Support for JSON-formatted MOTDs

Currently, Description#getText() returns an empty String if a server's MOTD uses JSON formatting. JSON-formatted messages should be accessible through MinecraftPingReply.

[lucaazalim]

@MegaNarwhal, were you able to solve this?

I'm not familiar with GSON but I tried adding an extra field to Description without any luck.

[lucaazalim]

@MegaNarwhal, I think I fixed this issue on my fork. I hope it helps. (I'll probably send a pull request soon)

[jamietech]

Could you please provide an example of a ping response that contains a JSON-formatted MOTD?

[lucaazalim]

@jamietech, here is the description field of the ping response.

"description": {
    "extra": [
      {
        "text": ""
      },
      {
        "color": "gold",
        "bold": true,
        "text": "MIDUP  "
      },
      {
        "color": "white",
        "bold": true,
        "text": "NETWORK  "
      },
      {
        "color": "gray",
        "text": "(1.8.*)"
      },
      {
        "color": "yellow",
        "clickEvent": {
          "action": "open_url",
          "value": "http://www.midup.com.br"
        },
        "text": "www.midup.com.br"
      },
      {
        "color": "yellow",
        "text": "  "
      }
    ],
    "text": ""
  }

Is this planned to be implemented?

[LukeOnuke]

@MegaNarwhal, I think I fixed this issue on my fork. I hope it helps. (I'll probably send a pull request soon)

The fork doesnt exist and the issue still exists

[lucaazalim]

@MegaNarwhal, I think I fixed this issue on my fork. I hope it helps. (I'll probably send a pull request soon)

The fork doesnt exist and the issue still exists

It still exists, actually: https://github.com/lucaazalim/minecraft-server-ping