# LivingEntityUseItemEvent

LivingEntityUseItemEvent is fired when an event involving using an item occures..

 This event is fired for all types of item use phases, it is generally advised to use the specific events to target a specific phase instead of this event.

The event is not cancelable.

The event does not have a result.

## Importing the class

It might be required for you to import the package if you encounter any issues (like casting an Array), so better be safe than sorry and add the import at the very top of the file.
```zenscript
import crafttweaker.api.event.entity.living.use.LivingEntityUseItemEvent;
```


## Extending LivingEvent

LivingEntityUseItemEvent extends [LivingEvent](/forge/api/event/entity/LivingEvent). That means all methods available in [LivingEvent](/forge/api/event/entity/LivingEvent) are also available in LivingEntityUseItemEvent

## Methods

:::group{name=getDuration}

Return Type: int

```zenscript
// LivingEntityUseItemEvent.getDuration() as int

myLivingEntityUseItemEvent.getDuration();
```

:::

:::group{name=getItem}

Return Type: [IItemStack](/vanilla/api/item/IItemStack)

```zenscript
// LivingEntityUseItemEvent.getItem() as IItemStack

myLivingEntityUseItemEvent.getItem();
```

:::

:::group{name=setDuration}

```zenscript
LivingEntityUseItemEvent.setDuration(duration as int)
```

| Parameter | Type |
| --------- | ---- |
| duration  | int  |


:::


## Properties

| Name     | Type                                       | Has Getter | Has Setter |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| duration | int                                        | true       | true       |
| item     | [IItemStack](/vanilla/api/item/IItemStack) | true       | false      |



Name	Type	Has Getter	Has Setter
Name duration	Type int	Has Getter true	Has Setter true
Name item	Type IItemStack	Has Getter true	Has Setter false