Weapon Damage

Hey all, I'm pretty new to this but I've done a fair bit of searching and come up empty-handed for the most part.

I'm trying to create a bit of code that damages a weapon ten times as much when it is used to damage a certain kind of mob. The problem is the durability is not being read or something. I have the following as my code (notice the printing to console for debugging this):

Code:

if ((weapon.getTypeId() >= 256 && weapon.getTypeId() <= 258) ||
            (weapon.getTypeId() >= 267 && weapon.getTypeId() <= 279) ||
            (weapon.getTypeId() >= 290 && weapon.getTypeId() <= 293))
            {
                System.out.println("Meltable Weapon Hit Detected.");
                System.out.println("Weapon Durability: " + weapon.getDurability());
                if(weapon.getDurability() > plugin.weaponDamage){
                    weapon.setDurability((short) (weapon.getDurability() - plugin.weaponDamage));
                }
                else{
                    weapon.setDurability((short) 0);
                }
                System.out.println("New Durability: " + weapon.getDurability());
            }

As you can see the plugin detects what weapon was used to damage the monster, and then is SUPPOSED to damage it. (Btw, plugin.weaponDamage is a short from the main plugin class) But when it appears in console, I get this:

15:24:48 [INFO] Meltable Weapon Hit Detected.
15:24:48 [INFO] Weapon Durability: 0
15:24:48 [INFO] New Durability: 0

Any help?

 

It looks like the durability works the other way round.

weapon.setDurability((short) (weapon.getDurability() + plugin.weaponDamage));

 

Yes, it's more of a damage counter than a durability measurement. As it's used, the number gets bigger until it exceeds a certain hard-coded number (which can be found on the wiki if you're curious).

 

WOW. So my problem is I've been HEALING the weapon? LMAO. Thanks guys