If I have created a plugin that allows players to send message privatly, here are a part of codes:

// in onCommand method:
// strings[0] == A Player's Name
// strings[1] == A Text want to tell to others privatly
Bukkit.getPlayer(strings[0]).sendMessage(strings[1]);

Then I have to execute the in-game commands:

/privatespeak Steve Hello

But, as a player, I want to change my target to a nearest player, and tell him to come to my home to get his prize, I will exactly write this:

/privatespeak @p Come-to-my-home

However, the Target Selector @p is not a player's name. Then the plugin will throw an error because nobody in the server named "@p".

So how can I achieve this just like the original in-game commands /msg ?

Or is it possible to reprint the command /msg using plugins?