Need some entity help.

How would I be able to know what an entity is from getNearbyEntities? Like for a slime? .getName()? Also how could i set the given entity on fire?

Any help would be appreciated.

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

 

Entity.getType() returns EntityType

http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.html#getType()
http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/org/bukkit/entity/EntityType.html

Code:

for (Entity e : getNearbyEntities())
{
    if (e.getType() == EntityType.SLIME)
    {
        //stuff
    }
 
OR
 
    switch (e.getType())
    {
        case SLIME:
            //stuff
            break;
        case CREEPER:
            //stuff
            break;
    }
}

For setting it on fire just use setFireTicks()

http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.html#setFireTicks(int)
"Sets the entity's current fire ticks (ticks before the entity stops being on fire)."

 

I had code similar to that, just iterated by for loop. When the command is entered in the server, It said an internal error had occurred. Even your code does not work for some odd reason,

EDIT:
After trial and error, this code seems to break the plugin:

Code:

for (Entity e : player.getNearbyEntities(50d,50d,50d)) {
                //if (e.getType() == EntityType.SLIME) {
                if(true){
                    e.setFireTicks(1000);
                }
            }

It works fine without the code. Lol

.getType() Doesnt seem to work at all...

Im going to create a new thread for the new problem.

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