From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mariell Hoversholm <proximyst@proximyst.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 21:21:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add unsafe Entity serialization API

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java
index b47e31d2b9b41b39b46892fe10bf36d82c5d8e1b..7fa5242bd44c9b19648d79fa8fecbb7ee125288e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java
@@ -751,5 +751,24 @@ public interface Entity extends Metadatable, CommandSender, Nameable, Persistent
      * @return True if ridable in water
      */
     boolean isRidableInWater();
+
+    /**
+     * Spawn this entity in the world at the given {@link Location} with the default spawn reason.
+     *
+     * @param location The location at which to spawn the entity.
+     * @return Whether the entity was successfully spawned.
+     */
+    default boolean spawnAt(@NotNull Location location) {
+        return spawnAt(location, org.bukkit.event.entity.CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.DEFAULT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Spawn this entity in the world at the given {@link Location} with the reason given.
+     *
+     * @param location The location at which to spawn the entity.
+     * @param spawnReason The reason for which the entity was spawned.
+     * @return Whether the entity was successfully spawned.
+     */
+    boolean spawnAt(@NotNull Location location, @NotNull org.bukkit.event.entity.CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason spawnReason);
     // Purpur end
 }