release: Version 2.2.1

fix(deps): update dependency net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api to v0.86.0+1.20.1

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: MiniPlaceholders
-        path: |-
-          build/libs/MiniPlaceholders-*.jar
-          fabric/build/libs/MiniPlaceholders-Fabric-mc*.jar
+        path: jar/MiniPlaceholders-*.jar

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /.idea/
 build/
 bin/
+jar/
 
 # Visual Studio Code
 

README.md

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 ![Modrinth Downloads](https://img.shields.io/modrinth/dt/HQyibRsN?logo=Modrinth&style=flat-square)
 ![GitHub Downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/MiniPlaceholders/MiniPlaceholders/total?logo=GitHub&style=flat-square)
 
-MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for PaperMC, Folia, Fabric, Krypton and Velocity platforms
+MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for PaperMC, Folia, Fabric, Sponge, Krypton and Velocity platforms
 
 ## Compatibility
-- Paper 1.19.4+
+- Paper 1.19.3, 1.19.4+
 - Folia 1.19.4
 - Velocity 3.1.2+
-- Fabric
+- Fabric 1.19.4+
+- Sponge API 8, 9, 10
 - Krypton
 
 ## Commands

api/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
 plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.base")
     alias(libs.plugins.jmh)
     id("miniplaceholders.publish")
-
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly(libs.adventure.api)
     compileOnly(libs.adventure.minimesssage)
-    compileOnly("net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-legacy:4.13.1")
+    compileOnly(libs.adventure.serializer.legacy)
     compileOnly(projects.miniplaceholdersConnect)
-    testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.2"))
+
+    testImplementation(platform(libs.junit.bom))
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter")
+    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
     testImplementation(libs.adventure.api)
     testImplementation(libs.adventure.minimesssage)
-    testImplementation("net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-plain:4.13.1")
-}
-
-tasks {
-    test {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        testLogging {
-            events("passed", "failed")
-        }
-    }
+    testImplementation(libs.adventure.serializer.plain)
+    testImplementation(libs.adventure.serializer.legacy)
 }
 
 jmh {
@@ -33,14 +27,9 @@ jmh {
 
 java {
     withJavadocJar()
-    toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
 }
 
 tasks {
-    compileJava {
-        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-        options.release.set(17)
-    }
     processResources {
         filteringCharset = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
     }
@@ -51,4 +40,13 @@ tasks {
             "https://jd.advntr.dev/text-minimessage/${libs.versions.adventure.get()}/"
         )
     }
+    compileTestJava {
+        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
+    }
+    test {
+        useJUnitPlatform()
+        testLogging {
+            events("passed", "failed")
+        }
+    }
 }

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/Expansion.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
  * 
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-public interface Expansion {
+public sealed interface Expansion permits ExpansionImpl {
     /**
      * Get the expansion name
      * @return the expansion name
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public interface Expansion {
          *
          * <p>The content of this Placeholder is cached
          * and can mutate depending on when it is invoked</p>
+         *
          * @param key the placeholder key, cannot be an empty or black string
          * @param audiencePlaceholder the single placeholder
          * @return the {@link Builder} itself
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ public interface Expansion {
          *
          * <p>The content of this Placeholder is cached
          * and can mutate depending on when it is invoked</p>
+         *
          * @param key the placeholder key, cannot be an empty or black string
          * @param relationalPlaceholder the relational placeholder
          * @return the {@link Builder} itself
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ public interface Expansion {
          *
          * <p>This eliminates the need to perform a manual
          * <pre>if(!(audience instanceof Player)) return TagResolver.empty();</pre>
+         *
          * @param clazz the class to filter
          * @return the {@link Builder} itself
          * @since 1.0.0
@@ -202,15 +205,17 @@ public interface Expansion {
          * Filters the audiences that this expansion can receive through a Predicate
          * <p>Example:</p>
          * <pre>
-         *  Expansion.builder("example").filter(Player.class).filter(aud -> isInProtectedServer((Player)aud))
+         *  Expansion.builder("example")
+         *      .filter(aud -> aud instanceof Player player{@literal &&} isInProtectedServer(player)
          *      .audiencePlaceholder("hello", (aud, queue, ctx) -> Tag.selfInsertingClosing(Component.text("you are in protected server")))
          *      .build();
          * </pre>
+         *
          * @param predicate the check to realize
          * @return the {@link Builder} itself
          * @since 1.0.0
          */
         @Contract("_ -> this")
-        @NotNull Builder filter(final @Nullable Predicate<Audience> predicate);
+        @NotNull Builder filter(final @Nullable Predicate<@NotNull Audience> predicate);
     }
 }

