build: Release 6.9.4

* replace usages of snow tag

* powder snow is 1.17+

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ body:
       description: Which server version version you using? If your server version is not listed, it is not supported. Update to a supported version first.
       multiple: false
       options:
+        - '1.19.2'
+        - '1.19.1'
         - '1.19'
         - '1.18.2'
         - '1.18.1'
-        - '1.18'
         - '1.17.1'
         - '1.16.5'
     validations:

Bukkit/build.gradle.kts

@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@ tasks {
         opt.links("https://jd.adventure.kyori.net/api/4.9.3/")
         opt.links("https://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/" + libs.guice.get().versionConstraint.toString() + "/javadoc/")
         opt.links("https://checkerframework.org/api/")
+        opt.encoding("UTF-8")
     }
 }

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitPlatform.java

@@ -656,20 +656,15 @@ public final class BukkitPlatform extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, PlotPl
             final @NonNull SQLiteUUIDService sqLiteUUIDService,
             final @NonNull CacheUUIDService cacheUUIDService
     ) {
-        // Load all uuids into a big chunky boi queue
-        final Queue<UUID> uuidQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
+        // Record all unique UUID's and put them into a queue
+        final Set<UUID> uuidSet = new HashSet<>();
         PlotSquared.get().forEachPlotRaw(plot -> {
-            final Set<UUID> uuids = new HashSet<>();
-            uuids.add(plot.getOwnerAbs());
-            uuids.addAll(plot.getMembers());
-            uuids.addAll(plot.getTrusted());
-            uuids.addAll(plot.getDenied());
-            for (final UUID uuid : uuids) {
-                if (!uuidQueue.contains(uuid)) {
-                    uuidQueue.add(uuid);
-                }
-            }
+            uuidSet.add(plot.getOwnerAbs());
+            uuidSet.addAll(plot.getMembers());
+            uuidSet.addAll(plot.getTrusted());
+            uuidSet.addAll(plot.getDenied());
         });
+        final Queue<UUID> uuidQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(uuidSet);
 
         LOGGER.info("(UUID) {} UUIDs will be cached", uuidQueue.size());
 
@@ -732,6 +727,11 @@ public final class BukkitPlatform extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, PlotPl
         this.getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void shutdownServer() {
+        getServer().shutdown();
+    }
+
     private void registerCommands() {
         final BukkitCommand bukkitCommand = new BukkitCommand();
         final PluginCommand plotCommand = getCommand("plots");

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/BlockEventListener.java

@@ -121,6 +121,23 @@ public class BlockEventListener implements Listener {
             Material.TURTLE_EGG,
             Material.TURTLE_SPAWN_EGG
     );
+    private static final Set<Material> SNOW;  // needed as Tag.SNOW isn't present in 1.16.5
+
+    static {
+        if (PlotSquared.platform().serverVersion()[1] < 17) {
+            SNOW = Set.of(
+                    Material.SNOW,
+                    Material.SNOW_BLOCK
+            );
+        } else {
+            SNOW = Set.of(
+                    Material.SNOW,
+                    Material.SNOW_BLOCK,
+                    Material.POWDER_SNOW // only since 1.17
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     private final PlotAreaManager plotAreaManager;
     private final WorldEdit worldEdit;
 
