Getting config from another thread (not a listener)

Assume I have a thread that is called by new Thread(new PluginThread()).start():
It doesn't implement Listener, and I want to

Code:

public class PluginThread implements Runnable {
    @Override
    public void run() {
      String value = Plugin.getConfig.getString("value");
      //do stuff here
    }
}

I get a getConfig cannot be resolved or is not a field.

If I do the following inside the first set of brackets:

Code:

private Plugin plugin;
plugin = Plugin;

The top line wants to end with a comma, which is something completely different.
So my question is, how would I get a config from another thread that isn't a listener?

Thanks in advance!

 

I'm confused, what do you want?

You have to make an instance of the main class that extends JavaPlugin then call getConfig()

 

I want to read the plugin configuration from another thread.
My main class extends JavaPlugin, and my plugin loads properly.
I am trying to read the config, but the methods I used to read configs from listeners aren't working for this particular thread.

 

lol, I see your problem now. You are calling .getConfig.getString. getConfig is a function so it has to be: .getConfig()

 

Right.
After doing that, my error changes to:
Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getConfig() from the type JavaPlugin.

Adding a static keyword to the class declaration results in an illegal modifier warning.

 

Please post the full code from this class and from your main class.

 

Thread class:

Code:

package com.nullblock.vemacs.BigBen;
 
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 
public class BongThread implements Runnable {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        String prefix = BigBen.getConfig().getString("prefix") + " " ;
//error in the previous line: Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getConfig() from the type JavaPlugin
        int nextHour = BongLib.nextHour();
        int waitTime = BongLib.secondsUntilNextHour();
        try {
            Thread.sleep(waitTime * 1000);
        } catch(InterruptedException ex) {
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        }
 
        Bukkit.broadcastMessage(prefix + BongLib.bongText(nextHour));
        int hour = nextHour;
        for(;;){
            try {
                Thread.sleep(3600000);
            } catch(InterruptedException ex) {
                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
            }
            hour++;
            hour = hour % 12;
            Bukkit.broadcastMessage(prefix + BongLib.bongText(hour));
        }
    }
}

Main class (i haven't done setdefaultconfig yet, but it should compile fine even if I don't generate the config):

Code:

package com.nullblock.vemacs.BigBen;
 
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
public final class BigBen extends JavaPlugin {
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        new Thread(new BongThread()).start();
        new ChatListener(this);
    }
    @Override
    public void onDisable() { 
 
    }
 
}

You can see the source on GitHub.

 

Add this to your class:

Code:JAVA

 
BigBen BigBen = new BigBen();
 

 

Thanks mate! I couldn't believe that it was that obvious...

Not solved yet, I get a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: File cannot be null when using that method of getting the config, and this is what's in my onEnable:

Code:

    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        this.saveDefaultConfig();
        this.getConfig().set("prefix", "<&6BigBen&r>");
        this.saveConfig();
        new Thread(new BongThread()).start();
        new ChatListener(this);
 
    }

I'm not sure if it's thread-specific, but it's a critical issue. Any help?
The config is definitely saving properly, as there is a config.yml in /plugins/BigBen

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Post stack trace, as well as identifying which lines the errors are on.

 

Code:

2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE] Exception in thread "Thread-14"
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: File cannot be null
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at org.apache.commons.lang.Validate.notNull(Validate.java:203)
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(YamlConfiguration.java:170)
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.reloadConfig(JavaPlugin.java:117)
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.getConfig(JavaPlugin.java:111)
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at com.nullblock.vemacs.BigBen.ChatThread.run(ChatThread.java:13)
2012-12-08 19:04:41 [SEVERE]    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Here is ChatThread.java.

 

Code:JAVA

 
public void onEnable() {
this.saveDefaultConfig();
System.out.println(getConfig());
// Other stuff
}
 

Code:JAVA

 
System.out.println("ChatThread config result: " + BigBen.getConfig());
String prefix = BigBen.getConfig().getString("prefix") + " ";
System.out.println(prefix);
// Other ChatThread stuff
 

Change to have those debug messages, tell me what it prints.

 

I'm going to use getLogger instead of println, but I will do that.

 

getLogger requires a string to be used. I don't think it will work.

 

Println isn't printing out anything to the console, get getLogger isn't either.
Do you think these issues are simply related to this being a thread that doesn't implement listener?
Maybe I should just pass an argument to the BongThread, and then use ChatListener to pass an argument to the ChatThread...