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/ExpansionImpl.java

@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.api;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.placeholder.AudiencePlaceholder;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.placeholder.RelationalPlaceholder;
-import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.Conditions;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.function.BiFunction;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
-
 import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.ForwardingAudience;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.Context;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.ArgumentQueue;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import static io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString;
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
+    private static final Tags.Single[] EMPTY_SINGLE_AUDIENCE = new Tags.Single[0];
+    private static final Tags.Relational[] EMPTY_RELATIONAL_AUDIENCE = new Tags.Relational[0];
     private final String name;
     private final Tags.Single[] audiencePlaceholders;
     private final Tags.Relational[] relationalPlaceholders;
@@ -38,14 +37,12 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
         @Nullable final Predicate<Audience> predicateFilter){
             this.name = expansionName+"-";
             this.audiencePlaceholders = audiencePlaceholders != null
-                ? audiencePlaceholders.toArray(Tags.Single[]::new)
-                : new Tags.Single[0];
+                ? audiencePlaceholders.toArray(EMPTY_SINGLE_AUDIENCE)
+                : EMPTY_SINGLE_AUDIENCE;
             this.relationalPlaceholders = relationalPlaceholders != null
-                ? relationalPlaceholders.toArray(Tags.Relational[]::new)
-                : new Tags.Relational[0];
-            this.globalPlaceholders = globalPlaceholders == null
-                ? TagResolver.empty()
-                : globalPlaceholders;
+                ? relationalPlaceholders.toArray(EMPTY_RELATIONAL_AUDIENCE)
+                : EMPTY_RELATIONAL_AUDIENCE;
+            this.globalPlaceholders = globalPlaceholders;
             this.filterClass = filterClass;
             this.predicateFilter = predicateFilter;
     }
@@ -56,46 +53,56 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public @NotNull TagResolver audiencePlaceholders(@NotNull final Audience audience){
-        if(audiencePlaceholders.length == 0) return TagResolver.empty();
+    public @NotNull TagResolver audiencePlaceholders(@NotNull Audience audience) {
+        if (audiencePlaceholders.length == 0) return TagResolver.empty();
 
-        Objects.requireNonNull(audience, "the audience cannot be null");
+        requireNonNull(audience, "the audience cannot be null");
 
-        if(this.singleFilter(audience)) return TagResolver.empty();
+        if ((audience = expansionFilter(audience)) == null) return TagResolver.empty();
 
         final TagResolver.Builder placeholders = TagResolver.builder();
-        for(final Tags.Single pl : this.audiencePlaceholders){
+        for (final Tags.Single pl : this.audiencePlaceholders) {
             placeholders.resolver(pl.of(audience));
         }
         return placeholders.build();
     }
 
-    private boolean singleFilter(final Audience audience){
-        return filterClass != null && !filterClass.isInstance(audience)
-            || predicateFilter != null && predicateFilter.test(audience);
+    @SuppressWarnings("OverrideOnly")
+    private Audience expansionFilter(final Audience audience) {
+        if (audience == null || filterClass == null && predicateFilter == null) {
+            return audience;
+        }
+        final boolean eligible = filterClass != null && filterClass.isInstance(audience)
+                || predicateFilter != null && predicateFilter.test(audience);
+        if (eligible) {
+            return audience;
+        }
+        if (audience instanceof final ForwardingAudience.Single forward) {
+            return expansionFilter(forward.audience());
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public @NotNull TagResolver relationalPlaceholders(@NotNull final Audience audience, @NotNull final Audience otherAudience){
-        if(relationalPlaceholders.length == 0) return TagResolver.empty();
+    public @NotNull TagResolver relationalPlaceholders(@NotNull Audience audience, @NotNull Audience otherAudience){
+        if (relationalPlaceholders.length == 0) return TagResolver.empty();
 