@@ -529,7 +546,7 @@ public class BlockEventListener implements Listener {
             event.setCancelled(true);
             return;
         }
-        if (Tag.SNOW.isTagged(event.getNewState().getType())) {
+        if (SNOW.contains(event.getNewState().getType())) {
             if (!plot.getFlag(SnowFormFlag.class)) {
                 plot.debug("Snow could not form because snow-form = false");
                 event.setCancelled(true);
@@ -561,7 +578,7 @@ public class BlockEventListener implements Listener {
             return;
         }
         Class<? extends BooleanFlag<?>> flag;
-        if (Tag.SNOW.isTagged(event.getNewState().getType())) {
+        if (SNOW.contains(event.getNewState().getType())) {
             flag = SnowFormFlag.class;
         } else if (Tag.ICE.isTagged(event.getNewState().getType())) {
             flag = IceFormFlag.class;
@@ -678,7 +695,7 @@ public class BlockEventListener implements Listener {
             }
             return;
         }
-        if (Tag.SNOW.isTagged(blockType)) {
+        if (SNOW.contains(blockType)) {
             if (!plot.getFlag(SnowMeltFlag.class)) {
                 plot.debug("Snow could not melt because snow-melt = false");
                 event.setCancelled(true);
@@ -692,7 +709,7 @@ public class BlockEventListener implements Listener {
             }
             return;
         }
-        if (Tag.CORAL_BLOCKS.isTagged(blockType) || Tag.CORALS.isTagged(blockType)) {
+        if (Tag.CORAL_BLOCKS.isTagged(blockType) || Tag.CORALS.isTagged(blockType) || Tag.WALL_CORALS.isTagged(blockType)) {
             if (!plot.getFlag(CoralDryFlag.class)) {
                 plot.debug("Coral could not dry because coral-dry = false");
                 event.setCancelled(true);

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/EntitySpawnListener.java

@@ -126,16 +126,16 @@ public class EntitySpawnListener implements Listener {
         Plot plot = location.getOwnedPlotAbs();
         EntityType type = entity.getType();
         if (plot == null) {
+            if (type == EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM) {
+                if (Settings.Enabled_Components.KILL_ROAD_ITEMS) {
+                    event.setCancelled(true);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
             if (!area.isMobSpawning()) {
                 if (type == EntityType.PLAYER) {
                     return;
                 }
-                if (type == EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM) {
-                    if (Settings.Enabled_Components.KILL_ROAD_ITEMS) {
-                        event.setCancelled(true);
-                    }
-                    return;
-                }
                 if (type.isAlive()) {
                     event.setCancelled(true);
                 }

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/PaperListener.java

@@ -229,17 +229,17 @@ public class PaperListener implements Listener {
         Plot plot = location.getOwnedPlotAbs();
         if (plot == null) {
             EntityType type = event.getType();
+            // PreCreatureSpawnEvent **should** not be called for DROPPED_ITEM, just for the sake of consistency
+            if (type == EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM) {
+                if (Settings.Enabled_Components.KILL_ROAD_ITEMS) {
+                    event.setCancelled(true);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
             if (!area.isMobSpawning()) {
                 if (type == EntityType.PLAYER) {
                     return;
                 }
-                if (type == EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM) {
-                    if (Settings.Enabled_Components.KILL_ROAD_ITEMS) {
-                        event.setShouldAbortSpawn(true);
-                        event.setCancelled(true);
-                    }
-                    return;
-                }
                 if (type.isAlive()) {
                     event.setShouldAbortSpawn(true);
                     event.setCancelled(true);

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/ProjectileEventListener.java

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ProjectileEventListener implements Listener {
         }
     }
 
-    @EventHandler
+    @EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onProjectileLaunch(ProjectileLaunchEvent event) {
         Projectile entity = event.getEntity();
         ProjectileSource shooter = entity.getShooter();

Core/build.gradle.kts

@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ tasks {
         opt.links("https://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/" + libs.guice.get().versionConstraint.toString() + "/javadoc/")
         opt.links("https://checkerframework.org/api/")
         opt.links("https://javadoc.io/doc/com.intellectualsites.informative-annotations/informative-annotations/latest/")
+        opt.encoding("UTF-8")
     }
 }

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotPlatform.java

@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ public interface PlotPlatform<P> extends LocaleHolder {
      */
     void shutdown();
 
+    /**
+     * Completely shuts down the server.
+     */
+    void shutdownServer();
+
     /**
      * Get the name of the plugin
      *

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java

@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ public class PlotSquared {
             this.loadCaptionMap();
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             LOGGER.error("Failed to load caption map", e);
+            LOGGER.error("Shutting down server to prevent further issues");
+            this.platform.shutdownServer();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Abort loading PlotSquared");
         }
 
