Minigame event help

*first post in a while*
So, I'm working on a new minigame for my server. I have an Ability class which can be extended to create custom "abilities". Now, the problem is, I can't figure out how to make an event that checks to see when an ability is used, and checks to see if a cooldown is in place for the player using the ability.

(Ability class)

Code:java

package net.minerzone.minigames.mad.abilities;
 
import net.minerzone.minigames.mad.etc.Cooldown;
import net.minerzone.minigames.mad.etc.CooldownManager;
 
public class Ability {
    public int id;
    public String name;
    public int cooldowntime;
    public Cooldown cooldown;
    public Ability(int id, String name, int cooldown, CooldownManager.Time type){
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.cooldowntime = cooldown;
        this.cooldown = new Cooldown(this.cooldowntime, type);
    }
    public int getCooldown(){
        return this.cooldowntime;
    }
    public String getName(){
        return this.name;
    }
}
 

(AbilityUseEvent class)

Code:java

package net.minerzone.minigames.mad.abilities;
 
import org.bukkit.event.Cancellable;
import org.bukkit.event.Event;
import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
 
public class AbilityUseEvent extends Event implements Cancellable {
    private boolean cancelled;
    private String name;
 
    private static  HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
    @Override
    public HandlerList getHandlers() {
        return handlers;
    }
    public static HandlerList getHandlerList(){
        return handlers;
    }
    @Override
    public boolean isCancelled() {
        return this.cancelled;
    }
 
    @Override
    public void setCancelled(boolean bln) {
        this.cancelled = bln;
    }
 
}
 

Can anyone help me with figuring out how to check when a certain ability has been used?
Thanks!

 

ItsLeoFTW You can use an interface as somthing like a callback.. e.g.

Code:

public interface AbilityCallBack {
    public void onUse();
}
//And give it to the constrcutor:
public Ability(..., AbilityCallback abc) {
    ...
    this.abc = abc;
}
 
// call it when the ability is used:
public void use() {
    this.abc.onUse();
}

I'm not familiar enough with custom events to help you out with 'em :/

 

ItsLeoFTW

First off, your AbilityUseEvent has no constructor, so you won't be able to call it.

Wherever you call the code which uses the ability, you can do the following:

Code:java

AbilityUseEvent event = new AbilityUseEvent(ability variables here);
 
Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().callEvent(event);

Then you would create a Listener and listen for your AbilityUseEvents

 

Thanks, that helped! Not gonna mark as solved just yet, since I might run into other problems.
+1 like for you!