Way to get a reference to the default world?

Okay. So I'm making this plugin where it's possible to make the compass point to a bunch of bookmarks you make yourself. Doing that, I am going to use sqlite to save all these various bookmarks. Okay, so that's all done and stuff. My problem is to retrieve a reference to the world by the name that I have saved in the sqlite database, because creating a new location means I have to give it a reference to the world, and the obvious x,y,z. Thing is I use my own class, SqliteManager to do all the sqlite stuff. However, this class does not have access to the getServer() function in any way, so I can't do the whole getServer().getWorld("world") thing. And therefore I cannot just return a HashMap<String, Location> back to the calling function from within the plugin. So my only solution as I currently see it, is to create a custom Location class and then do the whole thing in there. Could anybody help me out and tell me if there is any smarter way to do this?

 

You can do this by making a variable in the main file public, and then get it.

If this is part of the main file, Lets call it Main.java

Code:

public static Plugin plugin;

onEnable() {
    plugin = this;
}

Then from another file, lets say SqliteManager.java

Code:

Main.plugin.getServer().getWorld()....

Hopefully you get my point

Just a tip the next time you write something, don't write it as a wall please

 

You could pass the server reference as an argument to the function you're calling or store a reference to your JavaPlugin or Server in the SqliteManager class. Then you can do plugin.getServer().getWorld("world") or server.getWorld("world").

 

That would only work if the SqliteManager is a class object that I have to instantiate. Which is not the case. I only use it as a library.
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Thanks. Passing the server reference as an argument is probably what I'll start to do for now until I find a prettier way.

 

This is not true, the variable plugin is static
I use it in a simular purpose.

 

Haha, you're totally right. I'm so glad I was wrong for once. Works wonderfully. Thanks alot for your help.

 

Per the Bukkit multiworld announcement and subsequent threads, getWorlds().get(0) is guaranteed to be the default world.

 

Glad I can help