         // Setup the global flag container
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ public class PlotSquared {
             captionMap = this.captionLoader.loadAll(this.platform.getDirectory().toPath().resolve("lang"));
         } else {
             String fileName = "messages_" + Settings.Enabled_Components.DEFAULT_LOCALE + ".json";
-            captionMap = this.captionLoader.loadSingle(this.platform.getDirectory().toPath().resolve("lang").resolve(fileName));
+            captionMap = this.captionLoader.loadOrCreateSingle(this.platform.getDirectory().toPath().resolve("lang").resolve(fileName));
         }
         this.captionMaps.put(TranslatableCaption.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, captionMap);
         LOGGER.info(

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Grant.java

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import com.plotsquared.core.util.TabCompletions;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.task.RunnableVal;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.task.RunnableVal2;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.task.RunnableVal3;
-import com.plotsquared.core.uuid.UUIDMapping;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.Template;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class Grant extends Command {
                                 Template.of("value", String.valueOf(uuids))
                         );
                     } else {
-                        final UUIDMapping uuid = uuids.toArray(new UUIDMapping[0])[0];
-                        PlotPlayer<?> pp = PlotSquared.platform().playerManager().getPlayerIfExists(uuid.getUuid());
+                        final UUID uuid = uuids.iterator().next();
+                        PlotPlayer<?> pp = PlotSquared.platform().playerManager().getPlayerIfExists(uuid);
                         if (pp != null) {
                             try (final MetaDataAccess<Integer> access = pp.accessPersistentMetaData(
                                     PlayerMetaDataKeys.PERSISTENT_GRANTED_PLOTS)) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class Grant extends Command {
                                 }
                             }
                         } else {
-                            DBFunc.getPersistentMeta(uuid.getUuid(), new RunnableVal<>() {
+                            DBFunc.getPersistentMeta(uuid, new RunnableVal<>() {
                                 @Override
                                 public void run(Map<String, byte[]> value) {
                                     final byte[] array = value.get("grantedPlots");
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class Grant extends Command {
                                         boolean replace = array != null;
                                         String key = "grantedPlots";
                                         byte[] rawData = Ints.toByteArray(amount);
-                                        DBFunc.addPersistentMeta(uuid.getUuid(), key, rawData, replace);
+                                        DBFunc.addPersistentMeta(uuid, key, rawData, replace);
                                         player.sendMessage(
                                                 TranslatableCaption.of("grants.added"),
                                                 Template.of("grants", String.valueOf(amount))

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/command/Remove.java

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ public class Remove extends SubCommand {
             }
             if (count == 0) {
                 player.sendMessage(
-                        TranslatableCaption.of("errors.invalid_player"),
-                        Template.of("value", args[0])
+                        TranslatableCaption.of("member.player_not_removed"),
+                        Template.of("player", args[0])
                 );
             } else {
                 player.sendMessage(

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/caption/load/CaptionLoader.java

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public final class CaptionLoader {
     public @NonNull CaptionMap loadAll(final @NonNull Path directory) throws IOException {
         final Map<Locale, CaptionMap> localeMaps = new HashMap<>();
         try (final Stream<Path> files = Files.list(directory)) {
-            final List<Path> captionFiles = files.filter(Files::isRegularFile).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            final List<Path> captionFiles = files.filter(Files::isRegularFile).toList();
             for (Path file : captionFiles) {
                 try {
                     final CaptionMap localeMap = loadSingle(file);
@@ -190,13 +190,14 @@ public final class CaptionLoader {
 
