For an EntityType<?> I can use getClass(), but the methods available are generic, since it's a wildcard. I would like the specific entity class in order to retrieve attributes and check a few other data. Since methods like getAttribute() aren't directly available, this can (probably?) be accomplished with:

if (MobEntity.class.isAssignableFrom(entityType.getClass())) {
   EntityType<? extends MobEntity> entityType1 = (EntityType<? extends MobEntity>) entityType;

   AttributeModifierMap.MutableAttribute attributeMap = null;
   Method[] methods = entityType1.getClass().getMethods();
   for (Method method : methods) {
      if (method.getReturnType() == AttributeModifierMap.MutableAttribute.class) {
         attributeMap = (AttributeModifierMap.MutableAttribute) method.getDefaultValue();
      }
   }
}

However this seems over-complicated. Alternatively I can cast ? to type T with a helper method, and then would somehow need to instantiate it:

T entity = new T(entityType1, world) {};

But obviously T can't be used in that manner. Am I overthinking this?

Edited November 12, 20204 yr by urbanxx001

Grab the data on first call instead of immediately. Then you'll have an instance of the entity to grab everything from. The entity type is used to create a singleton from the entity. If you needed a specific attribute map of a type, then you should grab that from GlobalEntityTypeAttributes and calculate there. What is the use-case for this?

Thank you so much, I'll use GlobalEntityTypeAttributes then. The EntityType (a set of them actually) isn't being grabbed from an Entity in the world, but instead from the ForgeRegistry. It's being used for a database. I may still need the actual class, as I need to check if IAngerable is extended by it (to determine if mobs are Neutral or not; isPeacefulCreature only checks if the mob is peaceful or hostile). 

Edited November 12, 20204 yr by urbanxx001