Kitteh IRC Client Library

The Kitteh IRC Client Library (KICL) is a powerful, modern Java IRC library built with NIO using the Netty library to maximize performance and scalability.

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Minimal example

import org.kitteh.irc.client.library.Client;
import org.kitteh.irc.client.library.event.channel.ChannelJoinEvent;
import org.kitteh.irc.lib.net.engio.mbassy.listener.Handler;

public class Example {
    public static class Listener {
        @Handler
        public void onUserJoinChannel(ChannelJoinEvent event) {
            if (event.getClient().isUser(event.getUser())) { // It's me!
                event.getChannel().sendMessage("Hello world! Kitteh's here for cuddles.");
                return;
            }
            // It's not me!
            event.getChannel().sendMessage("Welcome, " + event.getUser().getNick() + "! :3");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Calling build() starts connecting.
        Client client = Client.builder().nick("Kitteh").serverHost("127.0.0.1").build();
        client.getEventManager().registerEventListener(new Listener());
        client.addChannel("#kicl");
    }
}

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.kitteh.irc</groupId>
    <artifactId>client-lib</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>

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