From jar 2 framework

Hello people,

At this moment we are building a framework that loads games, we load these games with *.jar files. We have it all working except one thing and that is using commands from out the framework, so what have have is this:

Loading jar files: (framework)

Code:

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        public loadJars(File file, boolean isCPU){
                String url = file.toURI().toString().substring(6);
                JarClassLoader loader = new JarClassLoader(url);
                Class Mainclass = null;
                try {
                        Mainclass = loader.loadClass("Main");
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }
               
               
                Object Mainobject = null;
                try {
                        Mainobject = Mainclass.newInstance();
                } catch (InstantiationException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }
               
                if(Mainobject instanceof MainFrame){
                        Main = (MainFrame) Mainobject;
                }

                Framework.subscribeGame(Main.getGameName());
                Framework_GUI.playerFound();
                Main.setup(isCPU, Framework.getColor(), this);
               
                if(Main.getColor()){
                        playerturn = true;
                } else {
                        playerturn = false;
                }
        }

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What we wanna do now is using a function inside the framework, the function is fired inside the jar file.. The class inside the jar file doesn't know the function in the framework, so how can we manage to get it work?

Thanks in advance

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class inside the jar file doesn't know the function in the framework

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What do you mean by "framework"?
How does a jar know anything? A jar is a file structure that holds other files, like .class files.
Do you get errors? If so , please copy and paste full text of messages here.

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Originally Posted by njitram

What we wanna do now is using a function inside the framework, the function is fired inside the jar file.. The class inside the jar file doesn't know the function in the framework, so how can we manage to get it work?

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What function, inside which framework? If you have a function in a package there is no limitation to use it from the outside, unless there is no access restriction. Can you bit clear up.

hmm, we have a some sort of emulator thats what we are calling a framework.
Inside this framework you can open games, these games are classes inside a jar file.
But for external play we must make a connection, so the framework has some function for connecting with the server, but the game has to communicate with the functions inside the framework and that part doesn't work. We can communicate from the framework 2 the jar file, it makes a GUI etc. so that part works fine, only not the other way arround.

What i do have tried now.. is making a function setObject inside the game, so might use the functions inside the framework.

Main.setLoadJars( this ); //Object obj

Then im trying to cast the Object inside the right class but it gives a exception:
java.lang.ClassCastException: Framework.GameEnviroment cannot be cast to GameFramework.GameEnviroment

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games are classes inside a jar file

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the game has to communicate with the functions inside the framework

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Does the game have a method that you can pass the address of/reference to the "framework" to.
Then the game can use that to call methods in the "framework"

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java.lang.ClassCastException: Framework.GameEnviroment cannot be cast to GameFramework.GameEnviroment

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What is the relationship between the two packages? Can they be changed to be the same package?