Method matchMaterial

src/main/java/org/bukkit/Material.java:384–399

Attempts to match the Material with the given name. This is a match lookup; names will be converted to uppercase, then stripped of special characters in an attempt to format it like the enum @param name Name of the material to get @return Material if found, or null

(final String name)

     * @return Material if found, or null
     */
    public static Material matchMaterial(final String name) {
        Material result = null;

        try {
            result = getMaterial(Integer.parseInt(name));
        } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {}

        if (result == null) {
            String filtered = name.toUpperCase();

            filtered = filtered.replaceAll("\\s+", "_").replaceAll("\\W", "");
            result = lookupName.get(filtered);
        }

        return result;
    }

    static {
        for (Material material : values()) {