how do you convert Player to String

[SOLVED] I am relatively new to plugins and I am looking for a way to change Player to string for use with a hashmap I need to do this because 'event.getPlayer()' returns a Player while 'sender.getName()' returns a String heres my source.

Code:

public void onPlayerLogin(PlayerJoinEvent event)
    {
        if (XXX.debug = true)
        {
            System.out.println((event.getPlayer()) + "has logged checking if tables have been generated...");
        }
        //on login check if there is a key set for that player
        //if yes then close if no then create a new key for the player
        //get if there is a key set for player name if false then create one
        if( XXX.isXXX.containsKey(event.getPlayer()) )
        {

        Player playername = (event.getPlayer());
        String playername1 = playername;

            if (XXX.debug = true)
            {
                System.out.println((event.getPlayer()) + "has tables generated.");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (XXX.debug = true)
            {
                System.out.println((event.getPlayer()) + "doesnt have tables generated.");
                System.out.println("generating tables for" + (event.getPlayer()));
            }
        XXX.bite.put(playername, true);
        XXX.bite.put(playername, true);
        }
    }
}

Code:

static HashMap<String, Boolean> bite = new HashMap<String, Boolean>();
    static HashMap<String, Boolean> isXXX = new HashMap<String, Boolean>();

Code:

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String[] args)
    {
        if(cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("bite"))
        {
            //if player is XXX
            //{
                bite.put(sender.getName(), true);
                sender.sendMessage("Your next attack will XXX someone with XXX!");
                if (debug = true)
                {
                    sender.sendMessage("" + bite);
                }
              //}else{
                //end code
            //}
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

also if anyone knows how to save/load hashmaps that would be great (I cant figure out the SLAPI on the wiki's tutorial...)

thanks

 

We sure do see this comment a lot, it needs to be added to a "generic FAQ".

The problem is that a player isn't just a string, its an instance of a class that stores a ton of information, one of which is a String named "Name". When you just print a player object you are actually calling a function that returns a pre defined string that contains a a few peices of information about the player object itself. Instead what you are wanting is to grab a single string variable from the player object named "Name". Lucky the player class has a built in function named "getName()" that returns the string from the player object.

So to put it simple, all you need to do is change:

Code:

event.getPlayer()

to this:

Code:

event.getPlayer().getName()

I hope this help clear things up, take care!

 

lol thanks, it would have take me a week to figure that out XD

 

Father Of Time is correct, just simply change event.getPlayer() to event.getPlayer().getName()

 

It's my pleasure, I am happy to be of assistance.