How to get "this" as instance in mixin inject target?

[Hipposgrumm]

I am trying to mixin to the Vex class to give itself an effect if the owning evoker has said effect. The only problem is I can't reference the "this" object from the Vex class and there is no entity getter method or variable to get the vex entity (just the owner).

package gg.hipposgrumm.intangibility.effects.intangibility.special_cases;

// Imports Ommitted

@Mixin(Vex.class)
public class EvokerVexIntangibleLifelink {
    @Shadow
    @Nullable
    private Mob owner;

    @Inject(method = "Lnet/minecraft/world/entity/monster/Vex;tick()V", at = @At("HEAD"))
    private void intangibilitypotion_ifvexsummonerisintangiblebecomeintangible(CallbackInfo ci) {
        if (this.owner.hasEffect(Main.INTANGIBILITY.get())) {
            ((Vex)this).addEffect(new MobEffectInstance(Main.INTANGIBILITY.get(), this.owner.getEffect(Main.INTANGIBILITY.get()).getDuration()));
        }
    }
}

This is the method I am trying to inject into:

   public void tick() {
      this.noPhysics = true;
      super.tick();
      this.noPhysics = false;
      this.setNoGravity(true);
      if (this.hasLimitedLife && --this.limitedLifeTicks <= 0) {
         this.limitedLifeTicks = 20;
         this.hurt(DamageSource.STARVE, 1.0F);
      }
   }

Is there any easy way to do this?

[ChampionAsh5357]

This is a question for the mixin discord; however, you should have read the docs first since it literally goes over scenarios like this.

[Darkorg69]

first your mixin should extend/implement everything the target class is extending or implementing

second, always declare your mixins abstract so you don't accidentally instantiate them.

then just cast ((object) (target class) this).->... it should work as both mixin class and target class are objects

[Mikul]

On 2/2/2023 at 4:12 PM, Darkorg69 said:

first your mixin should extend/implement everything the target class is extending or implementing

second, always declare your mixins abstract so you don't accidentally instantiate them.

then just cast ((object) (target class) this).->... it should work as both mixin class and target class are objects

For people seeing this in the future:

First: I've never once done this. You're just bloating your mixin classes.
Second: Good advice, even if not pertinent 
Third: Incorrect. You cast (TargetClass) (Object) this. Your example casts the wrong way around, ultimately casting to Object, which isn't very useful. I would also advise making this a private field at the top of the mixin called something like "self", so you can reference it without performing the cast every time.

It's kind of a strange concept to get your head around, but remember that this code is literally being executed inside the target class as if it's native code (more or less), so at runtime, "this" will actually refer to the target object.