try method of higher bukkit version

Hi,
Since spigot 1.12 ItemMeta supports the method setUnbreakable(). It is a cool feature but to make my plugin usable for earlier version. So I just wanted to use the method like:

Code:

try {
    meta.setUnbreakable(true);
} catch (Exception e) {}

buuuuuuut it is throwing a NoSuchMethodError while loading the plugin anyway xD
I had no idea what to search for so I wrote this.

Does anybody have an idea how to maybe achieve compatibility for multiple versions? Or is there a better way?
Thanks in advance

 

@MightyOne
Add "Exception|Error e" into the catch parameter; The Error object responds to issues with the JVM, not just exceptions.

 

@MightyOne
I don't think catching exceptions is really a clean approach. It'd be better if you just tried to check if the version you're running supports it or not. If you're lost for ideas on how to do that, you could check out this:
https://github.com/Alvin-LB/BukkitU...gholm/reflectutil/v1_1_1/ReflectUtil.java#L81

 

@AlvinB
but in the end ill have to use a try catch anyway to prevent the NoSuchMethodError while loading.

 

@MightyOne
Well, if that's the case, no type of try catch will work. You will have to work with separate classes.