Accessing code from another package

Hi,

I'm new to plugin development, so forgive me for asking what might be really basic.

I've defined a player from an event in one of several packages in my plugin:

Code:

Player passenger = event.getPlayer();

and I want to refer to "passenger" in another package of the plugin.

How would I go about doing this?

Thanks in advance!

 

I may have meant "Class" sorry, not entirely sure.

 

You can access a class's code in multiple ways. One of the most common ways is to pass an instance of the class variable:

Code:

ClassName variableName = new ClassName();

From there you can use all of the public variables and methods.

 

How would I make the variable from the event public?

 

@floory565
You can't. What you can do is make a field public, and set that field equal to the value from the event.

 

What I've done is this:

In the class with the event (let's call it ClassWithEvent), I've added

Code:

private Player passenger;

and in the event, after I've defined the Player as passenger, I've added

Code:

this.passenger = passenger;

and lastly, I've added the following to the same class

Code:

public Player getPlayer() {
      return passenger;
  }

Then, in the other class that I want to utilise "passenger", I've added

Code:

Player passenger = ClassWithEvent.getPlayer();

should that be alright?

 

@floory565 Explain why you need the player and we can answer your question, the reason you shouldn't store the player in a public variable is because when the event runs again the player will be overwritten, so if you're other block of code doesn't execute in that time it won't work like you want.

There's an easier way to do it that I can think of right now, Although I'm assuming you want the player for 1 of 2 reasons, to check if they trigger two events or to do some code after a specific event.

 

The "ClassWithEvent" class implements an event handler for when a player "catches" a custom entity with a fishing rod. The "OtherClass" class handles several things in regards to the "passenger" riding the custom entity.
For this reason I need to reference "passenger" from "ClassWithEvent" in "OtherClass".

 

@floory565 You want the code to run right after the event is handled? Call the method from your other class in the event with the passenger as a parameter.

 

I do

How would I go about doing that sorry? Like I originally stated, I'm new to plugin development (and Java in general)

 

@floory565 See the method header in your other class? Looks something like

public returnType methodName() {

inside those parenthesies () insert Player passenger, then you can refer to it in the method body.
Should look like this after

public returnType methodName(Player passenger) {

Then in your event you can call it like so

otherClass.methodName(passenger);

 

@floory565 hey buddy remember me

try doing this my bad

Code:

public class OtherClassName {
  Player player;
  public OtherClassName(Player player) {
          return this.player = player;
  }
  public void sendMessageToPlayer() {
    player.sendMessage("Hi this is from the other class");
 }

then you can do this one at the other class

Code:

public static OtherClassName getPlayer(Player player) {
     return new OtherClassName(player);
}

//then do
OtherClass.getPlayer(passenger).sendMessageToPlayer();

this is just a psudo code.

 

@timtower Thanks for the info I abused static too much , I based to what he said "Accessing from OtherClass".

 

@MadMaxCookie Why does your constructor have a return?
And why would you choose to create an instance for each player when you could just as easily pass a player, if it was doing something more than sending a message it might be a wise choice but @floory565 hasn't specified what he's trying to do.

 

@Xerox262 eh ? did I said that was exactly what he needs to do ?

 

@MadMaxCookie Oh, it's you...
@Xerox262 @timtower Thanks to all of you, I'll have a read through what you've all suggested tomorrow, need some sleep now