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name: Build and Release

on:
push:
branches: [main]
workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
contents: write

jobs:
release:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v5

- name: Set up JDK 21
uses: actions/setup-java@v5
with:
distribution: temurin
java-version: '21'
cache: maven

- name: Get current version
id: version
run: |
VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
NEXT=$(echo "$VERSION" | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2"."$3+1}')
echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
echo "next=$NEXT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

- name: Build
run: mvn -B clean package

- name: Create release
uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
with:
tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
files: target/WHIMC-Container-Tracker-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}.jar
generate_release_notes: true

- name: Bump version for next release
run: |
mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ steps.version.outputs.next }} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git add pom.xml
git commit -m "Bump version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.next }} [skip ci]"
git push
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# ContainerTracker
[![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/EmiCB/LockBar?label=Download&logo=github)](https://github.com/EmiCB/ContainerTracker/releases/latest)
# WHIMC-Container-Tracker

A Minecraft plugin to track the contents (items and their positions) of container inventories.
It will also track [physical actions](https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/event/block/Action.html).
**Version:** 1.4.0
**Minecraft:** 1.21.11 (Spigot/Paper API `1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT`)

## Building
Compile a `.jar` from the commandline by doing an `install` via Maven:
```
$ mvn install
```
It should show up in the `target` directory. Make sure to update the version number.
A WHIMC Minecraft plugin that logs container inventories and player physical interactions to MySQL. It is used alongside other WHIMC data-collection plugins (for example WHIMC-StudentFeedback) that read the tables this plugin writes.

---
## Download

## Commands
Grab the latest built jar from the [latest release](https://github.com/whimc/WHIMC-ContainerTracker/releases/latest). A new release is published automatically on every push to `main`, and the version number in `pom.xml` is bumped by 0.1 after each release (for example 1.4.0 → 1.4.1).

The release artifact is named `WHIMC-Container-Tracker-<version>.jar`. On the server, plugin configuration is stored in `plugins/WHIMC-Container-Tracker/`.

## Prerequisites

- Minecraft **1.21.11** server (Spigot or Paper)
- **JDK 21** on the build machine; the server runtime also requires Java 21 for 1.21.x
- **ProtocolLib** (required)
- **WorldGuard** (required at runtime for region names on logged events)
- **MySQL** database reachable from the server

See also [WHIMC Server Documentation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T7UQParX9wVa3cVV-rwUFM5pJ7poIgMXGPR2lR-aAuo/edit?tab=t.0#bookmark=id.725lg2utykbb).

## What This Plugin Tracks

| Command | Description |
|--------------------|--------------------|
| `/ct-toggle-debug` | toggles debug mode |
| Category | Trigger | Stored in |
|---|---|---|
| Barrel / shulker contents | Player closes a barrel or shulker box inventory | `whimc_containers` |
| Physical blocks | Player steps on or clicks pressure plates, levers, or buttons | `whimc_action_physical` |
| Air clicks | Player left-clicks empty space (each click is a separate row) | `whimc_action_physical` (`type`: `AIR CLICK`) |
| Player punches | Player damages another player (requires PvP enabled) | `whimc_action_physical` (`type`: `PUNCH <target>`) |
| Player deaths | Player dies | `whimc_action_physical` (`type`: `DEATH <cause>`) |
| Barrelbot puzzle success | Server chat message containing `[Barrelbot]` (via ProtocolLib) | `whimc_barrelbot_outcome` |
| In-session puzzle counts | Barrelbot success messages while the server is running | In-memory only (used by `/puzzle-progress`) |

Note: planning to refactor the command structure and possibly add more commands as needed
For container slots, barrelbot instruction items store the instruction name (for example `move_forward`). Other items store serialized item metadata from the Bukkit YAML representation, or the material name when no meta is present.

## Commands

| Command | Usage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `/ct-toggle-debug` | `/ct-toggle-debug` | Toggles debug mode in `config.yml` (also logs extra detail to the server console) |
| `/puzzle-progress` | `/puzzle-progress <player>` | Lists barrelbot puzzles the given online player has completed on the current world during this server session |

## Config

Config file: `plugins/WHIMC-Container-Tracker/config.yml`

### General
| Key | Type | Description |
|----------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| `debug` | `boolean` | enable / disable debug mode |

####Example
| Key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `debug` | `boolean` | Enable / disable debug mode |

Example:

```yaml
debug: true
```

### MySQL

| Key | Type | Description |
|------------------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| `mysql.host` | `string` | The host of the database |
| `mysql.port` | `integer` | The port of the database |
| `mysql.database` | `string` | The name of the database to use |
| `mysql.username` | `string` | Username for credentials |
| `mysql.password` | `string` | Password for credentials |
| Key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `mysql.host` | `string` | Database host |
| `mysql.port` | `integer` | Database port |
| `mysql.database` | `string` | Database name |
| `mysql.username` | `string` | Database username |
| `mysql.password` | `string` | Database password |

Example:

####Example
```yaml
mysql:
host: localhost
port: 3306
database: minecraft
username: user
password: pass
host: localhost
port: 3306
database: minecraft
username: user
password: pass
```