-        Objects.requireNonNull(audience, "the audience cannot be null");
-        Objects.requireNonNull(otherAudience, "the other audience cannot be null");
+        requireNonNull(audience, "the audience cannot be null");
+        requireNonNull(otherAudience, "the other audience cannot be null");
 
-        if (this.relationalFilter(audience, otherAudience)) return TagResolver.empty();
+        audience = expansionFilter(audience);
+        otherAudience = expansionFilter(otherAudience);
+        if (audience == null || otherAudience == null) {
+            return TagResolver.empty();
+        }
 
         final TagResolver.Builder placeholders = TagResolver.builder();
-        for (final Tags.Relational pl : this.relationalPlaceholders){
+        for (final Tags.Relational pl : this.relationalPlaceholders) {
             placeholders.resolver(pl.of(audience, otherAudience));
         }
         return placeholders.build();
     }
 
-    private boolean relationalFilter(final Audience audience, final Audience otherAudience){
-        return filterClass != null && (!filterClass.isInstance(audience) || !filterClass.isInstance(otherAudience))
-            || predicateFilter != null && (!predicateFilter.test(audience) || !predicateFilter.test(otherAudience));
-    }
-
     @Override
     public @NotNull TagResolver globalPlaceholders(){
         return this.globalPlaceholders;
@@ -131,16 +138,16 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
         private Predicate<Audience> predicateFilter;
 
         Builder(@NotNull final String name){
-            this.expansionName = Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString(name, () -> "expansion name")
+            this.expansionName = nonNullOrEmptyString(name, "Expansion name")
                 .toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).concat("_");
         }
 
         @Override
         public @NotNull Builder audiencePlaceholder(@NotNull final String key, @NotNull final AudiencePlaceholder audiencePlaceholder){
-            Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString(key, () -> "placeholder key");
-            Objects.requireNonNull(audiencePlaceholder, "the audience placeholder cannot be null");
+            nonNullOrEmptyString(key, "Placeholder key");
+            requireNonNull(audiencePlaceholder, "the audience placeholder cannot be null");
 
-            if (this.audiencePlaceholders == null) this.audiencePlaceholders = new HashSet<>(5);
+            if (this.audiencePlaceholders == null) this.audiencePlaceholders = new HashSet<>();
 
             this.audiencePlaceholders.add(Tags.single(expansionName+key, audiencePlaceholder));
             return this;
@@ -148,10 +155,10 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
 
         @Override
         public @NotNull Builder relationalPlaceholder(@NotNull final String key, @NotNull final RelationalPlaceholder relationalPlaceholder){
-            Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString(key, () -> "placeholder key");
-            Objects.requireNonNull(relationalPlaceholder, "the relational placeholder cannot be null");
+            nonNullOrEmptyString(key, "Placeholder key");
+            requireNonNull(relationalPlaceholder, "the relational placeholder cannot be null");
 
-            if (this.relationalPlaceholders == null) this.relationalPlaceholders = new HashSet<>(4);
+            if (this.relationalPlaceholders == null) this.relationalPlaceholders = new HashSet<>();
 
             this.relationalPlaceholders.add(Tags.relational(expansionName+"rel_"+key, relationalPlaceholder));
             return this;
@@ -159,10 +166,10 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
 
         @Override
         public @NotNull Builder globalPlaceholder(@NotNull final String key, @NotNull final BiFunction<ArgumentQueue, Context, Tag> function){
-            Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString(key, () -> "placeholder key");
-            Objects.requireNonNull(function, "the global placeholder cannot be null");
+            nonNullOrEmptyString(key, "Placeholder key");
+            requireNonNull(function, "the global placeholder cannot be null");
 
-            if(this.globalPlaceholders == null) this.globalPlaceholders = TagResolver.builder();
+            if (this.globalPlaceholders == null) this.globalPlaceholders = TagResolver.builder();
 
             this.globalPlaceholders.tag(expansionName+key, function);
             return this;
@@ -170,10 +177,10 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
 
         @Override
         public @NotNull Builder globalPlaceholder(@NotNull final String key, @NotNull final Tag tag){
-            Conditions.nonNullOrEmptyString(key, () -> "placeholder key");
-            Objects.requireNonNull(tag, "the tag cannot be null");
+            nonNullOrEmptyString(key, "Placeholder key");
+            requireNonNull(tag, "the tag cannot be null");
 
-            if(this.globalPlaceholders == null) this.globalPlaceholders = TagResolver.builder();
+            if (this.globalPlaceholders == null) this.globalPlaceholders = TagResolver.builder();
 
             this.globalPlaceholders.tag(expansionName+key, tag);
             return this;
@@ -197,7 +204,7 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
                 this.expansionName,
                 this.audiencePlaceholders,
                 this.relationalPlaceholders,
-                this.globalPlaceholders != null ? this.globalPlaceholders.build() : null,
+                this.globalPlaceholders != null ? this.globalPlaceholders.build() : TagResolver.empty(),
                 this.filterClass,
                 this.predicateFilter
             );
@@ -205,10 +212,11 @@ final class ExpansionImpl implements Expansion {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object o){
-        if (this==o) return true;
-        if (o == null || o.getClass() != ExpansionImpl.class) return false;
-        return ((ExpansionImpl)o).name.equals(this.name);
+    public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (!(o instanceof Expansion that)) return false;
+
+        return that.name().equalsIgnoreCase(this.name());
     }
 
     @Override

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/MiniPlaceholders.java

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.api;
 
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.enums.Platform;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.connect.InternalPlatform;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.enums.Platform;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-import io.github.miniplaceholders.connect.InternalPlatform;
-import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
 import static io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.Resolvers.applyIfNotEmpty;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ public final class MiniPlaceholders {
             case VELOCITY -> Platform.VELOCITY;
             case KRYPTON -> Platform.KRYPTON;
             case FABRIC -> Platform.FABRIC;
+            case SPONGE -> Platform.SPONGE;
         };
     }
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public final class MiniPlaceholders {
      * @see Expansion#builder(String)
      * @since 2.1.0
      */
-    public @Nullable Expansion getExpansionByName(final @NotNull String name) {
+    public static @Nullable Expansion getExpansionByName(final @NotNull String name) {
         for (final Expansion expansion : expansions) {
             if (Objects.equals(expansion.name(), name)) {
                 return expansion;

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/Tags.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.ArgumentQueue;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
 
 final class Tags {
-    private Tags(){}
+    private Tags() {}
 
     static Relational relational(@NotNull final String name, @NotNull final RelationalPlaceholder relationalPlaceholder){
         return new Tags.Relational(name, relationalPlaceholder);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ final class Tags {
         }
 
         TagResolver of(@NotNull final Audience audience, @NotNull final Audience otherAudience){
-            return new TagResolver(){
+            return new TagResolver() {
                 @Override
                 public @Nullable Tag resolve(@NotNull String name, @NotNull ArgumentQueue arguments,
                         @NotNull Context ctx) throws ParsingException {
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ final class Tags {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public boolean equals(Object o){
-            if(o == this) return true;
-            if(!(o instanceof Relational)) return false;
-            return ((Relational)o).key.equals(this.key);
+        public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+            if (o == this) return true;
+            if (!(o instanceof final Relational that)) return false;
+            return that.key.equalsIgnoreCase(this.key);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ final class Tags {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public boolean equals(Object o){
-            if(o == this) return true;
-            if(!(o instanceof Single)) return false;
-            return ((Single)o).key.equals(this.key);
+        public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+            if (o == this) return true;
+            if (!(o instanceof final Single that)) return false;
+            return that.key.equalsIgnoreCase(this.key);
         }
 
         @Override

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/enums/Platform.java

@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ public enum Platform {
     /**Krypton Platform */
     KRYPTON,
     /**Fabric Platform */
-    FABRIC
+    FABRIC,
+    /**Sponge Platform */
+    SPONGE
 }

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/utils/Conditions.java

@@ -1,36 +1,73 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 /** Checks required for the correct operation of the expansions*/
 public final class Conditions {
-    private Conditions(){}
+    private Conditions() {}
 