     /**
      * Load a message file into a new CaptionMap. The file name must match
-     * the pattern {@code messages_<locale>.json} where {@code <locale>}
-     * is a valid {@link Locale} string.
+     * the pattern expected by the {@link #localeExtractor}.
+     * Note that this method does not attempt to create a new file.
      *
      * @param file The file to load
      * @return A new CaptionMap containing the loaded messages
      * @throws IOException              if the file couldn't be accessed or read successfully.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file name doesn't match the specified format.
+     * @see #loadOrCreateSingle(Path)
      */
     public @NonNull CaptionMap loadSingle(final @NonNull Path file) throws IOException {
         final Locale locale = this.localeExtractor.apply(file);
@@ -205,15 +206,43 @@ public final class CaptionLoader {
             if (patch(map, locale)) {
                 save(file, map); // update the file using the modified map
             }
-            return new LocalizedCaptionMap(locale, map.entrySet().stream()
-                    .collect(Collectors.toMap(
-                                    entry -> TranslatableCaption.of(this.namespace, entry.getKey()),
-                                    Map.Entry::getValue
-                            )
-                    ));
+            return new LocalizedCaptionMap(locale, mapToCaptions(map));
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Load a message file into a new CaptionMap. The file name must match
+     * the pattern expected by the {@link #localeExtractor}.
+     * If no file exists at the given path, this method will
+     * attempt to create one and fill it with default values.
+     *
+     * @param file The file to load
+     * @return A new CaptionMap containing the loaded messages
+     * @throws IOException              if the file couldn't be accessed or read successfully.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file name doesn't match the specified format.
+     * @see #loadSingle(Path)
+     * @since 6.9.3
+     */
+    public @NonNull CaptionMap loadOrCreateSingle(final @NonNull Path file) throws IOException {
+        final Locale locale = this.localeExtractor.apply(file);
+        if (!Files.exists(file) ) {
+            Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+            patch(map, locale);
+            save(file, map);
+            return new LocalizedCaptionMap(locale, mapToCaptions(map));
+        } else {
+            return loadSingle(file);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private @NonNull Map<TranslatableCaption, String> mapToCaptions(Map<String, String> map) {
+        return map.entrySet().stream().collect(
+                Collectors.toMap(
+                        entry -> TranslatableCaption.of(this.namespace, entry.getKey()),
+                        Map.Entry::getValue
+                ));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add missing entries to the given map.
      * Entries are missing if the key exists in {@link #defaultLocale} but isn't present

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/generator/HybridPlotWorld.java

@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
     public short PATH_WIDTH_UPPER;
     public HashMap<Integer, BaseBlock[]> G_SCH;
     public HashMap<Integer, BiomeType> G_SCH_B;
-    /**
-     * The Y level at which schematic generation will start, lowest of either road or plot schematic generation.
-     */
     public int SCHEM_Y;
     private Location SIGN_LOCATION;
     private File root = null;
@@ -270,57 +267,33 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
         int oddshift = (this.ROAD_WIDTH & 1);
 
         SCHEM_Y = schematicStartHeight();
-
-        // plotY and roadY are important to allow plot and/or road schematic "overflow" into each other without causing AIOOB
-        //  exceptions when attempting either to set blocks to, or get block from G_SCH
-        // Default plot schematic start height, normalized to the minimum height schematics are pasted from.
         int plotY = PLOT_HEIGHT - SCHEM_Y;
         int minRoadWall = Settings.Schematics.USE_WALL_IN_ROAD_SCHEM_HEIGHT ? Math.min(ROAD_HEIGHT, WALL_HEIGHT) : ROAD_HEIGHT;
-        // Default road schematic start height, normalized to the minimum height schematics are pasted from.
         int roadY = minRoadWall - SCHEM_Y;
 
-        int worldGenHeight = getMaxGenHeight() - getMinGenHeight() + 1;
-
-        int maxSchematicHeight = 0;
+        int worldHeight = getMaxGenHeight() - getMinGenHeight() + 1;
 
