Comparing PotionEffectType

Hi,

I tried to get the level of a potion effect (health boost), but I can't compare directly potion effect:

Code:

for (PotionEffect pe : e.getPlayer().getActivePotionEffects()) {
    if (pe.getType() == PotionEffectType.HEALTH_BOOST) {
        Bukkit.broadcastMessage("§a" + pe.getType().toString() + " == " + PotionEffectType.HEALTH_BOOST.toString());
    } else {
        Bukkit.broadcastMessage("§c" + pe.getType().toString() + " != " + PotionEffectType.HEALTH_BOOST.toString());
    }
}

I get this, which was a bit unexpected:


After looking at code, it saw that PotionEffectType is not an enum, but the potions values are static and final, meaning that it cannot be changed during runtime (as far as I know), so why it doesn't work ?

 

@MineTheCube
Strange, both strings are the same, perhaps compare both strings?

 

Sometimes you just don't know why something isn't working, so the best solution is to simply write the code a different way. This is another, simpler way you can test for a potion effect:

Code:

if (p.hasPotionEffect(PotionEffectType.HEALTH_BOOST)) {///code}

 

It should work, but I don't know if I can safely compare strings generated by the object..

I need to retrieve the level of the effect, so hasPotionEffect isn't enough. And for some unknown reasons there isn't a method "getPotionEffect(type)"...

 

Code:

if (p.hasPotionEffect(PotionEffectType.HEALTH_BOOST)) {
for (PotionEffect pe : e.getPlayer().getActiveEffects()) {
amplifier = pe.getAmplifier();
}
}

 

I pretty sure it will not work if the player has more than one effect.

Suppose that the player has 2 effects, health boost and regeneration, then hasPotionEffect(HEALTH_BOOST) will return true, but when looping effects, the amplifier can be set to amplifier of health boost, and after to amplifier of regeneration..