Block Placer

Place blocks in any direction

Overview

The BlockPlacer class provides a utility for programmatically placing blocks in a specified direction from a given origin location.

Methods

create

public static BlockPlacer create(JavaPlugin plugin, Material material)

Creates a new BlockPlacer instance with the specified plugin and material.

Parameters

  • plugin: The JavaPlugin instance associated with the plugin.

  • material: The material of the block to be placed.

Returns

  • Returns a new instance of the BlockPlacer class.

setDirection

public BlockPlacer setDirection(Direction direction)

Sets the direction in which blocks will be placed.

Parameters

  • direction: The direction in which blocks will be placed. Should be one of the values defined in the Direction enum.

Returns

  • Returns the updated BlockPlacer instance.

setLength

public BlockPlacer setLength(int length)

Sets the number of blocks to be placed in the specified direction.

Parameters

  • length: The number of blocks to be placed.

Returns

  • Returns the updated BlockPlacer instance.

setHeight

public BlockPlacer setHeight(int height)

Sets the height of the block column to be placed.

Parameters

  • height: The height of the block column.

Returns

  • Returns the updated BlockPlacer instance.

setDelayBetweenBlocks

public BlockPlacer setDelayBetweenBlocks(long delay)

Sets the delay between placing each block in milliseconds.

Parameters

  • delay: The delay between placing each block in milliseconds.

Returns

  • Returns the updated BlockPlacer instance.

build

public void build(Location origin)

Builds the block column starting from the specified origin location.

Parameters

  • origin: The origin location from which to start placing blocks.

Returns

  • This method does not return anything.

Enums

Direction

Represents the direction in which blocks will be placed.

Example Usage

JavaPlugin plugin = // your plugin instance
Material material = Material.STONE;
Location origin = // your origin location

BlockPlacer.create(plugin, material)
    .setDirection(BlockPlacer.Direction.UP)
    .setLength(10)
    .setHeight(5)
    .setDelayBetweenBlocks(100)
    .build(origin);

In this example, we create a BlockPlacer instance, set its properties, and build a column of blocks starting from the specified origin location.

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