Minecraft plugin PluginConstructorAPI

🔌 About PluginConstructorAPI

PluginConstructorAPI is a Bukkit-compatible Minecraft plugin that provides a shared library and runtime helpers used by multiple plugins from the author Zombie_Striker_Dev. It centralizes common code so dependent plugins do not include duplicate classes, and it exposes an API that other plugin developers can call or extend.

🎯 Purpose

The plugin exists as a developer-facing library to:

• Reduce memory and storage duplication by placing common utilities in a single plugin JAR.
• Provide reusable runtime features and helpers used across the author's plugin collection.
• Allow dependent plugins to fetch or update the shared library when required by those plugins.

⚙️ Features

• Shared API/library for multiple plugins from the same author.
• Automatic update checker and downloader (configurable).
• Provides utilities and common classes consumed by dependent plugins to avoid NoClassDefFoundError when the library is missing.

🧩 Who It Is For

• Plugin developers who rely on or contribute to Zombie_Striker_Dev's plugin collection.
• Server operators running one or more plugins that declare PluginConstructorAPI as a dependency.
• Servers that want to centralize shared code used by several addons to reduce per-plugin duplication.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• A server installs several addons by the same author; installing PluginConstructorAPI once prevents repeated copies of the same helper classes.
• A dependent plugin checks for classes provided by PluginConstructorAPI and fails gracefully or loads extended features when the API is present.

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Download the official PluginConstructorAPI JAR from the project's download page.
• Place the JAR into your server's plugins/ directory.
• Restart the server and check the server console to confirm the plugin loaded.

📦 Auto-update behavior

• PluginConstructorAPI includes an automatic updater that will check for and download updates.
• The updater is configurable; the project notes indicate you can disable automatic downloads by editing the plugins/AUpdater/global.yml file and setting update: false.

🧠 Technical Notes

• Confirmed platform classification: Bukkit (project listed as a Bukkit plugin on official project pages).
• Multiple Minecraft versions are listed on the project page; common confirmed entries include: 1.13, 1.12, 1.11, 1.10, 1.9, 1.8, 1.7.9.
• The project is distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license.

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you run one or more plugins that depend on the same shared code from Zombie_Striker_Dev, PluginConstructorAPI centralizes those utilities and reduces duplication across plugin JARs while providing an opt-outtable automatic-updater for the library.