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+package net.knarcraft.knarlib.util;
+
+import net.knarcraft.knarlib.formatting.StringFormatter;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
+import org.bukkit.Tag;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class for dealing with and parsing materials
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public final class MaterialHelper {
+
+    private MaterialHelper() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads the materials specified in the given list
+     *
+     * @param materials <p>The list of material strings to load</p>
+     * @param logger    <p>The logger to use for logging parsing errors</p>
+     */
+    public static @NotNull Set<Material> loadMaterialList(@NotNull List<?> materials, @NotNull Logger logger) {
+        Set<Material> parsedMaterials = new HashSet<>();
+        for (Object value : materials) {
+            if (!(value instanceof String string)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            parsedMaterials.addAll(loadMaterialString(string, logger));
+        }
+        return parsedMaterials;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses a string representing a material or a material tag
+     *
+     * @param materialString <p>The material string to parse</p>
+     * @param logger         <p>The logger to use for logging parsing errors</p>
+     * @return <p>The materials defined by the material string, or an empty list if none were found</p>
+     */
+    public static @NotNull Set<Material> loadMaterialString(@NotNull String materialString, @NotNull Logger logger) {
+        Set<Material> parsedMaterials = new HashSet<>();
+        // Try to parse a material tag first
+        if (parseMaterialTag(parsedMaterials, materialString, logger)) {
+            return parsedMaterials;
+        }
+
+        // Try to parse a material name
+        Material matched = Material.matchMaterial(materialString);
+        if (matched != null) {
+            parsedMaterials.add(matched);
+        } else {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, StringFormatter.replacePlaceholder("Unable to parse material: {material}",
+                    "{material}", materialString));
+        }
+        return parsedMaterials;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tries to parse the material tag in the specified material name
+     *
+     * @param targetSet    <p>The set all parsed materials should be added to</p>
+     * @param materialName <p>The material name that might be a material tag</p>
+     * @param logger       <p>The logger to use for logging parsing errors</p>
+     * @return <p>True if a tag was found</p>
+     */
+    private static boolean parseMaterialTag(@NotNull Set<Material> targetSet, @NotNull String materialName,
+                                            @NotNull Logger logger) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^\\+([a-zA-Z_]+)");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(materialName);
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+            // The material is a material tag
+            Tag<Material> tag = Bukkit.getTag(Tag.REGISTRY_BLOCKS, NamespacedKey.minecraft(
+                    matcher.group(1).toLowerCase()), Material.class);
+            if (tag != null) {
+                targetSet.addAll(tag.getValues());
+            } else {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, StringFormatter.replacePlaceholder(
+                        "Unable to parse material: {material}", "{material}", materialName));
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+}