[1.7.2] How send string via netty

[DoctorBooooom]

I want to send a string (eg player name) through the netty, however, the method writeString() and readString() do not exist.

 

How i can do this?

And how i get EntityPlayer which send the packet?

 

package ru.DoctorBooooom.LastWorld.network.packet;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;

public class Packet extends APacket
{
@Override
    public void encodeInto(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf buffer)
    {
buffer.writeString("PlayerName");
    }

    @Override
    public void decodeInto(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf buffer)
    {
String name = buffer.readString();
    }
@Override
    public void handleClientSide(EntityPlayer player) {

    }

    @Override
    public void handleServerSide(EntityPlayer player) {

    }
}

[TLHPoE]

If you're sending the packet from the client, the handleServer method has the player that sent it.

[sequituri]

net.minecraft.network.PacketBuffer has methods; void writeStringToBuffer(String) and String readStringFromBuffer(int decodedLength)

 

It extends ByteBuffer, so you can do:

myBuf = new PacketBuffer(myByteBuffer);
myBuf.writeStringToBuffer(myString);
// or
myString = myBuf.readStringFromBuffer(100);