Dqmino / EntitySerializer

Serializes Entities, Basically converting them to namespacedkeys that can be used later, not exactly serializing with its common definition.

EntitySerializer

Serializes Entities, Basically converting them to namespacedkeys that can be used later, not exactly serializing with its common definition.

Note:

• This will only work for 1.17.1+
• Only use classes EntitySerializer, and classes inside api package.

Easily turn an entity into a namespacedkey of the name of your choice, then turn it back into an entity.

Credits to: gizmonster for giving me the idea of using StructuresAPI Introduced in 1.17.1

Installation

For MAVEN: Add this to your repositories

<repository>
    <id>jitpack.io</id>
    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>

Then add this to your dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.Dqmino</groupId>
   <artifactId>EntitySerializer</artifactId>
   <version>v1.1</version>
</dependency>

For GRADLE:

Use this:

  allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}

And the dependency:

	dependencies {
	        implementation 'com.github.Dqmino:EntitySerializer:v1.1'
	}

Usage

First, you have to create an object of EntitySerializer in your onEnable:

EntitySerializer entitySerializer = EntitySerializer.create(this);

Then make a variable, referencing the class EntityHandler:

private static EntityHandler handler;

then on your onEnable again:

handler = entitySerializer.getEntityHandler();

Then make a static getter:

public static EntityHandler getHandler() {
        return handler;
}

Then later in whatever class, you can use

NamespacedKey namespacedkey = new NamespacedKey(pluginInstance, "your-key-here");
YourMainClass.getHandler().serialize(entity, namespackedkey);
EntityHolder entityDeserialized = YourMainClass.getHandler().deserialize(namespacedkey);

Note that you should have a unique namespacedkey for each unique entity serialization.

You can invoke spawnAndGet() (which will return the entity and spawn it) on the EntityHolder later, or spawn. and after that, you need to teleport it to your desired location, since the location you give to the spawn/spawnAndGet() methods is only used as a reference for internals.

And to Destroy a serialization (Remove its access, and its place in server storage) Use:

YourMainClass.getHandler().destroy(namespacedkey)