Dependencies?

I am trying to make a plugin.

I want to put the user into a war game using the war plugin but also modify some stats of the game, does anyone know/care to share how I could access data from other plugins inside my own?

 

So what you want to do is get variables and other data from a plugin you've already created/Extend off of another plugin?

 

@DarthAimbot Check if the plugin you want to use has an API (he probably does), if so there will be a documentation that you can read to know how to use it.

 

@au2001 If he's trying to use another plugin, for instance building off of essentials, Vault, etc, can't he just right click his project, goto properties, goto Java Build Path, and Add External JARs? Or am I reading the post wrong?

 

@au2001 @mrgreen33gamer
So, how do I implement that plugin, just so I can test if it works, say I make a plugin with a class "Turret" and inside that class it has like a enum or somthing that stores all the data, how would I implement that plugin in another and change the data?

 

@DarthAimbot For the war plugin, look at their github since they don't have any API.
You'll have to, as @mrgreen33gamer said, add external jars and add it as dependency in your plugin.yml.

 

@au2001 I think this will work, I am just confused about the process as well as how the mechanical state works.

Like if, I make my own Econ plugin, and make a function called Add money, and in another plugin wanted to make it so whenever you got a kill it ran add money function from the first plugin, how would I do that? without using hidden commands.

 

@DarthAimbot

Firstly, make sure you have imported your API you're using to your plugin, steps are below, then you make that method a Static for adding money, then you just add the class name then the method. Example:

Code:java

ImportedClass.addMoney();

Then make sure the packages from the ImportClass are similar to the imported plugin.

Steps to adding a external JAR:

1. Right click your project.
2. Click properties.
3. Then to the left, click on the 'Java Build Path' tab.
4. Now select the tab to the top named: Libraries.
5. Now click the button to the right called: Add External Jars.
6. Now find and select your .JAR file you wish to add.
7. Now that you've selected you .JAR file, click open.
8. After that, in the properties window, click OK.
9. Now goto your plugin.yml file and add:

Code:

depend: [IMPORTEDFILENAME] 

10. You're done! You can now grab methods from that JAR file and add them to yours!

 

in eclipse*
You could also use maven but that's a tutorial for another day.

 

@mrgreen33gamer @au2001

I went to project structure -> modules -> dependencies -> + -> Jars, But I still don't know how to access stuff from them, I tried something like,

Code:

 import test.testMain; 
testMain main = new testMain();
main.addMoney(player, 5)

but id does not notice any of the methods in my other plugin.

 

@DarthAimbot So you added the external jar but you can't access it's methods?

Are you using the same package name for both plugins? (Never do that)
Have you set your methods to public and static? (It's easier to use them)
PS: To use static method, just do testMain.addMoney(player, 5).

Also: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconventions-135099.html

 

@au2001
The Package names are Different, the methods are Static, but nothing pops up. I have tried to find example code, but just can't.

 

Especially if the methods you're trying to use are static

 

@timtower
How do I access configs then?

 

I think that is what I am doing, I am doing this.

Code:

private final main plugin; public Warps_Menu(JavaPlugin plug){
plugin = (main) plug;}

@timtower