Getting player from another method

Hi guys,
How does one get a player from another method. I thought it might be possible to do this without temporarily storing him in a hashmap but i'm not sure.

 

CrazyGuy3000
Depends what you do with the player, I'd use a set a or a map.

 

Well im going to be using him to get his location. Can you perhaps show some code?

 

I saw a good tutorial on multiple classes/passing things from one class to another. Search the resources section.

 

CrazyGuy3000
I'd store the player's location in a hashmap like so.

PHP:

private HashMap<String, Location> playerLoc = new HashMap<String, Location>();
 
    // To add the player's location
    private void add(Player player) {
        playerLoc.put(player.getName(), player.getLocation());
    }
 
    // To get the player's location
    private Location getLoc(Player player) {
        return playerLoc.get(player.getName());
    }
 
    // And I think this can be a way
    // of getting a specific player's location
    private Location getLocFor(String name) {
        return playerLoc.get(Bukkit.getPlayerExact(name));
    }