PlaceholderAPI Hook added + removed TagAPI (could not locate dependency)

Nicky.iml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="false">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.comphenix.protocol:ProtocolLib-API:4.2.1" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.comphenix.executors:BukkitExecutors:1.1-SNAPSHOT" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="Maven: me.clip:placeholderapi:2.0.8" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

pom.xml

@@ -3,37 +3,65 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.loyloy.nicky</groupId>
     <artifactId>Nicky</artifactId>
-    <version>0.6.9</version>
+    <version>0.7.0</version>
     <name>Nicky</name>
 
-    <repositories>
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src</directory>
+                <excludes>
+                    <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <version>3.1</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
+    <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>spigot-repo</id>
             <url>https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
         </repository>
-
         <repository>
             <id>dmulloy2-repo</id>
             <url>http://repo.dmulloy2.net/nexus/repository/public/</url>
         </repository>
 
+        <repository>
+            <id>placeholderapi</id>
+            <url>http://repo.extendedclip.com/content/repositories/placeholderapi/</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.8.7-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.comphenix.protocol</groupId>
             <artifactId>ProtocolLib-API</artifactId>
             <version>4.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
+            <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.8</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
 </project>

src/io/loyloy/nicky/Nick.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import io.loyloy.nicky.databases.SQL;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.kitteh.tag.TagAPI;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -145,10 +144,5 @@ private void refresh()
     {
         unLoad();
         load();
-
-        if( Nicky.isTagAPIUsed() )
-        {
-            TagAPI.refreshPlayer( player );
-        }
     }
 }

src/io/loyloy/nicky/Nicky.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import io.loyloy.nicky.databases.MySQL;
 import io.loyloy.nicky.databases.SQL;
 import io.loyloy.nicky.databases.SQLite;
+import io.loyloy.nicky.hook.PAPIHook;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class Nicky extends JavaPlugin
 
     public Nicky()
     {
-        databases = new HashSet<SQL>();
+        databases = new HashSet<>();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -50,14 +51,12 @@ public void onEnable()
         PluginManager pm = getServer().getPluginManager();
         pm.registerEvents( new PlayerListener(), this );
 
-        if( pm.isPluginEnabled( "TagAPI" ) && getConfig().getBoolean( "tagapi" ) )
-        {
-            pm.registerEvents( new TagAPIListener(), this );
-            log( "TagAPI link enabled." );
-            TAGAPI = true;
+        if (pm.isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI")) {
+            new PAPIHook(this).hook();
+            log("PlaceholderAPI hook has been enabled.");
         }
 
-        BLACKLIST = new ArrayList<String>();
+        BLACKLIST = new ArrayList<>();
         reloadNickyConfig();
 
         getCommand( "nick" ).setExecutor( new NickCommand( this ) );

plugin.yml → src/plugin.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: Nicky
 main: io.loyloy.nicky.Nicky
-version: 0.6.9
+version: 0.7.0
 description: Simple SQL nickname plugin.
 author: Melonking
-softdepend: [TagAPI]
+softdepend: [TagAPI, PlaceholderAPI]
 
 commands:
    nicky: