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  • Java Class Method Context


    liondedan

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    Hello, I'm a web developer, played RuneScape for years, and fancy having a go at making some dreambot scripts. The community here seems great and there are some very cool projects ongoing. I'm running into what is probably a very beginner Java problem, as I haven't actually read any Java docs to get here (reply replying on the small amoutn of similarities between Java and other web languages) - so feel free to shout at me. However, if I'm creating a new class, is it possibly to use dreambot methods from within the new class. Example:

     

    // Main.java
    public class Main extends AbstractScript {
        @Override
        public int onLoop() {
    
            Area varrockArea = new Area (3187, 3235,3196, 3228);
            TreeLocation varrock = new TreeLocation(varrockArea);
            varrock.getToLocation();
    	}
    }
    
    
    // TreeLocation.java
    public class TreeLocation {
        Object location;
    
        // This is the constructor of the class Employee
        public TreeLocation(Object location) {
            this.location = location;
        }
    
        public void getToLocation() {
            getWalking().walk(location.getRandomTile());
        }
    }

     

    Thanks and Hello :)

    Dan

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    You'll notice that you can only execute methods like that via the MethodContext class, which is a parent of AbstractScript. If you want to do something like this, you'll need to pass the method context around that is instantiated internally when the AbstractScript class is loaded by the class loader. Your constructor would need to look something like

    public TreeLocation(Area loc, MethodContext mc) {
      this.loc = loc;
      this.mc = mc;
    }
    
    public void walk(Area loc) {
      if (mc.getWalking().walk(/* a location that should be an Area#getRandomTile() or Tile */)) {
        // Sleep and stuff
      }
    }

     

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    Hey sorry - next question @Xephy . If I'm instantiating the TreeLocation class from the main class - how do I go about passing the MethodContext through?

     

    import org.dreambot.api.methods.MethodContext;
    
    TreeLocation varrock = new TreeLocation(MethodContext.this);

     

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    15 minutes ago, liondedan said:

    Hey sorry - next question. If I'm instantiating the TreeLocation class from the main class - how do I go about passing the MethodContext through?

     

    
    import org.dreambot.api.methods.MethodContext;
    
    TreeLocation varrock = new TreeLocation(MethodContext.this);

     

    getClient().getMethodContext();

     

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    23 minutes ago, Nuclear Nezz said:

    AbstractScript is also a method context in itself.

    So you could just do

    new TreeLocation(this); from the main script class.

    ^ this

     

    Remember that MethodContext is the parent class of AbstractScript, so you get access to those methods by passing in the AbstractScript.

    I would recommend not storing your location as an Object as well. I would recommend storing it as an Area; this is good design and practice both for clarity and because you won't have to cast it later. It's also good practice to store your variables explicitly as either 'private' or 'public'. Private variables can't be viewed or accessed from outside of the file, and public variables are viewable, accessible, and changeable from outside of the file. 

    Lastly, if a variable should not (or will not) change value in the future, another useful marker is 'final', which means the value will never be changed after when it's first assigned (which you're doing during instantiation of the object). It should look something like this:

    // TreeLocation.java
    public class TreeLocation {
        private Area location;
        private final MethodContext m;
    
        // This is the constructor of the class Employee
        public TreeLocation(MethodContext m, Area location) {
            this.m = m;
            this.location = location;
        }
    
        public void getToLocation() {
            m.getWalking().walk(location.getRandomTile());
        }
    }
    // Main.java
    public class Main extends AbstractScript {
        @Override
        public int onLoop() {
            Area varrockArea = new Area (3187, 3235,3196, 3228);
            TreeLocation varrock = new TreeLocation(this, varrockArea);
            varrock.getToLocation();
        }
    }
    

    Happy scripting :) 

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    On 12/10/2018 at 10:05 PM, Im A Baller said:

    ^ this

     

    Remember that MethodContext is the parent class of AbstractScript, so you get access to those methods by passing in the AbstractScript.

    I would recommend not storing your location as an Object as well. I would recommend storing it as an Area; this is good design and practice both for clarity and because you won't have to cast it later. It's also good practice to store your variables explicitly as either 'private' or 'public'. Private variables can't be viewed or accessed from outside of the file, and public variables are viewable, accessible, and changeable from outside of the file. 

    Lastly, if a variable should not (or will not) change value in the future, another useful marker is 'final', which means the value will never be changed after when it's first assigned (which you're doing during instantiation of the object). It should look something like this:

    
    // TreeLocation.java
    public class TreeLocation {
        private Area location;
        private final MethodContext m;
    
        // This is the constructor of the class Employee
        public TreeLocation(MethodContext m, Area location) {
            this.m = m;
            this.location = location;
        }
    
        public void getToLocation() {
            m.getWalking().walk(location.getRandomTile());
        }
    }
    
    // Main.java
    public class Main extends AbstractScript {
        @Override
        public int onLoop() {
            Area varrockArea = new Area (3187, 3235,3196, 3228);
            TreeLocation varrock = new TreeLocation(this, varrockArea);
            varrock.getToLocation();
        }
    }
    

    Happy scripting :) 

    Thank you for this ^^

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