[SOLVED] Generating an IBlockState based on an item in the player's hotbar

[gpouliot]

I want to place blocks (like colored wool) in my players hotbar and then make use of those items in my code.  Using code similar to below, I can easily generate a block or IBlockState from an item in the players Inventory.  However, I haven't been able to get the properties.  For example, if the item in question is a piece of colored wool, my code below only generates a white piece of wool.

 

Does anyone know how to figure out the properties of an item in a players Inventory?  I know how to set the properties, I simply don't know how to figure out what the properties of an Item are.

 

Item testItem = player.inventory.mainInventory[0].getItem();
Block testBlock = Block.getBlockFromItem(player.inventory.mainInventory[0].getItem());
IBlockState iState = testBlock.getDefaultState();

[Draco18s]

You need to look at the item's metadata and convert from meta to state.

[Leviathan143]

You need a null check for testBlock. Not all Items have a corresponding Block.

[gpouliot]

The code was just an example.  I will only be processing valid items.

[gpouliot]

Using the meta data did the trick.  The code below produces the correct IBlockState.

 

Please note that the code below does not do any error checking.  It's just a proof of concept to access the meta data of a player inventory item.  Code is needed to check that the inventory slot has something in it and that the item can be converted to a block.

 

Block testBlock = Block.getBlockFromItem(player.inventory.mainInventory[0].getItem());
int a = player.inventory.mainInventory[0].getMetadata();
sender.addChatMessage(new TextComponentString(TextFormatting.GREEN + "Meta Data " + testBlock.getStateFromMeta(a)));