public static string ToJSON(string chatText)
{
ChatElement[] elements = ToElements(chatText);
string result = "";
if (elements.Length > 0)
{
// Chat settings set to default:
// color = none (game client renders as white)
// all text formatting flags are false, leaving plain text
ChatElement prevElement = new ChatElement("", "none");
string element = "";
for (int e = 0; e < elements.Length; e++)
{
element = "";
if (elements[e].Text.Length > 0)
{
element += "\"text\":\"" + elements[e].Text + "\",";
if (prevElement.Color != elements[e].Color)
{
element += "\"color\":\"" + elements[e].Color + "\",";
prevElement.Color = elements[e].Color;
}
if (prevElement.Obfuscated != elements[e].Obfuscated)
{
element += GetJSONFlag("obfuscated", elements[e].Obfuscated) + ",";
prevElement.Obfuscated = elements[e].Obfuscated;
}
if (prevElement.Bold != elements[e].Bold)
{
element += GetJSONFlag("bold", elements[e].Bold) + ",";
prevElement.Bold = elements[e].Bold;
}
if (prevElement.Strikethrough != elements[e].Strikethrough)
{
element += GetJSONFlag("strikethrough", elements[e].Strikethrough) + ",";
prevElement.Strikethrough = elements[e].Strikethrough;
}
if (prevElement.Underlined != elements[e].Underlined)
{
element += GetJSONFlag("underlined", elements[e].Underlined) + ",";
prevElement.Underlined = elements[e].Underlined;
}
if (prevElement.Italic != elements[e].Italic)
{
element += GetJSONFlag("italic", elements[e].Italic) + ",";
prevElement.Italic = elements[e].Italic;
}
// remove the trailing comma:
element = element.Substring(0, element.Length - 1);
}
if (element.Length > 0)
{
result += "{";
result += element;
result += "},";
}
}
// remove any trailing comma from the result var:
if (result.Length > 0)
{
result = result.Substring(0, result.Length - 1);
}
result = "[" + result + "]";
}
return(result);
}
public static ChatElement[] ToElements(string chatText)
{
if (HasControlTags(chatText))
{
ChatElement[] result = new ChatElement[0];
ChatElement element = new ChatElement("", "none");
string motd = ConvertToMOTD(chatText);
// This is what we get:
// §aSharidan§f'§2s §6Vanilla §71§8.§712§8.§72
// §aSharidan§f'§2s §6§nVanilla§r §71§8.§712§8.§72
// Keep in mind, that the above might contain § that should be rendered as actual text, not a control symbol
// Split the above string into its individual parts
string[] parts = motd.Split('§');
for (int p = 0; p < parts.Length; p++)
{
string part = parts[p];
if (part.Length > 0)
{
int pos = ControlCodes.IndexOf(part[0]);
if (pos > -1)
{
if (pos < 16)
{
element.Color = GetJSONColorName(part[0]);
}
else
{
switch (GetJSONFormatName(part[0]))
{
case "obfuscated":
if (element.Obfuscated)
{
element.Obfuscated = false;
}
else
{
element.Obfuscated = true;
}
// The same quick and easy way of toggling the bool variable:
//element.Obfuscated = !element.Obfuscated;
break;
case "bold":
// Toggle the setting
element.Bold = !element.Bold;
break;
case "strikethrough":
// Toggle the setting
element.Strikethrough = !element.Strikethrough;
break;
case "underlined":
// Toggle the setting
element.Underlined = !element.Underlined;
break;
case "italic":
// Toggle the setting
element.Italic = !element.Italic;
break;
case "reset":
element.Color = "none";
element.Obfuscated = false;
element.Bold = false;
element.Strikethrough = false;
element.Underlined = false;
element.Italic = false;
break;
}
}
// Remove/clear the control code character
if (part.Length == 1)
{
part = "";
}
else
{
part = part.Substring(1);
}
}
else if (p > 0)
{
part = "§" + part;
}
element.Text = part;
}
if (element.Text.Length > 0)
{
Array.Resize(ref result, result.Length + 1);
result[result.Length - 1] = new ChatElement(element);
element.Text = "";
element.Color = "none";
element.Obfuscated = false;
element.Bold = false;
element.Strikethrough = false;
element.Underlined = false;
element.Italic = false;
}
} // for
return(result);
}
if (chatText.Trim().Length > 0)
{
return(new ChatElement[] { new ChatElement(chatText) });
}
return(new ChatElement[0]);
}