Hello, I have a quick question: how can I convert a string to a class. For example, I have the following string: "Arrow" and I want to covert it to Arrow.class, how can I do this please ? Any help is greatly appreciated 😄
#String "Arrow" to Arrow.class ?
livid herald
daring knoll
If I remember correctly Class has some static methods for doing stuff like that. But you will probably have to then get the determined constructor and initiate a new instance, if you want to work with the obj.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html
livid herald
Ok, I'll check these links and what I can do, thank you for the links 🙂
daring knoll
Do you need the class itself or an instance of the class?
livid herald
the class itself
daring knoll
kk
livid herald
I have a global class, and basicaly what I want to do is change the projectile fired by a bow when entrering a command
daring knoll
Ah, but you only want to change newly fired projectiles and not the already existing ones, right?
livid herald
Exactly
daring knoll
Even then, I'd rather suggest you just use if-statements, instead of doing it via Class.forName() as it would be less of a hassle and not as prone to unforseen issues
livid herald
global file
public static Class current_projectile=Arrow.class;
The target file
Projectile projectile=player.launchProjectile(global.current_projectile);
Ah, btw, the Class.forName() needs the entire class path, as in: "net.minecraft_1_12_2.Entities.Arrow" or smth like that
livid herald
ok, i'll try that, ty for the help 😄