Some recent changes and additions to Sponge

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As API version 7 is getting closer and closer to a release, many pull requests have started to be merged and various changes are being made. There are a few more changes set to be merged before the release, but not many of those should be breaking changes. I just thought I would collect some of the recent changes of the past two weeks plugin developers and server owners may be interested in or may need to make changes for. If you scroll further down I list some pull requests that could use reviews and feedback if you have the knowledge and the time.

API Changes/Additions

Changes which are breaking that may require you update your code will be in bold.

• A convenience method was added to Chest to get all connected chests.

• SetAttackTargetEvent was renamed SetAITargetEvent

• A few missing sound types relating to the toast UI were added.

• The ChangeInventoryEvent.Pickup event was split so now there is ChangeInventoryEvent.Pickup.Pre to allow for increased functionality.

• A variety of missing ItemTypes were added.

• A lot of the enchantment API was rewritten for cleanup and to move to the implementation.

• A new type of InvulnerabilityData was added which allows you to make an entity invulnerable to most sources besides players in creative, manual killing like the kill command, and the void.

• An API for the cooldown tracker was added which allows you to expand the cooldown functionality used for ender pearls and chorus fruit to other items with fine tune control.

• Added missing instrument types and a property to check what kind of instrument type a block would portray.

• Added a plethora of new generic arguments you can use for your commands.

Important Implement Fixes/Changes/Additions

• The proper world config is now used in all places it should be.

• /sponge:help and vanilla commands that do not require OP now have permissions.

• Some creature spawn issues were fixed for custom chunk generators.

• Spawn chunks not unloading has been fixed up.

• A client crash due to fireworks has been fixed.

• Added permissions to bypass the whitelist and player limit.

• Fixed RCON not working properly. Does anyone even use RCON?

• Fixed explosions not notifying neighboring blocks properly.

• Fixed players being sent back through a nether portal they just used.

• Fixed not properly supporting multiple protection enchantments.

• Added config options to control vanilla movement checks.

• Fixed Sponge not respecting wrapped chunk generator structure lookups for generation.

• Only fire SetAITargetEvent when it is actually needed to help performance.

• Only fire various inventory transfer events when necessary for performance reasons.

• Implemented various APIs mentioned above.

• Some cleanup to entity registry registrations/defaults.

• Some cleanup relating to tracking phases and phase states.

• Some other general cleanup, fixes, and changes.

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There are many more changes expected in the next few weeks, so be on the look out. Remember if you find an issue please report it to the proper repositories, and if you would like to see some APIs added point them out. If you want to help get various changes in that are already pull requested, please review these pull requests, or else it is hard to know what developers and users actually want and some mistakes may get through if people aren’t reviewing the changes.

Some pull requests that could use feedback and reviews now are:

Changing entity spawning return types to make them useful

API: Change entity spawning return types, breaking change - Fixes #1701 by parlough · Pull Request #1705 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1622

Adding fastutil as an API dependency

API: Add fastutil as an API dependency - Closes #1590 by parlough · Pull Request #1708 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Rewriting Color class and moving it to the implementation

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1699

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1625

A proposal for ChangeDataHolderEvent.ValueChange

API: [WIP] Refactor and implement ChangeDataHolderEvent.ValueChange by Aaron1011 · Pull Request #1695 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Implementation: [WIP] Refactor and implement ChangeDataHolderEvent.ValueChange by Aaron1011 · Pull Request #1866 · SpongePowered/SpongeForge · GitHub

SizeData changes and implementation

API: Make some changes for size data by parlough · Pull Request #1636 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1492

TagData for scoreboard tags

API: Adds data API for scoreboard tags - Closes #1355 by parlough · Pull Request #1633 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1490

Some explosion fixes and changes

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1368

Adding location based AI tasks

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1470

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1159

Implementing CreatePortalEvent

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1608

Add exhaustion control to damage source

API: Add exhaustion to damage source and add some javadocs by parlough · Pull Request #1674 · SpongePowered/SpongeAPI · GitHub

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1573

Implement pickup events for other entities than players

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1615

Refactoring inventory, fixing issues, increasing understanding, and cleaning up various code

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1585

** Refactoring BlockChangeFlags*

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1712

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1635

Some pull requests are aimed towards API 8 and/or Minecraft 1.13, and as a result are highly volatile, but could still use some feedback.

A broad pull request, making various changes to support 1.13

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1704

Adding an API for data packs

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1706

A new high-level command API, which plans to support Brigadier well

API: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeAPI/pull/1587

Implementation: https://github.com/SpongePowered/SpongeCommon/pull/1400

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