[ForgeGradle] Access Transformer + Intellij IDEA

[isavegas]

Due to how ForgeGradle reassembles the userdev jar upon adding an access transformer, I am no longer able to access MinecraftForge sources from within my IDE, and by extension, parameter names and JavaDocs. Has anybody had (and hopefully solved) this issue? It has severely impacted my workflow.

[Draco18s]

You shouldn't be using Access Transformers anyway. Use Reflection instead.

[isavegas]

You shouldn't be using Access Transformers anyway. Use Reflection instead.

Reflection incurs overhead that I'd like to avoid, as I'm accessing a field on each of a list of entities, every tick.

[Draco18s]

Reflection only incurs the overhead for getting the field.  Save a reference to it and reuse it.  The invoke and get/set stuff the JVM optimizes pretty damn well.

[sham1]

You shouldn't be using Access Transformers anyway. Use Reflection instead.

Reflection incurs overhead that I'd like to avoid, as I'm accessing a field on each of a list of entities, every tick.

 

MethodHandles (that work with fields as well, don't let the name confuse you) have no oberhead as they get optimised by the JIT into just direct access. Also, premature optimisation is the root of all evil.