Hi. I want to cast (or convert) object with path given as string into EntityLivingBase variable. I'm newbie with modding, so please could you help me? I have tried this:

Object o = Class.forName("net.minecraft.entity.monster.EntitySkeleton");
EntityLivingBase living = (EntityLivingBase) o;

 

but it cant be just casted..

I'm trying to create EntityLivingBase variable while i only have it's class path string. Could you please explain me with some code how to do this?

Maybe some better background would be helpful.. what are you trying to achieve by doing this?

So I'm making a improvement to Morph modification. I added command which takes entity class as an argument and use it to invoke morphPlayer method.. but i need to give EntityLivingBase as argument there..

 

That's extended version of my code i have at the moment:

	public void processCommand(ICommandSender sender, String[] args) {
	if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("morph")) {
		EntityPlayerMP player;
		if(args.length > 2) {
			player = PlayerSelector.matchOnePlayer(sender, args[2]);
		} else {
			player = getCommandSenderAsPlayer(sender);
		}

		Object o = null;
		EntityLivingBase living = null;

		try {
			o = Class.forName(args[1]).getConstructor();
			living = (EntityLivingBase) o;
			Class<?> EH = Class.forName("morph.common.core.EntityHelper");
			Method method = EH.getMethod("morphPlayer", EntityPlayerMP.class, EntityLivingBase.class, boolean.class);
			method.invoke(null, player, living, true);
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (SecurityException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

	}
}

 

So now I'm getting

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: net.minecraft.entity.monster.EntitySkeleton.<init>()

        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)

        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Unknown Source)

here

o = Class.forName(args[1]).getConstructor();

What about modded entites? It's the biggest feature of Morph that it supports most modifications entities..

So, can I use your method with entites added with mods, like this:

drzhark.mocreatures.entity.passive.MoCEntityBird

How can i cast Entity into EntityLivingBase?

EntityLivingBase living = (EntityLivingBase) EntityList.createEntityByName(args[1], player.getEntityWorld());

throws nullPointerException for args[1] = zombie, skeleton etc.

Thank you Solved.

It's me again. I have an issue with createEntityByName method.. sometimes it returns null. Maybe it's because of specified time or world? Is there any way to force creating entity using this method?

So names like Pig/Zombie/Skeleton/MoCreatures.Whatever doesn't exists? Even if they didnt return null minute ago?