         // SCHEM_Y should be normalised to the plot "start" height
         if (schematic3 != null) {
-            if ((maxSchematicHeight = schematic3.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY()) == worldGenHeight) {
-                SCHEM_Y = getMinGenHeight();
-                plotY = 0;
+            if (schematic3.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY() == worldHeight) {
+                SCHEM_Y = plotY = 0;
             } else if (!Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ON_TOP) {
-                SCHEM_Y = getMinBuildHeight();
-                plotY = 0;
+                SCHEM_Y = plotY = getMinBuildHeight() - getMinGenHeight();
             }
         }
 
         if (schematic1 != null) {
-            if ((maxSchematicHeight = Math.max(
-                    schematic1.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY(),
-                    maxSchematicHeight
-            )) == worldGenHeight) {
-                SCHEM_Y = getMinGenHeight();
-                roadY = 0; // Road is the lowest schematic
-                if (schematic3 != null && schematic3.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY() != worldGenHeight) {
-                    // Road is the lowest schematic. Normalize plotY to it.
-                    if (Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ON_TOP) {
-                        plotY = PLOT_HEIGHT - getMinGenHeight();
-                    } else {
-                        plotY = getMinBuildHeight() - getMinGenHeight();
-                    }
+            if (schematic1.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY() == worldHeight) {
+                SCHEM_Y = roadY = getMinGenHeight();
+                if (schematic3 != null && schematic3.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY() != worldHeight
+                        && !Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ON_TOP) {
+                    plotY = PLOT_HEIGHT;
                 }
             } else if (!Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ROAD_ON_TOP) {
-                if (SCHEM_Y == getMinGenHeight()) { // Only possible if plot schematic is enabled
-                    // Plot is still the lowest schematic, normalize roadY to it
-                    roadY = getMinBuildHeight() - getMinGenHeight();
-                } else if (schematic3 != null) {
-                    SCHEM_Y = getMinBuildHeight();
-                    roadY = 0;// Road is the lowest schematic
-                    if (Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ON_TOP) {
-                        // Road is the lowest schematic. Normalize plotY to it.
-                        plotY = PLOT_HEIGHT - getMinBuildHeight();
-                    }
-                    // If plot schematic is not paste-on-top, it will be from min build height thus plotY = 0 as well already.
+                SCHEM_Y = roadY = getMinBuildHeight();
+                if (schematic3 != null && schematic3.getClipboard().getDimensions().getY() != worldHeight
+                        && !Settings.Schematics.PASTE_ON_TOP) {
+                    plotY = PLOT_HEIGHT;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -358,15 +331,17 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
                                 y + min.getBlockY(),
                                 z + min.getBlockZ()
                         ));
-                        schem3PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
-                        addOverlayBlock(
-                                (short) (x + shift + oddshift + centerShiftX),
-                                (short) (y + plotY),
-                                (short) (z + shift + oddshift + centerShiftZ),
-                                id,
-                                false,
-                                maxSchematicHeight
-                        );
+                        if (!id.getBlockType().getMaterial().isAir()) {
+                            schem3PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
+                            addOverlayBlock(
+                                    (short) (x + shift + oddshift + centerShiftX),
+                                    (short) (y + plotY),
+                                    (short) (z + shift + oddshift + centerShiftZ),
+                                    id,
+                                    false,
+                                    h3
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
                     if (blockArrayClipboard3.hasBiomes()) {
                         BiomeType biome = blockArrayClipboard3.getBiome(BlockVector2.at(
@@ -416,23 +391,18 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
                             y + min.getBlockY(),
                             z + min.getBlockZ()
                     ));
-                    schem1PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
-                    addOverlayBlock(
-                            (short) (x - shift),
-                            (short) (y + roadY),
-                            (short) (z + shift + oddshift),
-                            id,
-                            false,
-                            maxSchematicHeight
-                    );
-                    addOverlayBlock(
-                            (short) (z + shift + oddshift),
-                            (short) (y + roadY),
-                            (short) (shift - x + (oddshift - 1)),
-                            id,
-                            true,
-                            maxSchematicHeight
-                    );
+                    if (!id.getBlockType().getMaterial().isAir()) {
+                        schem1PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
+                        addOverlayBlock((short) (x - shift), (short) (y + roadY), (short) (z + shift + oddshift), id, false, h1);
+                        addOverlayBlock(
+                                (short) (z + shift + oddshift),
+                                (short) (y + roadY),
+                                (short) (shift - x + (oddshift - 1)),
+                                id,
+                                true,
+                                h1
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
                 if (blockArrayClipboard1.hasBiomes()) {
                     BiomeType biome = blockArrayClipboard1.getBiome(BlockVector2.at(x + min.getBlockX(), z + min.getBlockZ()));
@@ -460,15 +430,10 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
                             y + min.getBlockY(),
                             z + min.getBlockZ()
                     ));
-                    schem2PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
-                    addOverlayBlock(
-                            (short) (x - shift),
-                            (short) (y + roadY),
-                            (short) (z - shift),
-                            id,
-                            false,
-                            maxSchematicHeight
-                    );
+                    if (!id.getBlockType().getMaterial().isAir()) {
+                        schem2PopulationNeeded |= id.hasNbtData();
+                        addOverlayBlock((short) (x - shift), (short) (y + roadY), (short) (z - shift), id, false, h2);
+                    }
                 }
                 if (blockArrayClipboard2.hasBiomes()) {
                     BiomeType biome = blockArrayClipboard2.getBiome(BlockVector2.at(x + min.getBlockX(), z + min.getBlockZ()));
@@ -478,11 +443,6 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated This method should not be available for public API usage and will be made private.
-     */
-    @Deprecated(since = "6.9.1")
-    @NotPublic
     public void addOverlayBlock(short x, short y, short z, BaseBlock id, boolean rotate, int height) {
         if (z < 0) {
             z += this.SIZE;
@@ -500,7 +460,7 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
         int pair = MathMan.pair(x, z);
         BaseBlock[] existing = this.G_SCH.computeIfAbsent(pair, k -> new BaseBlock[height]);
         if (y >= height) {
-            if (y != lastOverlayHeightError) {
+            if (y > lastOverlayHeightError) {
                 lastOverlayHeightError = y;
                 LOGGER.error(String.format("Error adding overlay block. `y > height`. y=%s, height=%s", y, height));
             }
@@ -509,11 +469,6 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
         existing[y] = id;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated This method should not be available for public API usage and will be made private.
-     */
-    @Deprecated(since = "6.9.1")
-    @NotPublic
     public void addOverlayBiome(short x, short z, BiomeType id) {
         if (z < 0) {
             z += this.SIZE;

