EntityLib

EntityLib is a PacketEvents addon that provides an abstraction over raw entity data and packets to make it easier to work with entities as a whole. Currently, EntityLib is only stable for 1.18+, but it will support all versions that PacketEvents supports in the future.
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Currently supported platforms are spigot and velocity You can easily use EntityLib platformless by using the api or common module

Gradle (Groovy DSL):

//https://jitpack.io/#Tofaa2/EntityLib/
repositories {
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.Tofaa2.EntityLib:<platform>:<latest-release-version'
}

Gradle (Kotlin DSL):

repositories {
    maven(url = "https://jitpack.io")
}

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.Tofaa2.EntityLib:<platform>:<latest-release-version>")
}

Maven:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.Tofaa2.EntityLib</groupId>
        <artifactId>(platform)</artifactId>
        <version>(latest-release-version)</version>
    </dependency>

NOTE:

EntityLib does not provide packet-events as a dependency, you must have it in your classpath already. EntityLib will also stay at the latest packet-events version at all times

Features

• Full EntityMeta support
• Creation of WrapperEntities
• Keeping track of entities.

Usage

For more realistic examples, please take a look at the test-plugin module. It has an example Bukkit plugin that uses EntityLib. Examples below show usage of the spigot module of entity lib, but the usage is the same for all platforms.

Using the EntityMeta api

class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PacketEventsAPI api = ;// create PacketEventsAPI instance
        SpigotEntityLibPlatform platform = new SpigotEntityLibPlatform(this);
        APIConfig settings = new APIConfig(PacketEvents.getAPI())
                .debugMode()
                .tickTickables()
                .trackPlatformEntities()
                .usePlatformLogger();

        EntityLib.init(platform, settings);

        // Making a random entity using packet events raw, i strongly recommend using the EntityLib#createEntity method instead
        int entityID = 1;
        WrapperPlayServerSpawnEntity packet = new WrapperPlayServerSpawnEntity(constructor args);
        EntityMeta meta = EntityMeta.createMeta(entityId, EntityType);
        // You can cast the meta to the correct type depending on the entity type
        PigMeta pigMeta = (PigMeta) meta;

        // Once you're done modifying the meta accordingly, you can convert it to a packet, and send it to whoever you want for them  to see the changes.
        WrapperPlayServerEntityMetadata metaPacket = meta.createPacket();
        User.sendPacket(metaPacket);
    }

}

Creating a WrapperEntity

import com.github.retrooper.packetevents.protocol.world.Location;

class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        PacketEventsAPI api = ;// create PacketEventsAPI instance
        SpigotEntityLibPlatform platform = new SpigotEntityLibPlatform(this);
        APIConfig settings = new APIConfig(PacketEvents.getAPI())
                .debugMode()
                .tickTickables()
                .trackPlatformEntities()
                .usePlatformLogger();

        EntityLib.init(platform, settings);

        WrapperEntity entity = EntityLib..getApi().createEntity(UUID, EntityType); // optional uuid and entity id 
        // You can keep track of the entity yourself or store its entityId or uuid and fetch it using EntityLib.getApi().getEntity(UUID or entityId)

        // Entities also have access to the EntityMeta api, the EntityMeta api can be used seperately from wrapper entities but also can be used together
        EntityMeta meta = entity.getEntityMeta();
        // Depending on the entity type, you can safely cast the meta to the correct type
        PigMeta meta1 = (PigMeta) meta; // If the entity type is EntityTypes.PIG

        // adding a viewer to the entity can be done before or after spawn, doesnt matter
        entity.addViewer(User); // UUID also applicable
        entity.removeViewer(User); // UUID also applicable

        entity.spawn(Location); // Spawns the entity at the given location
        entity.remove(); // Removes the entity from the world
        entity.rotateHead(float yaw, float pitch); // Rotates the head of the entity
        entity.teleport(Location); // Teleports the entity to the given location.
        
        // If the entityId provider for WrapperEntities is not working for you or needs changing, you can get it from EntityLib#getEntityIdProvider()
        // You can also set it to a custom provider if needed by calling EntityLib#setEntityIdProvider(EntityIdProvider)
        int randomEntityId = EntityLib.getPlatform().getEntityIdProvider().provide();
    }

}

TODO:

Once this list is complete, i will release a stable version of the library.

• Implement checks for each EntityMeta to make sure the version specific data is correct.
• Verify all the EntityMeta packets are working correctly.
• WrapperEntities must seamlessly send packet updates to viewers, currently they are not.
• Add support for more actions using WrapperEntities.
• More javadocs.
• Make ObjectData actually useful.
• Multi-version support, currently only 1.18+ is stable.
• Make class names match the protocol specified names.

Credits

• PacketEvents for providing the API and retrooper being a cool guy in general
• Minestom certain mappings were taken from Minestom cause i have not slept in 4 days and it was faster