Solved Bukkit schedule and Lilypad

So i have a issue/question about how lilypad handles a MessageRequest.

I have a minigames server and a hub server. To give you the idea same concept as The HiveMC but then with my own plugins and minigames.

The signs in the HUB needs to be updated, and they do if someone is on the server of a minigame.
But when the server is empty, the schedule on that server is still running. But the HUB server is not recieving any information. Only when someone joins the server again it get the information.

Why is it that when a server is empty no messagerequest from that server are being send?

Hey man,

I am on the worlds shitiest netbook right now, so I can't help you as much as I would like. Just want to double check you know about this http://www.lilypadmc.org/threads/tutorial-messagerequests-and-talking-between-servers.83/ and I am a little confused on what your asking, maybe a snipit of the code would be helpful.

When there is nobody on the minigames server the scheduleSyncRepeatingTask will run.
Only it doesn't send any information to the HUB server. When there IS someone online it will send it to the HUB server.

Some code snippets:

So on the minigame server i have this:
Plugin.java

Code (text):

public Pinger ping;
ping = new lilypadPinger(this);
getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, new PingTimer(ping), 20L, LilypadSettings.pingInterval);
 

PingTimer.java

Code (text):

public class PingTimer implements Runnable {
    private Pinger    pinger;
    public PingTimer(Pinger ping) {
        this.pinger = ping;
    }
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            pinger.sendServerData();
            System.out.print("Run task");
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
 

lilypadPinger.java

Code (text):

   @Override
    public void sendServerData() throws IOException {
        if (plugin.getServer().getOnlinePlayers().length > 0) {
            MessageRequest request = null;
            ByteArrayOutputStream b = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(b);
            ByteArrayOutputStream msgbytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            DataOutputStream msgout = new DataOutputStream(msgbytes);

            msgout.writeUTF(LilypadSettings.lilypadName); // server name
            msgout.writeUTF(LilypadSettings.lilypadNiceName); // server nice name
            if (ServerManager.forceMaxPlayers) {
                msgout.writeInt(ServerManager.forceMaxPlayersSize); // max players
            }
            else {
                msgout.writeInt(plugin.getServer().getMaxPlayers()); // max players
            }
            msgout.writeInt(plugin.getServer().getOnlinePlayers().length); // online players
            msgout.writeBoolean(GameManager.gameStatus); // Game true / false
            msgout.writeUTF(GameManager.currentGameState.name()); // DISABLED, LOADING, INACTIVE, WAITING, STARTING, INGAME, FINISHING, RESETING, ERROR
            msgout.writeUTF(GameManager.currentGameArena.getArenaName()); // Arena Name
            msgout.writeInt(GameManager.timeleft); // Time Left
            msgout.writeInt(GameManager.seekers.size()); // seekers
            msgout.writeInt(GameManager.hiders.size()); // hiders
            msgout.writeInt(GameManager.spectators.size()); // spectators

            out.writeShort(msgbytes.toByteArray().length);
            out.write(msgbytes.toByteArray());

            try {
                request = new MessageRequest(LilypadSettings.hubname, "HideNSeek", b.toByteArray());
                plugin.getBukkitConnect().request(request);
            }
            catch (RequestException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
 

HUB Plugins that receives:
Plugin.java

Code (text):

private LilypadPinger lilypadpinger;
lilypadpinger = new LilypadPinger(this);
getBukkitConnect().registerEvents(lilypadpinger);
 

LilypadPinger.java

Code (text):

    @EventListener
    public void onMessage(MessageEvent me) {
        if (!me.getChannel().equals("HideNSeek")) {
            return;
        }
        try {
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(me.getMessage()));
            short len = in.readShort();
            byte[] msgbytes = new byte[len];
            in.readFully(msgbytes);
           DataInputStream msgin = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(msgbytes));
            String server = msgin.readUTF(); // server name
            String serverNice = msgin.readUTF(); // server nice name
            int maxPlayers = msgin.readInt(); // max players
            int curPlayers = msgin.readInt(); // online players
            boolean status = msgin.readBoolean(); // Game true  / false
            GameState mode = GameState.valueOf(msgin.readUTF()); // DISABLED, LOADING, INACTIVE, WAITING, STARTING, INGAME, FINISHING, RESETING, ERROR
            String arena = msgin.readUTF(); // Arena Name
            int time = msgin.readInt(); // Time Left
            int seekers = msgin.readInt(); // seekers
            int hiders = msgin.readInt(); // hiders
            int spectators = msgin.readInt(); // spectators              

            LilypadServer bs = servers.get(server);
            bs.niceName = serverNice;
            bs.maxPlayers = maxPlayers;
            bs.playersOnline = curPlayers;
            bs.gameStatus = status;
            bs.gameState = mode;
            bs.arena = arena;
            bs.timeLeft = time;
            bs.seekers = seekers;
            bs.hiders = hiders;
            bs.spectators = spectators;
         
            System.out.print(bs.niceName + " | " + bs.maxPlayers + " | " +  bs.playersOnline + " | " +  bs.gameStatus + " | " +  bs.gameState + " | " +  bs.arena + " | " +  bs.timeLeft + " | " +  bs.seekers + " | " +  bs.hiders + " | " +  bs.spectators);
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }      
    }
}
 

Nvm.. solved it. Maybe i haven't slept enough...
>> if (plugin.getServer().getOnlinePlayers().length > 0)

Sorry