Simple Sorter - NO-LAG Redstone Alternative!

Usage Video


Simple Description
Is your server lagging badly due to excessive amounts of hoppers used in massive storage systems? This plugin will be your savior then! This plugin can be used as a simple and less laggy alternative to redstone sorters and doesn't need to update a million hoppers every tick! or any hoppers at all!

If you have any general suggestions for the plugin please add the suggestion tag and create a new issue on the github!

How the Plugin Works
All sorters are stored within an sqlite file, deleting this file will cause all player sorters to be deleted and remove functionality. Whenever an item is inputted into an input chest, rather than doing what minecraft does by default which is checking the chests every tick using hoppers, this plugin simply listens to an event listener and waits for 5 seconds then sorts all the items in the chests very quickly. This approach means that there will be no lag when the sorter isn't in use. Since the items are not sorted immediately but quickly instead, even if a player attempts to sort a large amount of items at once the amount of lag will be minimal.

If you have any suggestions for other lag improvements please add them as an issue and add a lag-improvement tag on the github!

Commands
All commands within the plugin are listed below along with the permission required to use them. Anywhere where /ss is listed, you can also use /simplesorter.

• /ss help
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
    
  • The help command for the plugin, lists the usage for every command along with a small description
• /ss create <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.usage and the number of sorters the player currently has must be below n in simplesorter.count.n in the permission.
  • Creates a new simple sorter named <name>, the name must be unique for the player. If the player has no simplesorter.count.n permission then it will be assumed the player can have infinite sorters.
• /ss delete <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Deletes a simple sorter named <name>.
• /ss delete <ign>:<name>
  • Requires simplesorter.admin
  • Deletes a simple sorter named <name> for player named <ign>
• /ss list
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Lists the simple sorters you own
• /ss list <ign>
  • Requires simplesorter.admin
    
  • Lists the simple sorters for a player named <ign>
• /ss setinput <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Sets the chest pointed to as an input chest. Placing items into this chest will cause the items to be sorted out. There can be multiple input chests for a sorter.
• /ss removeinput
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Removes the input chest pointed to from the sorter.
• /ss setinvalid <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Sets the invalid item output chest. If any items are placed which cannot be sorted into any of the chests, they'll be placed into this chest. If there is no invalid items chest for a sorter/the chest is filled then the items will stay in the input chest. There can be multiple invalid items chest and when one is filled the next will be used.
• /ss removeinvalid
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Removes the invalid item output chest from the sorter.
• /ss setshulkerinput <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.shulkers and simplesorter.usage
  • Creates an autopacker for the shulkers in the sorted chests. Will always try adding items to the last unfilled shulker in the sorter chest or will add a new empty shulker if the system cannot find any. There can be multiple shulker input chests and the system will check all for empty shulkers.
• /ss removeshulkerinput
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
    
  • Removes a shulker input and causes the storage to revert to a normal item based storage rather than a shulker based one
• /ss sort <name>
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Turns the selected chest into a sorter of the held item. This plugin can also sort certain nonstackables and other items.
• /ss removesorter
  • Requires simplesorter.usage
  • Removes the given chest from the sorter.

Config
This plugin has no configuration file as I was unable to think of anything worth configuring. If you feel as though there should be something configurable please add it as an issue marked as a suggestion on the github.