Package org.bukkit.event.player

Class PlayerInteractEvent

java.lang.Object

org.bukkit.event.Event

org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerEvent

org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerInteractEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cancellable

public class PlayerInteractEvent
extends PlayerEvent
implements Cancellable

Represents an event that is called when a player interacts with an object or air, potentially fired once for each hand. The hand can be determined using getHand().

This event will fire as cancelled if the vanilla behavior is to do nothing (e.g interacting with air)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.bukkit.event.Event

Event.Result

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Action	action
protected Block	blockClicked
protected BlockFace	blockFace
protected ItemStack	item

Fields inherited from class org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerEvent

player

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PlayerInteractEvent(Player who, Action action, ItemStack item, Block clickedBlock, BlockFace clickedFace)
PlayerInteractEvent(Player who, Action action, ItemStack item, Block clickedBlock, BlockFace clickedFace, EquipmentSlot hand)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Action	getAction()	Returns the action type
BlockFace	getBlockFace()	Returns the face of the block that was clicked
Block	getClickedBlock()	Returns the clicked block
EquipmentSlot	getHand()	The hand used to perform this interaction.
static HandlerList	getHandlerList()
HandlerList	getHandlers()
ItemStack	getItem()	Returns the item in hand represented by this event
Material	getMaterial()	Convenience method.
boolean	hasBlock()	Check if this event involved a block
boolean	hasItem()	Check if this event involved an item
boolean	isBlockInHand()	Convenience method to inform the user whether this was a block placement event.
boolean	isCancelled()	Gets the cancellation state of this event.
void	setCancelled(boolean cancel)	Sets the cancellation state of this event.
void	setUseInteractedBlock(Event.Result useInteractedBlock)
void	setUseItemInHand(Event.Result useItemInHand)
Event.Result	useInteractedBlock()	This controls the action to take with the block (if any) that was clicked on.
Event.Result	useItemInHand()	This controls the action to take with the item the player is holding.

Methods inherited from class org.bukkit.event.Event

getEventName, isAsynchronous

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from class org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerEvent

getPlayer

Field Detail

item

protected ItemStack item

action

protected Action action

blockClicked

protected Block blockClicked

blockFace

protected BlockFace blockFace

Constructor Detail

PlayerInteractEvent

public PlayerInteractEvent(Player who,
                           Action action,
                           ItemStack item,
                           Block clickedBlock,
                           BlockFace clickedFace)

PlayerInteractEvent

public PlayerInteractEvent(Player who,
                           Action action,
                           ItemStack item,
                           Block clickedBlock,
                           BlockFace clickedFace,
                           EquipmentSlot hand)

Method Detail

getAction

public Action getAction()

Returns the action type

Returns:

Action returns the type of interaction

isCancelled

public boolean isCancelled()

Gets the cancellation state of this event. Set to true if you want to prevent buckets from placing water and so forth

Specified by:

isCancelled in interface Cancellable

Returns:

boolean cancellation state

setCancelled

public void setCancelled(boolean cancel)

Sets the cancellation state of this event. A canceled event will not be executed in the server, but will still pass to other plugins

Canceling this event will prevent use of food (player won't lose the food item), prevent bows/snowballs/eggs from firing, etc. (player won't lose the ammo)

Specified by:

setCancelled in interface Cancellable

Parameters:

cancel - true if you wish to cancel this event

getItem

public ItemStack getItem()

Returns the item in hand represented by this event

Returns:

ItemStack the item used

getMaterial

public Material getMaterial()

Convenience method. Returns the material of the item represented by this event

Returns:

Material the material of the item used

hasBlock

public boolean hasBlock()

Check if this event involved a block

Returns:

boolean true if it did

hasItem

public boolean hasItem()

Check if this event involved an item

Returns:

boolean true if it did

isBlockInHand

public boolean isBlockInHand()

Convenience method to inform the user whether this was a block placement event.

Returns:

boolean true if the item in hand was a block

getClickedBlock

public Block getClickedBlock()

Returns the clicked block

Returns:

Block returns the block clicked with this item.

getBlockFace

public BlockFace getBlockFace()

Returns the face of the block that was clicked

Returns:

BlockFace returns the face of the block that was clicked

useInteractedBlock

public Event.Result useInteractedBlock()

This controls the action to take with the block (if any) that was clicked on. This event gets processed for all blocks, but most don't have a default action

Returns:

the action to take with the interacted block

setUseInteractedBlock

public void setUseInteractedBlock(Event.Result useInteractedBlock)

Parameters:

useInteractedBlock - the action to take with the interacted block

useItemInHand

public Event.Result useItemInHand()

This controls the action to take with the item the player is holding. This includes both blocks and items (such as flint and steel or records). When this is set to default, it will be allowed if no action is taken on the interacted block.

Returns:

the action to take with the item in hand

setUseItemInHand

public void setUseItemInHand(Event.Result useItemInHand)

Parameters:

useItemInHand - the action to take with the item in hand

getHand

public EquipmentSlot getHand()

The hand used to perform this interaction. May be null in the case of Action.PHYSICAL.

Returns:

the hand used to interact. May be null.

getHandlers

public HandlerList getHandlers()

Specified by:

getHandlers in class Event

getHandlerList

public static HandlerList getHandlerList()