Get what entity player clicked

How would I check whether a player clicked, like, a cow vs an armor stand? I know there is something called entity damage event, but hypothetically let's say I cancel the event for that and I just want to check whether the player left clicked that entity whether they damage them or not. Note that I'm using version 1.8, and I don't have any code that is relevant at the moment

 

Right clicks specifically: PlayerInteractAtEntityEvent or PlayerInteractEntityEvent (recommended this one because clients weird)
Left clicks,... well: EntityDamageByEntityEvent?

 

Actually looking at the 1.8.8 java docs you can see that it only works for right click
So if you want left click then you must use @Shqep and use EntityDamageByEntityEvent (i mean there is not other way around).You could check if the event is cancelled then uncancel it then get the entity and cancel the event again when you are done

 

It's the same thing on the latest version by the way, that's why I still linked them despite him asking in 1.8. And the javadocs there are more detailed and updated, so it's easier to understand too.

Why u gotta use me man I can't listen for ur events.

 

Well yes i must admit that sending a ss is probably an overkill but still since he said he is using 1.8.8 he might think that there is a chance than it would've been different on some older versions so just to make sure

 

Thanks! Sorry, I meant left click not right click :/ I'll try this out and see if it works
EDIT: by the way, if I try and listen on EntityDamageByEntityEvent, won't that destroy the armor stand/entity? I don't want to do that, but rather cancel the event. However if I do that won't that just return false?
Ex.

Code:java

 
    // Anti-aura/anti-killaura
    @EventHandler
    public void click(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event) {
        Player player = (Player) event.getDamager(); // Get who left-clicked the NPC
        Entity entity = event.getEntity();
        Location loc = player.getLocation().add(player.getLocation().getDirection().multiply(-1));
        if (entity.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("RGBArmor") && entity.getLocation().equals(loc)) {
            int checks = core.getConfig().getInt("killaura." + player.getUniqueId().toString()); // Get the amount of checks a player has in the config file
            if (event.isCancelled()) {
                event.setCancelled(false);
            }
 

 

No this won't do.If the event is cancelled this won't do a thing.First you should give the event the highest priority, so the plugin will run it last, after that you should start the event with the check and after do your thing
Example

Code:

    @EventHandler (priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST) //Run the event last
    public void click(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event) {
        if (event.isCancelled()) event.setCancelled(false);//Check if the event is cancelled and enable it again
       
        if(!(event.getDamager() instanceof Player)) return; //Check if the damager is a player
       
        Player player = (Player) event.getDamager(); // Get who left-clicked the NPC
        Entity entity = event.getEntity();
        Location loc = player.getLocation().add(player.getLocation().getDirection().multiply(-1));
       
        if (entity.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("RGBArmor") && entity.getLocation().equals(loc)) {
            //Do your thing
            event.setCancelled(true);//Cancel it again if you want to
        }
    }

 

Ah, I see. That makes sense, thanks! I understand it now I'll test this out and let you know whether it works or not before marking this as solved
EDIT: Hmmm, I seem to have an issue in that the armor stand I'm trying to spawn doesn't teleport to the player. Bit confused on that, and I don't think an infinite loop works for this either. I'll do some more testing first.