Installation

Place the Jar in Your Server:

1. Copy the generated jar (e.g., ChatFilter.jar) into your server’s plugins folder.
   
   
2. Restart the Server:
   Start or restart your server. The plugin will generate a default configuration file if one does not already exist.
   

Configuration
After installing and starting the server, a configuration file named config.yml will be created in the plugins/ChatFilter folder. Open this file in a text editor to update the list of banned words. An example configuration might look like this:

• banned-words:
  Any word included in this list (regardless of case) will be removed from signs and chat when they are changed.
  

How It Works
Sign Filtering

• Event Trigger:
  When a player changes a sign (using /sign or by placing a sign), the plugin checks every line on the sign.
  
  
• Processing:
  For each line, it iterates through the banned words list. If a banned word is found (using a case-insensitive search), it is removed from that line.
  
  
• Feedback:
  If any banned word is removed, the player is warned via a chat message:
  
  "Warning: Your sign contained inappropriate language which has been removed."
  

Chat Formatting

• Event Trigger:
  When a player sends a chat message (provided it is not a command), the plugin processes the message.
  
  
• Processing:
  If the message starts with a lowercase letter, the plugin automatically capitalizes the first character.
  
  
• Result:
  This results in cleaner, more professional chat messages.