Fanciful [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mkremins/fanciful.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mkremins/fanciful)
========
Lightweight library offering pleasant chat message formatting for Bukkit plugins. A way to get at the good stuff offered by Minecraft 1.7's new chat protocol without dropping down to raw JSON.

Installation
--------
Use Maven. Add the Fanciful repository and dependency entries to your `pom.xml`.

```xml
<repository>
    <id>stealthyone-repo</id>
    <url>http://repo.stealthyone.com/content/groups/public</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
  <groupId>mkremins</groupId>
  <artifactId>fanciful</artifactId>
  <version>0.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
```

Usage
--------
See [Example.java](http://github.com/mkremins/fanciful/tree/master/src/example/java/mkremins/fanciful/Example.java) for a simple example.

Status
--------
Relatively stable core featureset, with new features under active development.

License
--------
[MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Hack away.

Fanciful [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mkremins/fanciful.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mkremins/fanciful)
========
Lightweight library offering pleasant chat message formatting for Bukkit plugins. A way to get at the good stuff offered by Minecraft 1.7's new chat protocol without dropping down to raw JSON.

Installation
--------
Use Maven. Add the Fanciful dependency entry to your `pom.xml`.

```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>mkremins</groupId>
  <artifactId>fanciful</artifactId>
  <version>0.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
```

As of [October 2017](https://github.com/mkremins/fanciful/issues/83), the Maven repository that formerly hosted Fanciful artifacts has been shut down. You could continue using Fanciful by cloning this GitHub repository, building Fanciful as a JAR, and [installing it locally](http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-local.html), but this is not recommended unless you know what you're doing.

Usage
--------
See [Example.java](http://github.com/mkremins/fanciful/tree/master/src/example/java/mkremins/fanciful/Example.java) for a simple example.

Status
--------
Outdated, and largely superseded by newer libraries. No new development or ongoing support. If you're still using Fanciful or looking for something like it, consider one of the following Fanciful-inspired alternatives:

* Spigot's [ChatComponent API](https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/the-chat-component-api/)
* [KyoriPowered/text](https://github.com/KyoriPowered/text)

License
--------
[MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Hack away.

Update readme to reflect current project status
Update readme to reflect current project status

Since the Maven repo that was formerly hosting Fanciful artifacts has now been shut down, and Fanciful itself has largely been superseded by newer alternatives, I think we're pretty much at the end of life for this project. The readme has been updated to reflect this status.