Item state as a Timer

[DivineJimmi]

Hi, i have an item and want its state to define a timer

Number myTimerItem "Timer"

It stores its value like “11.0”

val Timer timer = null
// rule stuff
then
    timer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(myTimerItem.state)
end

I tested different methods but i did not figure it out.
i tried:
myTimerItem.state.toString
myTimerItem.state as Number
myTimerItem.state as Integer
myTimerItem.state.toString.split(‘.’).get(0)
myTimerItem.state.split(‘.’).get(0)

Nothing works. What am i doing wrong? The timer works correctly, if i just put in a random digit

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@DivineJimmi

timer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(myTimerItem.state)

try myTimerItem.state.intValue. The “plusSeconds” need a integer and state is a String AFAIR.

[DivineJimmi]

@binderth

myTimerItem.state.intValue

Does not work.

Script execution of rule with UID 'ZigBee-3' failed: 'intValue' is not a member of 'org.openhab.core.types.State'

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@DivineJimmi

Does not work.

was untested!
try this, this must work,…

    var duration = (myTimeItem.state as Number).intValue
    timer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(duration)

[DivineJimmi]

Script execution of rule with UID 'ZigBee-3' failed: An error occurred during the script execution: Could not invoke method: java.time.ZonedDateTime.plusSeconds(long) on instance: 2022-11-08T20:58:34.150644+01:00[Europe/Berlin] in ZigBee

ZigBee is my .rules file.

When saving the rules file, the console is prompting following:

Validation issues found in configuration model 'ZigBee.rules', using it anyway: Cannot reference the field 'myTimerItem' before it is defined

[DivineJimmi]

I found an answer:

[SOLVED] How to use number item in createTimer(now.plusSeconds(number item))

Any luck with: createTimer(now.plusSeconds(randmetimesettings.state as int)) or, for completeness: var Timer doorTimer = null // [...] val timing = randmetimesettings.state as int doorTimer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(timing)) [| // do something ]

timer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(myTimerItem.state as DecimalType).intValue)

does the trick.