A resource for displaying information on Bukkit servers. ViewIt is intended to make it easier for Spigot developers to manage scoreboards and other visual elements commonly used in the Minecraft client.
NOTICE: ViewIt requires that your server runs Java 8 or it will not function. Issues and pull requests regarding Java compatibility will be ignored. You can learn how to install Java 8 for your operating system on Oracle's website. Alternatively you can use OpenJDK. You can even install it in another directory so that you have no down time - no excuses :)
ViewIt can be used like any other Spigot plugin by adding it to the plugins directory. Server owners will find that the options provided by the plugin are relatively limited as it is designed to be used by developers to enhance interoperability between scoreboard plugins.
Developers should note that ViewIt is licensed under the Apache License v2 and that they can copy the source from this plugin as long as they retain the original license for the copied code and specify any changes they made.
Most of the interfaces are already documented with some classes receiving documentation too. More information on how to use the API can be found on the wiki.
Additionally you can have a look at the provided example ViewItTest
that contains some simple command test cases for modifying the scoreboard.
You can find the latest release of ViewIt along with a list of changes on the releases page. To install just place the jar into your plugins folder.
Use Gradle to compile ViewIt
ViewIt has a dependency that you must download first. Create a new directory /libs and put the PlaceholderAPI.jar into it. You can download PlaceholderAPI at https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/placeholderapi.6245/
If you are on Linux or Mac OS X, run the following in your terminal:
./gradlew clean build
If you are on Windows, run the following in your command prompt:
gradlew clean build