     /**
-     * Checks if a string is null or empty or consists of whitespace characters only
+     * Checks if a string is null or empty or consists of whitespace characters only.
+     *
      * @param string the string
      * @param name the name supplier
      * @return the string if it is not null or empty
      * @since 1.0.0
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the provided string is empty
      */
-    public static String nonNullOrEmptyString(String string, Supplier<String> name){
+    public static String nonNullOrEmptyString(@Nullable String string, @NotNull Supplier<@NotNull String> name){
         if (string == null)
-            throw new NullPointerException("the " + name.get() + " cannot be null");
+            throw new NullPointerException(name.get() + " cannot be null");
         if (string.isBlank())
-            throw new IllegalStateException("the " + name.get() + "cannot be an empty string");
+            throw new IllegalStateException(name.get() + "cannot be an empty string");
         return string;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check if a string is empty or consists of whitespace characters only
+     * Checks if a string is null or empty or consists of whitespace characters only.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     * @param name the name
+     * @return the string if it is not null or empty
+     * @since 2.2.0
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the provided string is empty
+     */
+    public static String nonNullOrEmptyString(@Nullable String string, @NotNull String name){
+        if (string == null)
+            throw new NullPointerException(name + " cannot be null");
+        if (string.isBlank())
+            throw new IllegalStateException(name + "cannot be an empty string");
+        return string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a string is empty or consists of whitespace characters only.
+     *
      * @param string the string
      * @param reason the reason supplier
      * @return the string if it not empty
      * @since 1.0.0
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the provided string is empty
      */
-    public static String nonEmptyString(String string, Supplier<String> reason){
-        if (string.isBlank())
-            throw new IllegalStateException(reason.get());
+    public static String nonEmptyString(@NotNull String string, @NotNull Supplier<@NotNull String> reason){
+        if (string.isBlank()) throw new IllegalStateException(reason.get());
+        return string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a string is empty or consists of whitespace characters only.
+     *
+     * @param string the string
+     * @param reason the reason
+     * @return the string if it not empty
+     * @since 2.2.0
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the provided string is empty
+     */
+    public static String nonEmptyString(@NotNull String string, @NotNull String reason){
+        if (string.isBlank()) throw new IllegalStateException(reason);
         return string;
     }
     

api/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/api/utils/LegacyUtils.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.Context;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -25,20 +27,89 @@ public final class LegacyUtils {
             .build();
 
     /**
-     * Parse a string with possible legacy symbols
+     * Parse a string with possible legacy Ampersand/Section symbols
+     * <br>
+     * <p><b>
+     * This method should only be used in case a String is provided from a legacy plugin/mod
+     * or legacy source, where it is very likely to get a legacy string.
+     * It is not recommended to use this method regularly in any sense
+     * </b></p>
      *
      * @param string the string
      * @return a parsed string
      * @since 1.0.0
      */
     public static @NotNull Component parsePossibleLegacy(@Nullable String string) {
-        if (string == null || string.isBlank()) return Component.empty();
-        if (string.indexOf('&') != 0) {
-            return miniMessage().deserialize(
-                    miniMessage().serialize(LEGACY_HEX_SERIALIZER.deserialize(string))
-            );
-        } else {
+        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) return Component.empty();
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR) != -1) {
+            string = string.replace(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR, LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR);
+        }
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR) == -1) {
             return miniMessage().deserialize(string);
         }
+        return miniMessage().deserialize(
+                miniMessage().serialize(LEGACY_HEX_SERIALIZER.deserialize(string))
+                        .replace("\\<", "<")
+                        .replace("\\>", ">")
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a string with possible legacy Ampersand/Section symbols
+     * using a parsing Context
+     * <p><b>
+     * This method should only be used in case a String is provided from a legacy plugin/mod
+     * or legacy source, where it is very likely to get a legacy string.
+     * It is not recommended to use this method regularly in any sense
+     * </b></p>
+     *
+     * @param string  the string
+     * @param context the provided parsing context
+     * @return a parsed string
+     * @since 2.2.1
+     */
+    public static @NotNull Component parsePossibleLegacy(@Nullable String string, @NotNull final Context context) {
+        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) return Component.empty();
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR) != -1) {
+            string = string.replace(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR, LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR);
+        }
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR) == -1) {
+            return context.deserialize(string);
+        }
+        return context.deserialize(
+                miniMessage().serialize(LEGACY_HEX_SERIALIZER.deserialize(string))
+                        .replace("\\<", "<")
+                        .replace("\\>", ">")
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a string with possible legacy Ampersand/Section symbols
+     * using the provided resolver
+     * <p><b>
+     * This method should only be used in case a String is provided from a legacy plugin/mod
+     * or legacy source, where it is very likely to get a legacy string.
+     * It is not recommended to use this method regularly in any sense
+     * </b></p>
+     *
+     * @param string   the string
+     * @param resolver a resolver
+     * @return a parsed string
+     * @since 2.2.1
+     */
+    public static @NotNull Component parsePossibleLegacy(@Nullable String string, @NotNull final TagResolver resolver) {
+        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) return Component.empty();
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR) != -1) {
+            string = string.replace(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR, LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR);
+        }
+        if (string.indexOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.AMPERSAND_CHAR) == -1) {
+            return miniMessage().deserialize(string, resolver);
+        }
+        return miniMessage().deserialize(
+                miniMessage().serialize(LEGACY_HEX_SERIALIZER.deserialize(string))
+                        .replace("\\<", "<")
+                        .replace("\\>", ">"),
+                resolver
+        );
     }
 }

