terminology.md

Terminology

• MinecraftEntry: most important concept in this library, it contains foundamental information of a Minecraft version, which is:
  • Json: deserialized entity of Minecraft json file, have some basic information.
  • Tree: tree structure of a Minecraft, like where is the Jar file located, library directory, assets directory, etc. Here is a example of this tree hierarchy:
    • .minecraft
      • assets
        • indexes
      • libraries
      • mods
      • resourcepacks
      • texturepacks(for legacy Minecrafts)
      • saves
      • versions
        • 1.19
          • natives
          • 1.19.jar
          • 1.19.json
• MinecraftResolver: another important stuff in the library, you an initiaize a MinecraftResolver instance with a path of .minecraft. Main character of this class is being factory that produces MinecraftEntry with Minecraft ID.
• Minecraft ID: in the example tree above, 1.19 is the Minecraft ID. once you have a Minecraft ID, you can grab a MinecraftEntry with it by using MinecraftResolver.
• LibraryResolver: get a list of LibraryEntry, represent the files in libraries directory which is Minecraft's necessary.
• AssetsResolver: get a list of AssetEntry, same as above, it represent files in assets directory.