ChosenLib v1.4.0 – Changelog

New in this release

Major New Utility Classes

• WorldUtils - World and block manipulation utilities:

  • Block operations: getBlockState(), setBlockState(), isPositionLoaded()
  • Area queries: getBlocksInCube(), getBlocksInSphere(), getBlocksInArea()
  • Block finding: findBlocks(), findNearestBlock(), replaceBlocks()
  • World properties: getBiome(), getLightLevel(), canSeeSky()
  • Chunk utilities: getChunk(), isChunkLoaded(), getChunkPos()
  • Fluid operations: getFluidState(), hasFluid()
  • Entity queries: getEntitiesInBox(), getEntitiesAround(), getNearestEntity()

• EntityUtils - Entity-related helper functions:

  • Health management: getHealth(), setHealth(), heal(), damage()
  • Status effects: hasStatusEffect(), addStatusEffect(), removeStatusEffect()
  • Attributes: getAttributeValue(), setAttributeBaseValue()
  • Teleportation: teleport(), teleportToEntity()
  • Distance utilities: getDistance(), isWithinDistance()
  • Entity finding: getEntitiesInRadius(), findNearestPlayer()
  • Physics: setVelocity(), launchTowards(), knockback()
  • Player operations: sendMessage(), giveItem()

• NetworkUtils - Networking and packet utilities:

  • Packet creation: createBuffer(), createSimplePacket(), createPositionPacket()
  • Player targeting: sendToPlayer(), sendToPlayers(), sendToWorld()
  • Radius sending: sendToPlayersInRadius()
  • Data serialization: writeString(), writeBlockPos(), writeVec3d(), writeUuid()
  • Array support: writeBooleanArray(), writeIntArray(), writeStringArray()
  • Safe operations: safeBufferOperation(), hasReadableBytes()

Enhanced Existing Utilities

• GuiUtils - Now server-side compatible with major enhancements:

  • Server-side utilities: centerX(), centerY(), rgba(), rgb(), withAlpha()
  • Color operations: getRed(), getGreen(), getBlue(), getAlpha()
  • Mathematical: isPointInRect(), rectanglesOverlap(), distance()
  • Color manipulation: hsvToRgb(), adjustBrightness(), interpolateColor()
  • Progress utilities: calculateProgressWidth()
  • Clamping: clamp() for int, float, and double

• ClientGuiUtils - Client-side rendering extensions:

  • Screen utilities: centerXOnScreen(), centerYOnScreen(), getScreenWidth()
  • Drawing: drawRect(), drawBorderedRect(), drawGradient(), drawTexture()
  • Text rendering: drawText(), drawCenteredText(), drawTooltip()
  • UI components: drawButton(), drawCheckbox(), drawProgressBar()
  • Text utilities: getTextWidth(), getTextHeight()

• ItemUtils - Performance and feature enhancements:

  • Enhanced validation: canMerge(), isDamageable(), isEnchanted()
  • Item lookup: getItemById() for Identifier and String
  • Durability: getDurabilityPercentage(), damageItem(), repairItem(), fullyRepairItem()
  • NBT operations: getNbt(), setNbt(), hasNbt()
  • Enchantments: getEnchantmentLevel(), hasEnchantment()
  • Inventory: findFirst(), findAll(), countItem(), consumeItem(), insertStack()
  • Performance: Caching for getItemId() and getMaxStackSize()

• TextUtils - Advanced text operations with performance improvements:

  • Interactive text: clickableCommand(), withTooltip(), interactiveText()
  • Text wrapping: wrapText(), createMultiLineTextBox()
  • Validation: isBlank(), matches() with pattern caching
  • Formatting: formatNumber(), formatDecimal(), formatDuration()
  • Enhanced utilities: removeSpecialCharsKeepSpaces(), join() for Lists
  • Progress bars: progressBar() with percentage support
  • Performance: Cached regex patterns and formatting styles

Performance Optimizations

• Caching Systems:
  • ItemUtils: Concurrent caching for item IDs and stack sizes
  • TextUtils: Compiled regex pattern caching and pre-computed styles
  • Thread-safe concurrent hash maps for all caches
  • Cache statistics and management: getCacheStats(), clearCache()

Command Improvements

• /chosenlib Command Enhancements:
  • Updated to showcase all new v1.4.0 features
  • Feature highlights for WorldUtils, EntityUtils, and NetworkUtils
  • Improved formatting with success/info message types
  • Enhanced user experience with comprehensive feature overview

General

• Internal version updated to 1.4.0
• All utility classes fully documented with comprehensive JavaDoc
• Extensive null safety checks and error handling
• Thread-safe operations across all utilities
• Backward compatibility maintained - no breaking changes

This is a major feature release introducing comprehensive world, entity, and networking utilities with significant performance improvements. All existing code continues to work unchanged and automatically benefits from performance enhancements!