Oh, quick follow-up: on a more careful read of your code, that _might_ work? I guess? I generally get the blip using the event method; I've never used the parent/children methods for anything since they're not necessary for the way my robot works.
On Nov 19, 8:40 pm, "Chris C." <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, for this case (and I'm familiar with this; I've written a > roll-bot myself), you use the getBlip() method associated with the > event to get the blip that triggered the event: > > if (e.getType() == EventType.BLIP_SUBMITTED) { > Blip submittedBlip = e.getBlip(); > ... > > } > > and then continue on calculating rolls, inserting text, creating new > blips, etc., as necessary. > > On Nov 19, 1:53 am, Bryan Devaney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > having a little trouble with my first non tutorial bot. basic "roll- > > rot". if a blip contains the string "roll xDy" (x,y being ints) then > > generate output. thought i had it all worked out, uploaded and > > nothing. so im going back through my code and im thinking maybe i > > assumed a little too much from the api. > > > in my code i use blip_submitted, make my new blip, and then get the > > parent blip > > > if (e.getType() == EventType.BLIP_SUBMITTED) { > > Blip blip = wavelet.appendBlip(); > > Blip mBlip= blip.getParent(); > > .. > > > then attach the textviews and extract the text > > > TextView textView = blip.getDocument(); > > TextView mTextView = mBlip.getDocument(); > > String s=mTextView.getText(); > > > now im just wondering if i got the wrong end of the stick entirely. > > does getParent() return the blip that when submitted caused the > > BLIP_SUBMITTED event? > > > or am i attempting to use a method that would only apply to an > > embedded blip. > > > sorry for the newbish question but my google searches didn't turn up > > anything helpful (though that may be im asking the wrong questions) > > > anyway thanks for any help, > > sincerly > > bryan devaney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=.
