Minecraft Plugin setMotd()

Question

I was looking for some time how to use setMotd() function, but I can't find anything useful. I've found ServerListPingEvent http://www.javaminecraft.com/bukkitapi/org/bukkit/event/server/ServerListPingEvent.html but I've got no idea how to use it... Maybe You could help me?

Answer 1

To listen to this event and, as a response, change the motd, you need a Listener. Define a class implementing Listener (let's say FooListener) with the following method declaration:

@EventHandler
public void onServerListPingEvent(ServerListPingEvent event) {
    event.setMotd("Some MOTD");
}

You then need to register this listener in one of your plugin class's onLoad() or onEnable() methods. Do this like so:

@Override
public void onLoad() { // or onEnable()
    // other stuff
    getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new FooListener(), this);
}

If you want to colour your MOTD, look it up. You have to use the section sign (§).