Getting object value using the Java API

Java
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Chris Vik

How can one GET the value of a given MaxBox?

Using the Java API it's possible to SET the value of an object's value and attributes using this method:

MaxPatcher p = this.getParentPatcher();
MaxBox mb = p.getNamedBox("objectScriptNameHere");
mb.send( 12 );

This is listed within the Java API documentation in the /java-doc/api folder structure of the Max installation. However, I'm unable to find the GET method.

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Chris Vik

No dice? Jan?

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Thomas

There is a fairly long and winding way around this, by creating and deleting some objects and so on...

public void bang() {
    MaxPatcher thePatcher = this.getParentPatcher();
    MaxBox self = this.getMaxBox();
    MaxBox numberBox = thePatcher.getNamedBox("number"); //Assumes existing object named "number"
    MaxBox grab = this.getParentPatcher().newDefault(50, 50, "grab", null);
    MaxBox prepender = this.getParentPatcher().newDefault(50, 80, "prepend", Atom.parse("number"));

    thePatcher.connect(grab, 1, numberBox, 0);   //connect grab object to number object
    thePatcher.connect(grab, 0, prepender, 0);   //connect grab object to prepend object
    thePatcher.connect(prepender, 0, self, 0);   //connect prepend object to mxj object

    numberBox.send(42);
    grab.bang(); //trigger the grab object

    grab.remove(); //Remove the temporary objects
    prepender.remove();
}

public void number(int x) {
    post("The number is " + x);
}