Transform Bukkit formatting codes to lowercase to avoid console display problems. USAGE: BukkitFormatting.fixCodesToLowerCase(strIn);

BukkitFormatting.java

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class BukkitFormatting {
	public static String fixCodesToLowerCase(String codeStr){
		//Create a StringBuilder to hold the input string
		StringBuilder codeSB = new StringBuilder(codeStr);
		    
		//Set the pattern to use on the string (section sign + color code)
		Pattern codePtn = Pattern.compile("\\u00A7[A-FK-OR]", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
		    
		//Create the matcher to use on the input string
		Matcher codeMatch = codePtn.matcher(codeSB);
		    
		//Loop through the matcher finds
		while(codeMatch.find()){
			//Transform the finds to lower case, but leave everything else alone
			String tmpStr = codeSB.substring(codeMatch.start(), codeMatch.end()).toLowerCase();
		        
			//Replace the entries in the substring
			codeSB = codeSB.replace(codeMatch.start(), codeMatch.end(), tmpStr);
		}
		    
		//Return the fixed string
		return codeSB.toString();
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		//TESTS
		String secSign = "\u00A7";
		String msgIn = (secSign + "AThis " + secSign + "BIs " + secSign + "CA " + secSign + "DTest " + secSign + "EOf " + secSign + "FUppercase " + secSign + "KSEECRET " + secSign + "LBukkit " + secSign + "MColor " + secSign + "NAnd " + secSign + "OFormat " + secSign + "RCodes");
		System.out.println(BukkitFormatting.fixCodesToLowerCase(msgIn));
	}
}