EzEconomy

EzEconomy is a professional-grade Vault economy provider for Minecraft servers. Choose from YML, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, or custom storage with multi-currency support, async caching, and thorough permission controls.

📚 Documentation

• Overview: General introduction and architecture
• Commands: Command usage and permissions
• Configuration: All configuration options
• Developer API: API usage for plugin developers
• Permissions: Permission nodes and details
• Placeholders: PlaceholderAPI integration
• Storage: Storage backends and setup
• Features - Multi-currency: Configure multiple currencies
• Features - Banking: In-plugin bank accounts and permissions
• Features - Money formatting: Presentation options, locales, compact formats, and placeholders
• Caching strategy: LOCAL, REDIS, BUNGEECORD, DATABASE options
• Locking strategy and options: How to choose LOCAL vs REDIS and what each means
• Proxy & Redis notes: Redis and proxy operational notes

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★ Key Features

EzEconomy is designed for performance, reliability, and operational clarity. Highlights include:

• Vault API compatible: Works with any Vault-based plugin
• YML, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, or custom storage: Flexible, production-ready storage options
• Thread-safe: Robust error handling and concurrency controls
• Multi-currency support: Optional, per-player, fully configurable
• Async caching: Optimized for large servers
• Comprehensive commands: /balance, /eco, /baltop, /bank, /pay, /currency
• Granular permissions: Per-command and per-bank action

⚡ Commands

• /balance: View your balance
• /balance : View another player's balance (ezeconomy.balance.others)
• /eco <give|take|set> : Administrative balance controls (ezeconomy.eco)
• /baltop [amount]: Show top balances
• /bank <create|delete|balance|deposit|withdraw|addmember|removemember|info> ...: Bank management (ezeconomy.bank)
• /pay : Send funds to another player (ezeconomy.pay)
• /pay * : Send funds to all online players (requires ezeconomy.payall; configurable via pay.pay_all in config.yml). See Commands for details.
• /currency [currency]: Set or view your preferred currency

🛡️ Permissions

• ezeconomy.balance.others: View other players' balances
• ezeconomy.eco: Use /eco admin command
• ezeconomy.pay: Use /pay command
• ezeconomy.currency: Use /currency command
• Bank Permissions:
  • ezeconomy.bank.create: Create a new bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.delete: Delete a bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.balance: View bank balance
  • ezeconomy.bank.deposit: Deposit to a bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.withdraw: Withdraw from a bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.addmember: Add a member to a bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.removemember: Remove a member from a bank
  • ezeconomy.bank.info: View bank info
  • ezeconomy.bank.admin: All bank admin actions

🔒 Security Notes for Server Owners

• Limit admin permissions: Only grant ezeconomy.eco and ezeconomy.bank.admin to trusted staff.
• Use a permissions plugin: Manage access with groups/roles so players cannot self-assign economy powers.
• Lock down database access: Use a dedicated database user with minimal privileges and keep credentials private.
• Back up economy data: Schedule regular backups of your storage files or database to recover from mistakes or exploits.
• Review bank permissions: Consider limiting bank creation/withdraw permissions to prevent abuse on public servers.

🛡️ Dupe Prevention Safeguards

• Thread-safe balance updates: Economy operations are designed to avoid race conditions during concurrent deposits, withdrawals, and transfers.
• Server-side validation: Commands and transactions validate amounts to prevent invalid or malformed requests.
• Storage integrity: Backends use consistent write patterns to reduce the risk of partial or conflicting balance writes.

⚙️ Configuration Example

config.yml (Only global settings):

storage: yml
multi-currency:
  enabled: false
  default: "dollar"
  currencies:
    dollar:
      display: "Dollar"
      symbol: "$"
      decimals: 2
    euro:
      display: "Euro"
      symbol: "€"
      decimals: 2
    gem:
      display: "Gem"
      symbol: "♦"
      decimals: 0
  conversion:
    dollar:
      euro: 0.95
      gem: 0.01
    euro:
      dollar: 1.05
      gem: 0.012
    gem:
      dollar: 100
      euro: 80

config-yml.yml (YML storage settings):

yml:
  file: balances.yml
  per-player-file-naming: uuid
  data-folder: data

config-mysql.yml (MySQL storage settings):

mysql:
  host: localhost
  port: 3306
  database: ezeconomy
  username: root
  password: password
  table: balances

config-sqlite.yml (SQLite storage settings):

sqlite:
  file: ezeconomy.db
  table: balances
  banksTable: banks

config-mongodb.yml (MongoDB storage settings):

mongodb:
  uri: mongodb://localhost:27017
  database: ezeconomy
  collection: balances
  banksCollection: banks

⬇️ Installation

1. Place EzEconomy.jar in your plugins folder
2. Configure config.yml and the appropriate config-*.yml file for your storage type
3. Restart your server

🔗 Integration

• EzEconomy automatically registers as a Vault provider
• No extra setup required for Vault-compatible plugins
• PlaceholderAPI support:
  • Use placeholders in chat, scoreboard, and other plugins:
    • %ezeconomy_balance% – Your balance
    • %ezeconomy_balance_<currency>% – Your balance in a specific currency (e.g., %ezeconomy_balance_euro%)
    • %ezeconomy_bank_<bank>% – Balance of a specific bank
    • %ezeconomy_top_1% – Top 1 player balance (replace 1 with rank)
    • %ezeconomy_currency% – Your preferred currency
  • Works with all PlaceholderAPI-compatible plugins

🛠️ Developer: Custom Storage Providers

EzEconomy supports custom storage backends (YML, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, or your own). You can implement your own provider for any database or storage system.

How to add a custom provider:

1. Implement the StorageProvider interface in your plugin or module.
2. Register your provider before EzEconomy loads:

   EzEconomy.registerStorageProvider(new YourProvider(...));
   

3. Only one provider can be registered. If set, EzEconomy will use it instead of YML/MySQL.
4. See the JavaDoc in StorageProvider.java for required methods.

This allows you to use SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, or any other system for player balances and banks.