api/src/main/java/module-info.java

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /** MiniPlaceholders API Module */
 open module io.github.miniplaceholders.api {
+    requires io.github.miniplaceholders.connect;
+
     requires net.kyori.adventure;
     requires net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage;
-    requires net.kyori.examination.api;
-    requires static org.jetbrains.annotations;
-    requires io.github.miniplaceholders.connect;
     requires net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy;
+    requires net.kyori.examination.api;
+
+    requires static org.jetbrains.annotations;
 
     exports io.github.miniplaceholders.api;
     exports io.github.miniplaceholders.api.enums;

api/src/test/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/test/ExpansionsTest.java

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.test;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.Expansion;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.TagsUtils;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.test.testobjects.TestAudienceHolder;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static io.github.miniplaceholders.test.PlaceholderTest.assertContentEquals;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage.miniMessage;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 class ExpansionsTest {
     @Test
@@ -21,4 +26,20 @@ class ExpansionsTest {
 
         assertEquals(firstExpansion, secondExpansion);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void nullForwardedAudience() {
+        TestAudienceHolder audience = new TestAudienceHolder(null);
+
+        final Expansion expansion = Expansion.builder("test")
+                .filter(aud -> aud.toString().isBlank())
+                .audiencePlaceholder("testing", (aud, queue, ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text(aud.toString())))
+                .build();
+
+        Component result = assertDoesNotThrow(
+                () -> miniMessage().deserialize("<test_testing>", expansion.audiencePlaceholders(audience))
+        );
+
+        assertContentEquals(result, Component.text("<test_testing>"));
+    }
 }

api/src/test/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/test/LegacyTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package io.github.miniplaceholders.test;
+
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.LegacyUtils;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+class LegacyTest {
+    @Test
+    void testLegacyParsing() {
+        final String string = "<rainbow>hello... i &8hate legacy format §bso much";
+        final Component parsed = LegacyUtils.parsePossibleLegacy(string);
+        final String result = PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(parsed);
+        final String expected = "hello... i hate legacy format so much";
+
+        assertEquals(expected, result);
+    }
+}

api/src/test/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/test/PlaceholderTest.java

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.test;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage.miniMessage;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.test.testobjects.TestAudience;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.test.testobjects.TestAudienceHolder;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 
@@ -23,12 +25,15 @@ class PlaceholderTest {
         TestAudience player = new TestAudience("4drian3d");
 
         Expansion expansion = Expansion.builder("example")
-            .audiencePlaceholder("name", (aud, queue, ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text(((TestAudience)aud).name()))).build();
+            .audiencePlaceholder("name", (aud, queue, ctx) -> {
+                TestAudience audience = (TestAudience) aud;
+                return Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text(audience.name()));
+            }).build();
 
         final Component expected = Component.text("Player Name: 4drian3d");
-        final Component result = MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize("Player Name: <example_name>", expansion.audiencePlaceholders(player));
+        final Component result = miniMessage().deserialize("Player Name: <example_name>", expansion.audiencePlaceholders(player));
 
