getHealth() is ambiguous

I know what the problem is, and I'm completely aware of this thread. But I don't know how to get around it. I've tried initializing a variable from the method, like so;

Code:java

int health = ent.getHealth();

But it still gives me an error. Is there a simple way to fix this?

 

Try "double health = ent.getHealth()"

 

Try:

Code:java

int health = ent.getHealthScale();

 

Garris0n Same problem as above,
ThePlayerPaul I'm using a villager entity, and .getHealthScale() is undefined for them.

 

Maurdekye

Try adding Bukkit.jar to your libraries aswell as Craftbukkit

 

DoctorDark Isn't there a simpler solution than that? Like, a line of code or something?

 

DoctorDark Yeah that works, but Bukkit. Jar needs to be first in buildpath.

 

Do not use craftbukkit; use bukkit. You can use craftbukkit, but bukkit has to be higher than it in the buildpath.

 

No. Bukkit.jar must be before CraftBukkit.jar in your dependencies, end of story.

 

desht Can you give an explanation as to why?

 

http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/oops-i-didnt-break-your-plugins-ambiguous-gethealth.156975/

There isn't really a brief explanation, but basically Mojang changed the type of entity health from int to float, and the Bukkit devs needed to come up with a way to preserve backward compatibility for plugins which were built against a pre-1.6 API.

But it's really simple: if you're writing a Bukkit plugin then build against Bukkit.jar. This is a good object lesson about why you should compile against the interface, not the implementation.

 

There is a way?

Cast the entity to Damageable and then get the health from the Damageable.