From f6873cab82aad1d009c423819fcb07e6448c3789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bukkit/Spigot <noreply+git-bukkit@papermc.io>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:20:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added getPlayer(String name) to Server

By: Dinnerbone <dinnerbone@dinnerbone.com>
---
 paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
index 1019423f6..503901cd9 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ public interface Server {
      */
     public Player[] getOnlinePlayers();
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a player object by the given username
+     *
+     * This method may not return objects for offline players
+     *
+     * @param name Name to look up
+     * @return Player if it was found, otherwise null
+     */
+    public Player getPlayer(String name);
+
     /**
      * Gets the PluginManager for interfacing with plugins
      *