-        assertEquals(expected, result);
+        assertContentEquals(expected, result);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ class PlaceholderTest {
         final Component expected = Component.text("Online players: 1305 | Servers: 7");
         final Component actual = MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize("Online players: <global_players> | Servers: <global_servers>", expansion.globalPlaceholders());
 
-        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+        assertContentEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -92,13 +97,50 @@ class PlaceholderTest {
         Component playerExpected = Component.text("Player Name: TestPlayer04");
         Component emptyExpected = Component.text("Player Name: <filter_name>");
 
-        assertEquals(playerExpected, MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(string, expansion.audiencePlaceholders(player)));
-        assertEquals(emptyExpected, MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(string, expansion.audiencePlaceholders(emptyAudience)));
-
-
+        assertContentEquals(playerExpected, MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(string, expansion.audiencePlaceholders(player)));
+        assertContentEquals(emptyExpected, MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(string, expansion.audiencePlaceholders(emptyAudience)));
     }
 
-    void assertContentEquals(Component first, Component second){
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Empty Arguments")
+    void testEmptyArguments() {
+        final Expansion expansion = Expansion.builder("test")
+                .globalPlaceholder("testing", (queue, ctx) -> {
+                    int arguments = 0;
+                    while (queue.hasNext()) {
+                        arguments++;
+                        Tag.Argument argument = queue.pop();
+                        assertTrue(argument.value().isBlank());
+                    }
+                    return Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text("Arguments: "+arguments));
+                })
+                .build();
+
+        Component parsed = miniMessage().deserialize("<test_testing::>", expansion.globalPlaceholders());
+
+        assertContentEquals(parsed, Component.text("Arguments: 2"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Forwarding Audience Parsing Test")
+    void forwardingAudienceTest() {
+        Expansion expansion = Expansion.builder("test")
+                .filter(TestAudience.class)
+                .audiencePlaceholder("testing", (audience, queue, ctx) -> {
+                    TestAudience testAudience = (TestAudience) audience;
+                    return Tag.selfClosingInserting(Component.text("Name: "+testAudience.name()));
+                }).build();
+
+        TestAudience testAudience = new TestAudience("4drian3d");
+        Audience forward = new TestAudienceHolder(testAudience);
+
+        Component parsed = miniMessage().deserialize("<test_testing>.", expansion.audiencePlaceholders(forward));
+        Component expected = Component.text("Name: 4drian3d.");
+
+        assertContentEquals(parsed, expected);
+    }
+
+    static void assertContentEquals(Component first, Component second){
         String firstSerialized = PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(first);
         String secondSerialized = PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(second);
 

api/src/test/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/test/testobjects/TestAudienceHolder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.github.miniplaceholders.test.testobjects;
+
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.ForwardingAudience;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public record TestAudienceHolder(TestAudience audience) implements ForwardingAudience.Single {
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull TestAudience audience() {
+        return audience;
+    }
+}

build-logic/settings.gradle.kts

@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml"))
         }
     }
+}
+
+plugins {
+    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.6.0"
 }

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/extensions.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.configurationcache.extensions.capitalized
+
+val Project.capitalizeName: String
+    get() = this.name.substring(17).capitalized()
+
+fun Project.simpleName(): String = this.name.substring(17)

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/miniplaceholders.auto.module.gradle.kts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.base")
+}
+
+tasks {
+    jar {
+        manifest {
+            attributes("Automatic-Module-Name" to "io.github.miniplaceholders.${project.simpleName()}")
+        }
+    }
+}

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/miniplaceholders.base.gradle.kts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import java.util.Date
+
+plugins {
+    java
+}
+
+tasks {
+    compileJava {
+        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
+        options.release.set(17)
+    }
+    jar {
+        manifest {
+            attributes(
+                    "Specification-Version" to project.version,
+                    "Specification-Vendor" to "MiniPlaceholders",
+                    "Implementation-Build-Date" to Date()
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+java{
+    toolchain{
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+        vendor.set(JvmVendorSpec.ADOPTIUM)
+    }
+}

