i'm sure I've missed something dead simple...

 

i need to get an instance of a player by using it's username in a command.

i have had a look around the API and can't seem to find this.

i vaguely remember

Server.getPlayer("username")

... but that's obviously wrong because if it was right i wouldn't be here haha...

 

does anybody know how to do this?

I actually managed to solve this myself

for anybody looking for this solution:

 

public EntityPlayer getPlayer(String name){

    ServerConfigurationManager server = MinecraftServer.getServer().getConfigurationManager();
    ArrayList pl = (ArrayList) server.playerEntityList;
    ListIterator li = pl.listIterator();

    while (li.hasNext()){

        EntityPlayer p = (EntityPlayer) li.next();
        if(p.getGameProfile().getName().equals(name)){

            return p;

        }

    }
    return null;

}

Or getConfigurationManager().getPlayerByUsername("NAME");

 

Exists in both 1.7.10 and 1.8 (func_152612_a if your mappings are out-dated)