SpawnerProvider.java

package net.brcdev.shopgui.provider.spawner;

import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

public abstract class SpawnerProvider {

    /**
     * Gets the spawner item stack
     *
     * @param entityId   Name of the entity
     * @param customName Spawner's display name
     * @return spawner item stack
     */
    public abstract ItemStack getSpawnerItem(String entityId, String customName);

    /**
     * Gets the entity ID (one of {@link EntityType})
     *
     * @param itemStack Spawner item stack
     * @return entity ID
     */
    public abstract String getSpawnerEntityId(ItemStack itemStack);

    /**
     * Gets a neatly formatted entity name
     *
     * @param itemStack Spawner item stack
     * @return entity name
     */
    public abstract String getSpawnerEntityName(ItemStack itemStack);

    /**
     * Converts the entity name to numeric ID
     *
     * @param entityId Name of the entity
     * @return numeric ID of an entity
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    protected short getNumericEntityId(String entityId) {
        short entity = 0;
        try {
            entity = EntityType.fromName(entityId).getTypeId();
        } catch(NullPointerException ex) {
        }
        return entity;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the numeric entity ID to entity name
     *
     * @param entityId numeric ID of an entity
     * @return name of an entity
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    protected String getStringEntityId(short entityId) {
        String entity = "";
        try {
            entity = EntityType.fromId(entityId).getName();
        } catch(NullPointerException ex) {
        }
        return entity;
    }
}