[Code] java help

Ok well here is my problem. I have made the basics to this plugin i am fiddling around with, for my first project. And i have ran into this problem. So i have 3 classes BlastPick.java, BlastPickPlayerListener.java, BlastPickBlockListener. and in my PlayeListener i have 2 methods onPlayerCommand and onLength.​

Code:

public int onLength(PlayerChatEvent event) {
          String s;
          int Length = 0;
          String[] split = event.getMessage().split(" ");

            if ((split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("/BlastLength"))) {
                s = split[1];
                Length = Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
            }
            return Length;
        }

Code:

public void onPlayerCommand(PlayerChatEvent event) {
          //Make the message a string.
            String[] split = event.getMessage().split(" ");
            //Get the player that talked.
            Player player = event.getPlayer();
            //If the first part of the string is /BlastPick or /b then do this.
            if ((split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("/BlastBox"))) {
                //Run the method toggleVision for player
                plugin.toggleVision(player);
                event.setCancelled(true);
            }

        }

How would i get the return value of my onLength method into my blocklistener class.

 

what is the problem then

 

You never specified what the problem was

 

sorry for not putting my question i have edited it.

 

If you need to do such a thing why not have BlastPick supersede the other two classes and define onLength() there?

The simple solution here is to make onLength() static and call BlastPickPlayerListener.onLength(param);

Code:

public static int onLength(PlayerChatEvent event) {
          //do stuff

            }
        }

 

I agree, make it static if its a method that doesn't need an instance of a class to use.

Even better, separate out 'helper' methods like that into a utilities class that is static and just access the methods from there.

 

yeah i solved my problem by using a hashmap.