Cast Entity Id to Living Entity??

Hi there,
I just wanted to know if its possible to define a LivingEntity of the EntityId , I saved in a Hashmap ?

 

Unfortunately you have to loop thru all entities on a world and if their I'd matches the one you have then do
If(entity instanceof LivingEntity){
LivingEntity Len = (LivingEntity) entity;

}

 

Why did you saved it's id? Save the entity itself instead.

 

Zupsub Bad idea. Storing entire entities is a bad idea, especially if you forget to remove them, as Entities are pretty large objects and will cause memory leaks if you do something reckless. Storing EntityID or UUID is a better idea.

 

Java only uses references, so saving an entity cost the same memory as saving an UUID.
However, saving the entity in a HashMap would cause the gc to let the whole entity in memory, even if it isn't needed.

So instead, just use a WeakHashMap. Problem with the gc solved and no need to loop threw all entities.