ChatScanner class | get an input from the chat (Like Java's Scanner class)

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That is the minecraft version of the java's Scanner class.

REQUIRES A BETA VERSION OF SERVER MODULE.

It gets what the players write in chat waiting for the result to be something before continuing.

Changelog v1.0

• created ChatInput class
• created nextLine() for strings
• created nextFloat() for numbers
• created nextBool() for booleans
• created close() to close the input stream

Usage Example:

// creating the input scanner for player
const input = new ChatInput(player);

// use async to wait for the result to continue
(async () => {

    //getting the values 

    player.sendMessage("<question> Type something:")
    const string = await input.nextLine();

    player.sendMessage("<question> Type a number:")
    const float = await input.nextFloat();

    player.sendMessage("<question> Type yes or no:")
    const bool = await input.nextBool()

    //closing the input

    input.close()

    // sending the result 

    player.sendMessage("<result data> RESULT:")
    player.sendMessage("<result data> text: " + string)
    player.sendMessage("<result data> number: " + float)
    player.sendMessage("<result data> bool: " + bool)
})();

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Update 1.1
That is the minecraft version of the java's Scanner class.

REQUIRES A BETA VERSION OF SERVER MODULE.

It gets what the players write in chat waiting for the result to be something before continuing.

Changelog v1.1

• changed name to ChatScanner.
• created listen() to listen again if closed.
• changed nextLine() to next() to use an unique method.
• removed nextFloat() .
• removed nextBool() .
  Usage Example:

// creating a new ChatScanner instance
const input = new ChatScanner(player)

// async arrow function, needs await
(async () =>{
    
    //asking the player his name
    player.sendMessage("type your name.")
    const name = await input.next()
    input.close()

    //asking the player his surname
    player.sendMessage("type your surname.")
    input.listen()
    const surname = await input.next()
    input.close

    //sending the result
    player.sendMessage("name: " + name +  ", surname: " + surname)

})()