[1.19.3] How to change the attackDamage variable?

[DrNickenstein]

attackDamage is a final variable defined in the SwordItem class, so I cannot change it in the usual way, how would you go about changing it? 

[warjort]

If its your sword, you pass it into the constructor.

Otherwise you can apply attribute modifiers for ATTRIBUTES.ATTACK_DAMAGE on the ItemStack.

Either directly or using ItemAttributeModifierEvent

[DrNickenstein]

7 minutes ago, warjort said:

If its your sword, you pass it into the constructor.

It is my sword and I'm passing the initial value in the constructor in my initialization class. However I want to change it further under some conditions

[SoLegendary]

If you want to apply conditional damage (eg, bonus against a particular enemy) I'd suggest using LivingDamageEvent, where you can get the entity being damaged, the source of the damage, and get/set the amount of damage.