Access another mods api from a CustomForgeMod

[longlostbro]

Is it possible to access another mod and execute a function of that mod from within a forge mod.

For example I am creating a mod and would like to paste a worldedit schematic, can I access the worldedit mod, load the schematic and paste it where I would like?

[shadowfacts]

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: Yes as long as the mod has a publicly accessible API.

 

Before you start trying to use WorldEdit's API I suggest you find out if it even has one and then figure out if it's possible to and how to do what you want to accomplish with the API.

[longlostbro]

sk89q (world edit creator) said that there is a public api. I'm just not sure what the process would be to get it set up in my eclipse environment. Do I add the worldedit jar into the mods folder of my mod? Do i need the source?

[Ernio]

I've never used WE for forge, but if there is an API - it should be compiled for developers.

 

In your eclipse - simply go to project props and link new library - your API.

Launching game will also launch this API (since it's dependency lib) - so no, don't place it in /mods/.

 

Compiled API are just .classes - you will also need API source to be linked to API's library - go to libsa and attach source (.zip file), source for API should be shipped with API.

Idk, each author has own ways.