Sign casting Issues.

Code:java

Block bl = loc.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
 
            bl.setType(Material.SIGN_POST);
            Sign s = (Sign) bl;
            s.setLine(0, altar);

Im having trouble with this.
I'm being told that i cannot cast Sign to Block.
I'm sure i've done that before, has something changed, or am i just wrong?
Thanks!

 

I believe you need to get the BlockState of that block and cast THAT to a Sign.
Or at least I would suppose so, since Sign extends BlockState...

Try that. Hope I could help.

 

In other words, use bl.getState()

 

Code:java

 
 Block bl = loc.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
            bl.setType(Material.SIGN_POST);
            Sign s =(Sign) bl.getState();
            s.setLine(0, altar);
            s.update(true);
 

 

Yeah I got it working Thanks for the replies.
It's really messy, but i'll share.

Code:java

public static void create(Location loc, String name) {
        ClassPlugin.log.info(ClassPlugin.prefix + " " + name
                + " created,  X:" + loc.getX() + ", Y:"
                + loc.getY() + ", Z:" + loc.getZ());
        loc.getBlock().setType(Material.OBSIDIAN);
        Block bl = loc.getBlock().getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
        bl.setType(Material.SIGN_POST);
        Sign s = (Sign) bl.getState();
        s.setLine(0, name);
 
        String query = "INSERT INTO attrib_altars (altar,locX,locY,locZ) values ('"
                + name + "', '" + loc.getX() + "','" + loc.getY() + "', '" + loc.getZ() + "');";
        try {
            ClassPlugin.manageMySQL.insertQuery(query);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

 

Doesn't look that bad to me

One comment though: where does your name parameter come from? Is it something directly (or even indirectly) taken from what a player can type in? If so, you have a SQL injection vulnerability there. I recommend looking into using parameterised SQL statements (a good idea both for security and performance).

http://xkcd.com/327/
http://bobby-tables.com/java.html

 

The name is just something i can use to check if a specific altar exists in the database
Thanks for the response.

@desht