Managers

Region Container

Region data can be accessed via the RegionContainer object:

RegionContainer container = getWorldGuard().getRegionContainer();

Every world has separate lists of regions. To access the regions for a particular world, the container has a getWorld(World) method:

RegionManager regions = container.get(world);

Warning

The returned value may be null if region support is disabled or region data failed to load. WorldGuard may periodically attempt to load the data again.

Region Managers

To get a particular region by ID:

ProtectedRegion region = regions.getRegion("spawn");

In addition:

• Get an immutable map of all regions: regions.getRegions()
• Test whether a region exists given an identifier: regions.hasRegion(String)
• Get the number of regions: regions.size()

Example: Getting a region named “spawn”

RegionContainer container = getWorldGuard().getRegionContainer();
RegionManager regions = container.get(world);
if (regions != null) {
    return regions.getRegion("spawn");
} else {
    // The world has no region support or region data failed to load
}

Creating Regions

Once you’ve created an instance of a ProtectedRegion, use addRegion(ProtectedRegion) on a manager:

RegionContainer container = getWorldGuard().getRegionContainer();
RegionManager regions = container.get(world);
regions.addRegion(region);

Parent regions are automatically added. If there are existing regions with equivalent IDs, then the new regions will replace the previous regions..

Removing Regions

Regions can be removed by identifier using regions.removeRegion(String, RemovalStrategy). The removal strategy parameter determines what to do regarding regions that inherit from the removed region.

regions.removeRegion("mall", RemovalStrategy.UNSET_PARENT_IN_CHILDREN);

Saving Changes

Region data is automatically saved after a short delay if changes are made, so there is no need to explicitly save.

If you wish to explicitly save, you can call either:

• save()
• saveChanges()

The calls can be used from any thread, but they will block until completion (or error).

Reloading Changes

To reload changes from disk, load() can be used. It can be called from any thread, but it will block until completion (or error).