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/UnsafeValues.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
index 97b9ade0e771eae663fb42f91e15545034d58fc9..0c9d3c8a28a791fe26bb1c014b568e955eca0e8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
@@ -135,4 +135,28 @@ public interface UnsafeValues {
     public int nextEntityId();
 
     // Paper end
+
+    // Purpur start
+
+    /**
+     * Serialize entity to byte array
+     *
+     * @param entity entity to serialize
+     * @return serialized entity
+     */
+    byte[] serializeEntity(org.bukkit.entity.Entity entity);
+
+    /**
+     * Deserialize an entity from byte array
+     * <p>
+     * The entity is not automatically spawned in the world. You will have to spawn
+     * the entity yourself with {@link org.bukkit.entity.Entity#spawnAt(Location)} or
+     * {@link org.bukkit.entity.Entity#spawnAt(Location, org.bukkit.event.entity.CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason)}
+     *
+     * @param data serialized entity
+     * @param world world entity belongs in
+     * @return deserialized entity
+     */
+    org.bukkit.entity.Entity deserializeEntity(byte[] data, org.bukkit.World world);
+    // Purpur end
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Entity.java
index c51d545e137eec2017c9f2ff944db70f2fdffdfc..1e25f387e053b648477a3e9dace1a6c95e7f8cba 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
 }