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/Permissions.java

@@ -30,9 +30,18 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
  * The Permissions class handles checking user permissions.<br>
  * - This will respect * nodes and plots.admin and can be used to check permission ranges (e.g. plots.plot.5)<br>
  * - Checking the PlotPlayer class directly will not take the above into account<br>
+ *
+ * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+ * classes
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
 public class Permissions {
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
+     */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static boolean hasPermission(PlotPlayer<?> player, Permission permission, boolean notify) {
         return hasPermission(player, permission.toString(), notify);
     }
@@ -43,18 +52,25 @@ public class Permissions {
      * @param caller     permission holder
      * @param permission Permission
      * @return {@code true} if the owner has the given permission, else {@code false}
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static boolean hasPermission(final @NonNull PermissionHolder caller, final @NonNull Permission permission) {
         return caller.hasPermission(permission.toString());
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check if the owner of the profile has a given (global) permission
+     * Check if the owner of the profile has a given (global) permission. There is no guarantee that per-world permissions will
+     * be checked because unmaintained crap plugins like PEX exist.
      *
      * @param caller     permission holder
      * @param permission Permission
      * @return {@code true} if the owner has the given permission, else {@code false}
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static boolean hasPermission(final @NonNull PermissionHolder caller, final @NonNull String permission) {
         return caller.hasPermission(permission);
     }
@@ -68,7 +84,10 @@ public class Permissions {
      * @param key        Permission "key"
      * @return {@code true} if the owner has the given permission, else {@code false}
      * @since 6.0.10
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static boolean hasKeyedPermission(
             final @NonNull PermissionHolder caller, final @NonNull String permission,
             final @NonNull String key
@@ -83,7 +102,10 @@ public class Permissions {
      * @param permission permission
      * @param notify     if to notify the permission holder
      * @return if permission is had
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static boolean hasPermission(PlotPlayer<?> player, String permission, boolean notify) {
         if (!hasPermission(player, permission)) {
             if (notify) {
@@ -97,6 +119,11 @@ public class Permissions {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
+     */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static int hasPermissionRange(PlotPlayer<?> player, Permission Permission, int range) {
         return hasPermissionRange(player, Permission.toString(), range);
     }
@@ -110,7 +137,10 @@ public class Permissions {
      * @param stub   The permission stub to check e.g. for `plots.plot.#` the stub is `plots.plot`
      * @param range  The range to check
      * @return The highest permission they have within that range
+     * @deprecated all logic that may once have been in the class lives elsewhere. We also want to do away with statically-accessed
+     * classes
      */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "6.9.3")
     public static int hasPermissionRange(PlotPlayer<?> player, String stub, int range) {
         return player.hasPermissionRange(stub, range);
     }

