Bukkit - UUID to Player method?

Question

So, I'm fairly new to the Bukkit API, and to be honest, the Java class I took last year didn't help me as much as it should have. I'm going to refer to a post from StackExchange[URL]Bukkit - Using static variables causing problems throughout this post. The nice user who answered my question told me to use a HashMap, with the UUID of each pair of players for the keys and values. He said to not use Player variables, instead use their UUIDs. My question is, how can I use methods on players by specifying their UUID? Is there some sort of UUID.toPlayer(UUID) method I could use?

Thanks in advance :D

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Answer 1

You could loop through all players on the server and try to match their UUID.

 public Player getPlayerByUuid(UUID uuid) {
      for(Player p : getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
          if(p.getUniqueId().equals(uuid)
              return p;
          }
      }

 }

This was found here.

This will loop through all players online and match UUID.

You could store them in a hashmap of type UUID, Player or string to store the players' names. Then access by,

Player p = hashMap.get(uuid here (key) );

You'd probably add the players once they join and add to a hashmap.

hashMap.put(UUID (key), Player (value) );

If you want to access UUID by player, just switch it around.