## Database Tables

### whimc_action_physical
Tracks when and where players interact with pressure plates, levers, or buttons.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id for db entry |
| `uuid` | `string` | UUID of player causing the interaction |
| `username` | `string` | Name of the player causing the interaction |
| `world` | `string` | Name of the world where the interaction occurred |
| `x` | `double` | The x position of the interaction |
| `y` | `double` | The y position of the interaction (up/down height) |
| `z` | `double` | The z position of the interaction |
| `time` | `big int` | The unix time stamp when the interaction occurred |
| `type` | `string` | The type of block interacted with (pressure plate, lever, or button) |
| `region_name` | `string` | The names of the regions where the interaction took place (regions names are separated by spaces) |

Tracks player physical interactions and related events.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id |
| `uuid` | `string` | Player UUID |
| `username` | `string` | Player name |
| `world` | `string` | World name |
| `x` | `double` | Player x position |
| `y` | `double` | Player y position |
| `z` | `double` | Player z position |
| `time` | `bigint` | Unix timestamp (ms) |
| `type` | `string` | Block type, `AIR CLICK`, `DEATH <cause>`, or `PUNCH <target>` |
| `region_name` | `string` | WorldGuard region ids (space-separated) |

### whimc_barrelbot_outcome
Tracks when and where players complete Barrelbot puzzles and the last inventory that they closed.

| Column | Type | Description |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id for db entry |
| `uuid` | `string` | UUID of player who completed the puzzle |
| `username` | `string` | Name of the player who completed the puzzle |
| `world` | `string` | Name of the world where the puzzle was completed |
| `x` | `double` | The x position of the player |
| `y` | `double` | The y position of the player (up/down height) |
| `z` | `double` | The z position of the player |
| `time` | `big int` | The unix time stamp when the puzzle was completed |
| `outcome` | `string` | The outcome of the puzzle (currently only has Success) |
| `inventory_row_id` | `int` | The last rowid in whimc_containers from the player before puzzle completion |
| `puzzle_name` | `string` | The name of puzzle that the player completed |

Tracks barrelbot puzzle completions detected from chat.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id |
| `uuid` | `string` | Player UUID |
| `username` | `string` | Player name |
| `world` | `string` | World name |
| `x` | `double` | Player x position |
| `y` | `double` | Player y position |
| `z` | `double` | Player z position |
| `time` | `bigint` | Unix timestamp (ms) |
| `outcome` | `string` | Puzzle outcome (`Success` or `Failure`) |
| `inventory_row_id` | `int` | Latest `whimc_containers.rowid` for the player before completion |
| `puzzle_name` | `string` | Puzzle name from the barrelbot chat message |

### whimc_containers
Tracks when and where players close a shulker or barrel and all the items that were in it when closed.

| Column | Type | Description |
|------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id for db entry |
| `uuid` | `string` | UUID of player who closed an inventory |
| `username` | `string` | Name of the player who closed an inventory |
| `world` | `string` | Name of the world where the inventory was closed |
| `x` | `double` | The x position of the inventory |
| `y` | `double` | The y position of the inventory (up/down height) |
| `z` | `double` | The z position of the inventory |
| `time` | `big int` | The unix time stamp when the inventory was closed |
| `slot1-27` | `string` | The name of the block in the inventory slot (1 is the top left and 27 is the bottom right) |
| `inventory_type` | `string` | Name of the inventory (barrel or shulker) |
| `region_name` | `string` | The names of the regions where the inventory is located (regions names are separated by spaces) |

Tracks barrel and shulker box contents when the inventory is closed.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `rowid` | `int` | Unique row id |
| `uuid` | `string` | Player UUID |
| `username` | `string` | Player name |
| `world` | `string` | World name |
| `x` | `double` | Container x position |
| `y` | `double` | Container y position |
| `z` | `double` | Container z position |
| `time` | `bigint` | Unix timestamp (ms) |
| `slot1`–`slot27` | `string` | Item data per slot (top-left = slot1, bottom-right = slot27) |
| `inventory_type` | `string` | Inventory type (`BARREL` or shulker box type) |
| `region_name` | `string` | WorldGuard region ids (space-separated) |

## Building

Requires JDK 21+.

```bash
mvn clean package
```

Output: `target/WHIMC-Container-Tracker-1.4.0.jar` (version matches `pom.xml`).

## Releases

Pushes to `main` trigger the GitHub Actions **Build and Release** workflow:

1. Builds the jar at the current `pom.xml` version
2. Creates a GitHub release tagged `v<version>` with the jar attached
3. Commits a version bump (+0.1) to `pom.xml` for the next release

To cut a release manually, run the workflow from the Actions tab (**workflow_dispatch**).

## Known Issues
- Weighted pressure plates spam the database
- Citizens can trigger physical interactions (working on an optional toggle for this)
- Double chests ar not supported
- Containers that are under the size of 27 slots throw an error and the contents do not get stored

- Weighted pressure plates can spam the database
- Citizens NPCs can trigger physical interactions (optional toggle planned)
- Double chests are not supported
- Containers with fewer than 27 slots may error and contents may not be stored
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