Scriptive: A Java repository from Machine

Java Implementation for Minecraft Java Edition Chat Component Format.

Since version 1.7.2, Minecraft has two separate text formatting systems. The newer text component system is used in many specific contexts expecting formatted text, including chat messages, written books, death messages, window titles, and the like.

Scriptive is a library for easy creation and serialization of such text components with support for the latest Minecraft versions.

Features

Comprehensive support for all formating options
Lightweight and intuitive
Supports new NBT serialization introduced in 1.20.3 version of Minecraft
Supports JSON serialization
Provides custom format of components suitable for user-input
Supports terminal format

Modules

scriptive-core - Core of the Scriptive library
scriptive-gson - JSON serialization of text components using GSON library
scriptive-nbt - NBT serialization of text components using Machine's NBT library
scriptive-formatify - Custom human-readable format for components

Importing

Gradle

repositories {
    maven {
        name = "machinemcRepositoryReleases"
        url = uri("https://repo.machinemc.org/releases")
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation("org.machinemc:scriptive-core:VERSION")
}

Maven

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>machinemc-repository-releases</id>
        <name>MachineMC Repository</name>
        <url>https://repo.machinemc.org/releases</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.machinemc</groupId>
        <artifactId>scriptive-core</artifactId>
        <version>VERSION</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Other modules can be added as another dependency.

License