public LivingEntity getTargetedEntity(Player player, int range, boolean targetPlayers, boolean targetNonPlayers) {
                // get nearby living entities, filtered by player targeting options
                List<Entity> ne = player.getNearbyEntities(range, range, range);
                ArrayList<LivingEntity> entities = new ArrayList<LivingEntity>();
                for (Entity e : ne) {
                        if (e instanceof LivingEntity) {
                                if ((targetPlayers || !(e instanceof Player)) && (targetNonPlayers || e instanceof Player)) {
                                        entities.add((LivingEntity)e);
                                }
                        }
                }

                // find target
                LivingEntity target = null;
                BlockIterator bi = new BlockIterator(player, range);
                Block b;
                Location l;
                int bx, by, bz;
                double ex, ey, ez;
                // loop through player's line of sight
                while (bi.hasNext()) {
                        b = bi.next();
                        bx = b.getX();
                        by = b.getY();
                        bz = b.getZ();
                                // check for entities near this block in the line of sight
                                for (LivingEntity e : entities) {
                                        l = e.getLocation();
                                        ex = l.getX();
                                        ey = l.getY();
                                        ez = l.getZ();
                                        if ((bx-.75 <= ex && ex <= bx+1.75) && (bz-.75 <= ez && ez <= bz+1.75) && (by-1 <= ey && ey <= by+2.5)) {
                                                // entity is close enough, set target and stop
                                                target = e;
                                                break;
                                        }
                                }
                        }


                return target;
        }