getting a killers display name

im making a plugin that gives people money when they kill somebody. but when i type player killer = player.getKiller() it always outputs CraftPlayer(name=nitrousspark)
i need just nitrousspark.

help?

 

getKiller().getName()

EDIT: will get a NPE if killer is null.
Should do this instead:

Code:java

Player killer = player.getKiller();
if(killer == null)
{
    //handle the error
    //this means there was no killer
    //the entity died from a non-player
}
else
{
    doSomething(killer.getName());
}

 

now im running into a new problem. i have permissions and when i do killer.getDisplayName() it puts [Owner]Nitrousspark

 

GetDisplayName returns the CraftPlayer crap...

GetName gets the name of the player, for instance

player Kid

getDisplayName() // returns CraftPlayer(Kid awiejfapwejfiwefjiawehafejhaowef~~~~)
getName() // returns Kid

 

ähmmm no, it is the other way around

well, you are using a plugin to change the displayname... you would probably (depending on how your naming scheme is) cut off the first part of the string.

this would only make sense if you keep that plugin private...

an otherway would be to let the admin decide via the config what the delimiters are an cut that part off with regex.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.