Is getApi() static?

[ritty]

I have a class which is not derived from a Plugin. This class needs access to the PluginApi. I'm wondering if I could just set a static variable in the class with the value of getApi() obtained from the main BasePlugin class so that I don't have to always pass getApi() in as a parameter. In other words, does getApi() always return the same value or can it change over the lifetime of the extension?

public class Main extends BasePlugin {
	@Override
	public void init(EsObjectRO parameters) {
		// This?
		OtherClass.api = getApi();
		OtherClass.getRooms1(1);
		
		// Or this?
		OtherClass.getRooms2(getApi(), 1);
		
	}
}

public class OtherClass {
	public static PluginApi api;
	
	static void getRooms1(int zoneId) {
		Collection<RoomValue> rooms = OtherClass.api.getRoomsInZone(zoneId);
	}

	// Or is this needed
	
	static void getRooms2(PluginApi api, int zoneId) {
		Collection<RoomValue> rooms = api.getRoomsInZone(zoneId);
	}
}

[tcarr]

getApi is not a static method. The api variable is injected into the plugin instance when the plugin is created. This means that if you want a static class that uses an api variable, it will have to be passed with the method call. If you create an object class, you can store the api value in the class.

edit: the value returned by getApi() for a given plugin will not change over the life of that plugin, if that helps. I may have misunderstood your question.