#Get org.bukkit.entity.Player Array from the Player Collection
blissful tide
placid yacht
Read what I mentioned
And ftr it’s a Collection<? extends Player>
important detail
I still don’t get what you wanted to do? Like converting the array type CraftPlayer[] to just Player[]?
blissful tide
The Idea was I could convert the Playerlist to the old format (Array) to allow for 1.8 compatibility. And Last I checked the old Version returned Player[]
placid yacht
That’s for like 1.7 and lower or smtng
blissful tide
That’s for like 1.7 and lower or smtng
early 1.8
Apparently it got changed during 1.8.3 Developement
placid yacht
No lol
blissful tide
And ftr it’s a Collection<? extends Player>
But since ? still extends player, I shouldn't I be able to cast the subclass to the superclass?
placid yacht
Server::getOnlinePlayers has actually been returning the type Collection<out Player> even in 1.7
well as you mentioned yourself the type is erased
However at compile time Collection<? extends Player> means it could under the hood be a Collection<? extends CraftPlayer>
aaa Collection<? extends CraftPlayer> is a subtype of Collection<? extends Player>
anyways
blissful tide
However at compile time Collection<? extends Player> means it could under the ho...
Because CraftPlayer extends Player? bc Otherwise the returntype at runtime would be wrong wouldn't it?
placid yacht
If you just want a Collection<Player> or a Player[] do smtng like
getOnlinePlayers().stream().map(Player::getPlayer)
Then either
collect(Collectors.toList());
or
toArray(Player[]::new)
placid yacht
Because CraftPlayer extends Player? bc Otherwise the returntype at runtime would...
Yes
But generics is a bit special
aaa some types are erased at runtime and only lives at compile time, checking and converting might be unsafe