Solved .getTargetBlock() deprecated?

Apparently Player.getTargetBlock() is a deprecated method. I haven't been able to find an equivalent to use instead, so I'm wondering how else I would get the block the player is looking at.

 

Maurdekye You need to use a BlockIterator, like this:

Code:java

public static final Block getTarget(Player player, Integer range) {
        BlockIterator iter = new BlockIterator(player, range);
        Block lastBlock = iter.next();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
            lastBlock = iter.next();
            if (lastBlock.getType() == Material.AIR)
                continue;
            break;
        }
        return lastBlock;
    }

This method could throw an NPE if used wrong.

 

So the BlockIterator reads blocks down the line of sight of tbr player like a Scanner reads through files? Interesting. Also, under what circumstances could it throw an error, if you try to read a block outside of the world?

Thank you nonetheless, that works the same and doesn't give deprecation warnings.

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