Added ChatHelper - allows building chat message with less boilerplate

build.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-bdlib.version=1.9.1
+bdlib.version=1.9.2
 curseforge.id=70496
 
 minecraft.version=1.7.10

src/net/bdew/lib/helpers/ChatHelper.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) bdew, 2013 - 2015
+ * https://github.com/bdew/bdlib
+ *
+ * This mod is distributed under the terms of the Minecraft Mod Public
+ * License 1.0, or MMPL. Please check the contents of the license located in
+ * http://bdew.net/minecraft-mod-public-license/
+ */
+
+package net.bdew.lib.helpers
+
+import net.minecraft.util._
+
+import scala.language.implicitConversions
+
+class RichChatComponent(v: IChatComponent) {
+  def &(that: IChatComponent) = v.appendSibling(that)
+
+  private def applyStyle(f: ChatStyle => Unit) = {
+    f(v.getChatStyle)
+    v
+  }
+
+  def setColor(c: EnumChatFormatting) = applyStyle(_.setColor(c))
+  def setBold(b: Boolean) = applyStyle(_.setBold(b))
+  def setItalic(b: Boolean) = applyStyle(_.setItalic(b))
+  def setObfuscated(b: Boolean) = applyStyle(_.setObfuscated(b))
+  def setStrikethrough(b: Boolean) = applyStyle(_.setStrikethrough(b))
+  def setUnderlined(b: Boolean) = applyStyle(_.setUnderlined(b))
+
+}
+
+object ChatHelper {
+
+  object Color {
+    val BLACK = EnumChatFormatting.BLACK
+    val DARK_BLUE = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_BLUE
+    val DARK_GREEN = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_GREEN
+    val DARK_AQUA = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_AQUA
+    val DARK_RED = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_RED
+    val DARK_PURPLE = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_PURPLE
+    val GOLD = EnumChatFormatting.GOLD
+    val GRAY = EnumChatFormatting.GRAY
+    val DARK_GRAY = EnumChatFormatting.DARK_GRAY
+    val BLUE = EnumChatFormatting.BLUE
+    val GREEN = EnumChatFormatting.GREEN
+    val AQUA = EnumChatFormatting.AQUA
+    val RED = EnumChatFormatting.RED
+    val LIGHT_PURPLE = EnumChatFormatting.LIGHT_PURPLE
+    val YELLOW = EnumChatFormatting.YELLOW
+    val WHITE = EnumChatFormatting.WHITE
+  }
+
+  implicit def str2chat(s: String): ChatComponentText = new ChatComponentText(s)
+  implicit def str2rich(s: String): RichChatComponent = new RichChatComponent(new ChatComponentText(s))
+  implicit def pimpIChatComponent(v: IChatComponent): RichChatComponent = new RichChatComponent(v)
+
+  def C(s: String) = new ChatComponentText(s)
+  def L(s: String, params: IChatComponent*) = new ChatComponentTranslation(s, params: _*)
+}

src/net/bdew/lib/multiblock/tile/TileControllerGui.scala

@@ -10,21 +10,17 @@
 package net.bdew.lib.multiblock.tile
 
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer
-import net.minecraft.util.{ChatComponentTranslation, ChatStyle, EnumChatFormatting}
 
 abstract class TileControllerGui extends TileController {
   def openGui(player: EntityPlayer)
 
   def onClick(player: EntityPlayer) = {
+    import net.bdew.lib.helpers.ChatHelper._
     val missing = cfg.required.filter({ case (mod, cnt) => getNumOfModules(mod) < cnt })
     if (missing.nonEmpty) {
-      player.addChatMessage(new ChatComponentTranslation("bdlib.multiblock.incomplete")
-        .setChatStyle(new ChatStyle().setColor(EnumChatFormatting.RED)))
+      player.addChatMessage(L("bdlib.multiblock.incomplete").setColor(Color.RED))
       for ((mod, cnt) <- missing)
-        player.addChatMessage(
-          new ChatComponentTranslation("- %s %s", Integer.valueOf(cnt),
-            new ChatComponentTranslation(resources.getModuleName(mod)))
-            .setChatStyle(new ChatStyle().setColor(EnumChatFormatting.RED)))
+        player.addChatMessage(L("- %s %s", cnt.toString, L(resources.getModuleName(mod))).setColor(Color.RED))
     } else openGui(player)
   }