Package net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message

Class MessageUpdateEvent

java.lang.Object

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.Event

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.GenericMessageEvent

net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.MessageUpdateEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

GenericEvent

public class MessageUpdateEvent
extends GenericMessageEvent

Indicates that a Message was edited in a MessageChannel.

Can be used to detect a Message is edited in either a private or guild channel. Providing a MessageChannel and Message.
This also includes whether a message is being pinned.

JDA does not have a cache for messages and is not able to provide previous information due to limitations by the Discord API!

Requirements

This event requires at least one of the following intents (Will not fire at all if neither is enabled):

• GUILD_MESSAGES to work in guild text channels
• DIRECT_MESSAGES to work in private channels

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MessageUpdateEvent(JDA api, long responseNumber, Message message)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
User	getAuthor()	The author of the Message.
Member	getMember()	Member instance for the author of this message or null if this was not in a Guild.
Message	getMessage()	The Message that was updated Note: Messages in JDA are not updated, they are immutable and will not change their state.

Methods inherited from class net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.message.GenericMessageEvent

getChannel, getChannelType, getGuild, getGuildChannel, getJumpUrl, getMessageId, getMessageIdLong, isFromGuild, isFromThread, isFromType

Methods inherited from class net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.Event

getJDA, getRawData, getResponseNumber, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MessageUpdateEvent

public MessageUpdateEvent(@Nonnull
 JDA api,
 long responseNumber,
 @Nonnull
 Message message)

Method Details

getMessage

@Nonnull
public Message getMessage()

The Message that was updated
Note: Messages in JDA are not updated, they are immutable and will not change their state.

Returns:

The updated Message

getAuthor

@Nonnull
public User getAuthor()

The author of the Message.

Returns:

The message author

See Also:

• User

getMember

@Nullable
public Member getMember()

Member instance for the author of this message or null if this was not in a Guild.

Returns:

The Member instance for the author or null