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <phase>package</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>shade</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
                ...
            </plugins>
            ...
        </build>

4. Build your project as usual, as example with the following command from your working directory, or using an integrated tool from your IDE.

   mvn clean install

 

Library & components auto-loading

Currently, there is only one simple way to integrate this library. The zLib provides his own version of the JavaPlugin main class, to semi-automatically load and unload the zLib components and core.

1. In your main class, replace extends JavaPlugin with extends ZPlugin (in fr.zcraft.zlib.core.ZPlugin).

   import fr.zcraft.zlib.core.ZPlugin;
   
   public class Toaster extends ZPlugin
   {
       // ...
   }

2. Use inside onEnable() the loadComponents method to load the components you will use.

   @Override
   public void onEnable()
   {
       loadComponents(Gui.class, Commands.class, SidebarScoreboard.class);
   }

 

A note about overridden methods

The zLibrary overrides the onLoad method.
If your plugin uses it you have to call super.onLoad() like this.

@Override
public void onLoad()
{
    super.onLoad();
    // Your code, placed after.
}