Package org.bukkit

Interface Chunk

public interface Chunk

Represents a chunk of blocks

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Block	getBlock(int x, int y, int z)	Gets a block from this chunk
ChunkSnapshot	getChunkSnapshot()	Capture thread-safe read-only snapshot of chunk data
ChunkSnapshot	getChunkSnapshot(boolean includeMaxblocky, boolean includeBiome, boolean includeBiomeTempRain)	Capture thread-safe read-only snapshot of chunk data
Entity[]	getEntities()	Get a list of all entities in the chunk.
BlockState[]	getTileEntities()	Get a list of all tile entities in the chunk.
World	getWorld()	Gets the world containing this chunk
int	getX()	Gets the X-coordinate of this chunk
int	getZ()	Gets the Z-coordinate of this chunk
boolean	isLoaded()	Checks if the chunk is loaded.
boolean	load()	Loads the chunk.
boolean	load(boolean generate)	Loads the chunk.
boolean	unload()	Unloads and optionally saves the Chunk
boolean	unload(boolean save)	Unloads and optionally saves the Chunk
boolean	unload(boolean save, boolean safe)	Deprecated. it is never safe to remove a chunk in use

Method Detail

getX

int getX()

Gets the X-coordinate of this chunk

Returns:

X-coordinate

getZ

int getZ()

Gets the Z-coordinate of this chunk

Returns:

Z-coordinate

getWorld

World getWorld()

Gets the world containing this chunk

Returns:

Parent World

getBlock

Block getBlock(int x,
               int y,
               int z)

Gets a block from this chunk

Parameters:

x - 0-15

y - 0-127

z - 0-15

Returns:

the Block

getChunkSnapshot

ChunkSnapshot getChunkSnapshot()

Capture thread-safe read-only snapshot of chunk data

Returns:

ChunkSnapshot

getChunkSnapshot

ChunkSnapshot getChunkSnapshot(boolean includeMaxblocky,
                               boolean includeBiome,
                               boolean includeBiomeTempRain)

Capture thread-safe read-only snapshot of chunk data

Parameters:

includeMaxblocky - - if true, snapshot includes per-coordinate maximum Y values

includeBiome - - if true, snapshot includes per-coordinate biome type

includeBiomeTempRain - - if true, snapshot includes per-coordinate raw biome temperature and rainfall

Returns:

ChunkSnapshot

getEntities

Entity[] getEntities()

Get a list of all entities in the chunk.

Returns:

The entities.

getTileEntities

BlockState[] getTileEntities()

Get a list of all tile entities in the chunk.

Returns:

The tile entities.

isLoaded

boolean isLoaded()

Checks if the chunk is loaded.

Returns:

True if it is loaded.

load

boolean load(boolean generate)

Loads the chunk.

Parameters:

generate - Whether or not to generate a chunk if it doesn't already exist

Returns:

true if the chunk has loaded successfully, otherwise false

load

boolean load()

Loads the chunk.

Returns:

true if the chunk has loaded successfully, otherwise false

unload

@Deprecated
boolean unload(boolean save,
               boolean safe)

Deprecated. it is never safe to remove a chunk in use

Unloads and optionally saves the Chunk

Parameters:

save - Controls whether the chunk is saved

safe - Controls whether to unload the chunk when players are nearby

Returns:

true if the chunk has unloaded successfully, otherwise false

unload

boolean unload(boolean save)

Unloads and optionally saves the Chunk

Parameters:

save - Controls whether the chunk is saved

Returns:

true if the chunk has unloaded successfully, otherwise false

unload

boolean unload()

Unloads and optionally saves the Chunk

Returns:

true if the chunk has unloaded successfully, otherwise false