SQLPerms API

Overview:
SQLPerms has an API to allow other plugins to interact with it in various ways. Below is the documentation on each part of the API.

Getting the SQLPerms instance:
To use the SQLPerms API in your plugin, you first need to get an instance of the main class like so:
You should run this code in your onEnable method, and store the sqlPerms variable for later use.

Getting a player's rank:
To get a player's rank, you need the channel that you wish to check. Once you have this, get a player's rank like so:
Each rank is represented in a String which is the name of the rank. There is no "Rank" or similar object in SQLPerms.

Setting a player's rank:
To set a player's rank, you need the channel in which you want to set their rank, and the name of the rank you would like to set. The first step in setting a player's rank is to call the following DataStore method:
Then, if the player is online, run the following code to trigger an event to make the rest of the plugin update that players rank (prefix, permissions, etc.):
If the player is not online at the time of the rank change, you do not need to call this event.

Note:
When setting or getting a player's rank you can pass in a UUID that represents a currently offline player. To get a UUID from a name (online or offline) run the following code:
Get a rank's prefix:
To get the prefix of a rank, you need a string with the rank's name in it. Once you have this, do the following:
When you do this, the returned string will be un-formatted. To format it, do the following: