ChatManager.java

package org.spongepowered.api.client;

import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;

import java.time.Instant;

public interface ChatManager {

    /**
     * Sends a raw message to the server. Any client commands will be processed
     * before the message is sent.
     *
     * @param msg The message
     */
    void send(String msg);

    /**
     * Prints a
     *
     * @param message
     */
    default void print(Text message) {
        print(message, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Prints a {@link Text chat message} to the chat gui. If id is non-zero,
     * the previous entry with that id is removed.
     *
     * @param message The message.
     * @param id
     */
    void print(Text message, int id);

    ChatEntry get(int index);

    boolean remove(int index);

    boolean remove(ChatEntry entry);

    /**
     * Clears all the {@link ChatEntry entries} from the chat buffer.
     */
    void clear();

    interface ChatEntry {

        /**
         * Gets the {@link Text} which is represented by this entry.
         *
         * @return
         */
        Text getText();

        /**
         * Gets the id of the chat entry. Entries with a non-zero id will be
         * removed when another of the same id is added.
         *
         * @return
         */
        int getId();

        /**
         * Gets the {@link Instant} this chat entry was printed to chat.
         *
         * @return
         */
        Instant getTimestamp();

    }
}