Quick question about ItemMeta

Hi, I know this is basic stuff for most of you, but I've got a little problem.
I have an item (glass bottle) and want to turn it into a potion.
I've ran into a problem where I don't know how to get the PotionMeta I will be modifying and setting to the ItemStack - I can't use getItemMeta(), nor can I cast it.
How should I go about that?

Thanks in advance

 

PotionMeta extends ItemMeta so you should be able to use getItemMeta or cast the existing ItemMeta to a PotionMeta. Can you paste some code and an error message?

 

Nvm I figured it out. Seemed weird to me that you can't cast a parent to an extension - I had imports mixed up, using the craftbukkit ItemMeta. Thanks for your time anyway

 

yeah, I had a detailed post about the code and the error I was getting, but then I saw the error myself and decided to just strike that through and make it small.
Note to self, the graphical editor doesn't handle multiple formatting tags at the same time very well if messy.

 

I figured it was something like that glad you got it sorted out.

 

alright, the problem still persists, somehow.

Code:java

PotionMeta meta = (PotionMeta) flask.getItemMeta();

is the line that's causing trouble.

Code:

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_6_R2.inventor
y.CraftMetaItem cannot be cast to org.bukkit.inventory.meta.PotionMeta
        at io.github.xcabbage.kindleflask.ItemInterface.createFlask(ItemInterfac
e.java:21)

Any help appreciated

Seems to me that the getItemMeta() method is somehow returning something else than the ItemMeta it claims to return. >.>

 

Pretty sure a glass bottle doesn't count as a potion. its a separate Material from the waterbottle and other potions, and doesn't use PotionMeta, just uses normal ItemMeta.

Edit: Confirmed. Glass Bottle is BlockID 374, Water Bottle (and all potions) are 373

 

Oh, so you can't cast it. Right. Then, how do you think I could go about making it a potion? I'm not entirely sure how to create a PotionMeta on my own :/

 

You would just need to do the same thing but do it to a water bottle instead of a glass bottle.

you can also use getServer().getItemFactory().getItemMeta(Material.POTION); to get a new 'blank' PotionMeta instance. but you wont be able to apply it to a glass bottle, only to a water bottle or other potion.

 

Alright, will do. Thanks for the help