Scoreboard scrolling text

Hi,

I was trying to use @Chinwe's Scrolling Text class, but I can't figure out how to actually put scrolling text on a scoreboard. The example that was given was for a sign, but I'm not too good with scoreboards. Can someone help?

*if it helps, here's the scrolling text class*

Code:java

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 
/**
* A util to scroll coloured Strings
* @author Chinwe
*/
public class Scroller
{
    private static final char COLOUR_CHAR = '§';
    private int position;
    private List<String> list;
    private ChatColor colour = ChatColor.RESET;
 
 
    /**
    * @param message      The String to scroll
    * @param width        The width of the window to scroll across (i.e. 16 for signs)
    * @param spaceBetween The amount of spaces between each repetition
    * @param colourChar  The colour code character you're using (i.e. & or §)
    */
    public Scroller(String message, int width, int spaceBetween, char colourChar)
    {
        list = new ArrayList<String>();
 
        // Validation
        // String is too short for window
        if (message.length() < width)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(message);
            while (sb.length() < width)
                sb.append(" ");
            message = sb.toString();
        }
 
        // Allow for colours which add 2 to the width
        width -= 2;
 
        // Invalid width/space size
        if (width < 1)
            width = 1;
        if (spaceBetween < 0)
            spaceBetween = 0;
 
        // Change to §
        if (colourChar != '§')
            message = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes(colourChar, message);
 
 
        // Add substrings
        for (int i = 0; i < message.length() - width; i++)
            list.add(message.substring(i, i + width));
 
        // Add space between repeats
        StringBuilder space = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < spaceBetween; ++i)
        {
            list.add(message.substring(message.length() - width + (i > width ? width : i), message.length()) + space);
            if (space.length() < width)
                space.append(" ");
        }
 
        // Wrap
        for (int i = 0; i < width - spaceBetween; ++i)
            list.add(message.substring(message.length() - width + spaceBetween + i, message.length()) + space + message.substring(0, i));
 
        // Join up
        for (int i = 0; i < spaceBetween; i++)
        {
            if (i > space.length())
                break;
            list.add(space.substring(0, space.length() - i) + message.substring(0, width - (spaceBetween > width ? width : spaceBetween) + i));
        }
    }
 
    /**
    * @return Gets the next String to display
    */
    public String next()
    {
        StringBuilder sb = getNext();
        if (sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) == COLOUR_CHAR)
            sb.setCharAt(sb.length() - 1, ' ');
 
        if (sb.charAt(0) == COLOUR_CHAR)
        {
            ChatColor c = ChatColor.getByChar(sb.charAt(1));
            if (c != null)
            {
                colour = c;
                sb = getNext();
                if (sb.charAt(0) != ' ')
                    sb.setCharAt(0, ' ');
            }
        }
 
        return colour + sb.toString();
 
    }
 
    private StringBuilder getNext()
    {
        return new StringBuilder(list.get(position++ % list.size()).substring(0));
    }
 
}

Can someone tell me what code to put into my main class?

Thanks!
- ItsLeoFTW (average java coder )

 

ItsLeoFTW I'm not 100% certain, but:
Create a scoreboard and create a new Scroller (with whatever text).
Create a BukkitRunnable that will loop through the scroller (next method) and set the text on the scoreboard to whatever the scroller's next method returns.

 

Bump, I need help!