ComponentFlattener (adventure-api 4.13.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Buildable<ComponentFlattener,ComponentFlattener.Builder>
```
public interface ComponentFlattener
extends Buildable<ComponentFlattener,ComponentFlattener.Builder>
```
A 'flattener' to convert a component tree to a linear string for display.

Since:

4.7.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface ComponentFlattener.Builder
A builder for a component flattener.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static @NotNull ComponentFlattener`	`basic()`	A basic flattener that will print only information directly contained in components.
`static @NotNull ComponentFlattener.Builder`	`builder()`	Create a new builder for a flattener.
`void`	`flatten(@NotNull Component input, @NotNull FlattenerListener listener)`	Perform a flattening on the component, providing output to the `listener`.
`static @NotNull ComponentFlattener`	`textOnly()`	A component flattener that will only handle text components.

Methods inherited from interface net.kyori.adventure.util.Buildable
toBuilder

- Method Detail
  - builder
```
@NotNull
static @NotNull ComponentFlattener.Builder builder()
```
    Create a new builder for a flattener.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new builder
    
    Since:
    
    4.7.0
  - basic
```
@NotNull
static @NotNull ComponentFlattener basic()
```
    A basic flattener that will print only information directly contained in components.
    The output of this flattener aims to match what the vanilla Minecraft: Java Edition client will display when unable to resolve any game data.
    
    Returns:
    
    a basic flattener
    
    Since:
    
    4.7.0
  - textOnly
```
@NotNull
static @NotNull ComponentFlattener textOnly()
```
    A component flattener that will only handle text components.
    All other component types will not be included in the output.
    
    Returns:
    
    a text-only flattener
    
    Since:
    
    4.7.0
  - flatten
```
void flatten(@NotNull
             @NotNull Component input,
             @NotNull
             @NotNull FlattenerListener listener)
```
    Perform a flattening on the component, providing output to the listener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the component to be flattened
    
    listener - the listener that will receive flattened component state
    
    Since:
    
    4.7.0