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/placeholders/PlaceholderRegistry.java

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public final class PlaceholderRegistry {
                     PlayerManager.getPlayerList(plot.getDenied(), player));
         });
         this.createPlaceholder("currentplot_creationdate", (player, plot) -> {
-            if (plot.getTimestamp() == 0) {
+            if (plot.getTimestamp() == 0 || !plot.hasOwner()) {
                 return legacyComponent(TranslatableCaption.of("info.unknown"), player);
             }
             long creationDate = plot.getTimestamp();

Core/src/main/resources/lang/messages_en.json

@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@
   "kick.you_got_kicked": "<prefix><dark_aqua>You got kicked from the plot!</dark_aqua>",
   "trusted.trusted_added": "<prefix><dark_aqua>You successfully trusted a user to the plot.</dark_aqua>",
   "trusted.plot_removed_user": "<prefix><red>Plot <plot> of which you were added to has been deleted due to owner inactivity.</red>",
+  "member.player_not_removed": "<prefix><gray><player></gray><red> is neither added, trusted or denied on the plot, thus doesn't need to be removed.</red>",
   "member.removed_players": "<prefix><gray>Removed <amount> player(s) from this plot.</gray>",
   "member.plot_left": "<prefix><gray><player> left the plot.</gray>",
   "member.plot_cant_leave_owner": "<prefix><red>You are the plot owner. You cannot leave this plot.</red>",

build.gradle.kts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.plotsquared"
-version = "6.9.1"
+version = "6.9.4"
 
 subprojects {
     group = rootProject.group
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        implementation(platform("com.intellectualsites.bom:bom-1.18.x:1.7"))
+        implementation(platform("com.intellectualsites.bom:bom-1.18.x:1.12"))
     }
 
     dependencies {
         // Tests
-        testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.8.2")
+        testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.0")
     }
 
     plugins.withId("java") {

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # Platform expectations
 paper = "1.18.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
 guice = "5.1.0"
-spotbugs = "4.7.0"
+spotbugs = "4.7.1"
 
 # Plugins
-worldedit = "7.2.10"
-placeholderapi = "2.11.1"
+worldedit = "7.2.12"
+placeholderapi = "2.11.2"
 luckperms = "5.4"
 essentialsx = "2.19.4"
 mvdwapi = "3.1.1"

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

gradlew

@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.

gradlew.bat

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal

renovate.json

@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": [
-    "config:base",
-    ":disableDependencyDashboard"
-  ],
-  "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
-  "schedule": [
-    "every monday"
+    "config:base"
   ],
   "labels": ["Renovate"],
-  "commitMessagePrefix": "build: ",
   "rebaseWhen": "conflicted"
 }