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Getting Started

1. Adding Cosmetics as a soft dependency.​

First, please make sure to add BedWars1058-Cosmetics as a soft dependency so your plugin will start after Cosmetics addon.

note

It is not recommended to use BedWars1058-Cosmetics as a dependency, for more information about plugin.yml attributes read here.

plugin.yml
softdepend: [BedWars1058-Cosmetics]

2. Adding Cosmetics existence check.​

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You must add a check for BedWars1058-Cosmetics plugin existence, before initializing the Cosmetics API.

Checking if the plugin exists on the server startup, this check is important, otherwise your plugin won't work properly.

The sample check below will shut down the server, if it doesn't detect the Cosmetics addon.

Main.java
@Override
public void onEnable() {
    if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("BedWars1058-Cosmetics") == null) {
        getLogger().severe("BedWars1058 Cosmetics Addon wasn't found. Disabling...");
        Bukkit.getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
        return;
    }
}

3. Initializing the Cosmetics API​

The final step is to initialize the API, below shown the method to access it from Bukkit Services Manager.

Main.java
CosmeticsAPI cosmeticsApi = Bukkit.getServicesManager().getRegistration(CosmeticsAPI.class).getProvider();