Solved Bukkit.getPlayer() returning null

So in my plugin I have a line of code...

Code:java

Bukkit.getPlayer(r.getName()).hasPermission("reviewplugin.vipplus")

and this is reading in saying that the player associated with r.getName() is a null player object. I get the r.getName from the construction of my object, activated via command with

Code:java

new Review(player.getName(), Bukkit.getPlayer(player.getName()).getLocation())

so the name should be valid. I don't know how it could possibly go wrong. I have been trying to resolve this issue for weeks now and I am pulling out my hair trying to come up with a solution.

 

Code:java

Bukkit.getPlayer(name).hasPermission(x)//or any other thing you want;
 

 

If in the constructor r is player.getName() then r would already be a string of the player name. Try:

Code:java

Bukkit.getPlayer(r).hasPermission("reviewplugin.vipplus");

 

r is a review object with the method to get the name of the player.

thats what I did with the getname() method of the review object r

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

try getPlayerExact() and the try to store the player and then check stuff.

 

I realize now it may be that the player isn't online... I am going to add an int in my object's constructor though to have the object track this.