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/miniplaceholders.shadow.gradle.kts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.base")
+    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
+}
+
+tasks {
+    shadowJar {
+        archiveBaseName.set("MiniPlaceholders-${project.capitalizeName}")
+        archiveClassifier.set("")
+        duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
+        relocate("net.william278.desertwell", "io.github.miniplaceholders.libs.desertwell")
+        relocate("cloud.commandframework", "io.github.miniplaceholders.libs.cloud")
+        if (project.simpleName() != "sponge") {
+            relocate("io.leangen.geantyref", "io.github.miniplaceholders.libs.geantyref")
+        }
+        destinationDirectory.set(file("${project.rootDir}/jar"))
+    }
+    build {
+        dependsOn(shadowJar)
+    }
+}

build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,35 +1,9 @@
 plugins {
-    java
-    alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.21" apply false
-}
-
-allprojects {
-    apply<JavaPlugin>()
-    repositories {
-        maven("https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/")
-        maven("https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/")
-        maven("https://jitpack.io") {
-            mavenContent {
-                includeGroup("net.william278")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersVelocity)
-    implementation(project(":miniplaceholders-paper", "reobf"))
-    implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersKrypton)
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.0" apply false
 }
 
 tasks {
-    shadowJar {
-        archiveFileName.set("MiniPlaceholders-${project.version}.jar")
-        duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
-        relocate("net.william278.desertwell", "io.github.miniplaceholders.libs.desertwell")
-    }
-    build {
-        dependsOn(shadowJar)
+    delete {
+        delete("jar")
     }
 }

common/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,38 +1,22 @@
 plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.auto.module")
     alias(libs.plugins.blossom)
 }
 
-repositories {
-    maven("https://libraries.minecraft.net") {
-        mavenContent {
-            includeGroup("com.mojang")
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 dependencies {
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersApi)
     implementation(libs.desertwell) {
         exclude("org.json")
     }
+    implementation(libs.cloud.core)
+    implementation(libs.cloud.extras) {
+        isTransitive = false
+    }
     compileOnly(libs.adventure.api)
     compileOnly(libs.adventure.minimesssage)
-    compileOnly(libs.brigadier)
 }
 
-blossom{
+blossom {
     replaceToken("{version}", project.version)
     replaceTokenIn("src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/common/PluginConstants.java")
 }
-
-tasks {
-    compileJava {
-        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-        options.release.set(17)
-    }
-    jar {
-        manifest {
-            attributes("Automatic-Module-Name" to "io.github.miniplaceholders.common")
-        }
-    }
-}

common/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/common/PlaceholdersCommand.java

@@ -1,76 +1,75 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.common;
 
-import com.mojang.brigadier.Command;
-import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
-import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.RequiredArgumentBuilder;
-import com.mojang.brigadier.tree.LiteralCommandNode;
+import cloud.commandframework.ArgumentDescription;
+import cloud.commandframework.Command;
+import cloud.commandframework.CommandManager;
+import cloud.commandframework.arguments.CommandArgument;
+import cloud.commandframework.arguments.standard.StringArgument;
+import cloud.commandframework.minecraft.extras.AudienceProvider;
+import cloud.commandframework.minecraft.extras.MinecraftExceptionHandler;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.MiniPlaceholders;
 import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
 import net.kyori.adventure.builder.AbstractBuilder;
 import net.kyori.adventure.permission.PermissionChecker;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.Placeholder;
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.TriState;
 import net.william278.desertwell.about.AboutMenu;
 import net.william278.desertwell.util.Version;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.*;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
-import static java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.supplyAsync;
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.*;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.newline;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.Component.text;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor.RED;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage.miniMessage;
 
-public final class PlaceholdersCommand<A> {
-    private final Supplier<Collection<String>> playersSuggestions;
+public final class PlaceholdersCommand<A extends Audience> {
+    private final Supplier<ArrayList<String>> playersSuggestions;
     private final Function<String, Audience> toAudience;
-    private final Function<A, Audience> sourceToAudience;
     private final BiPredicate<A, String> hasPermission;
+    private final String command;
+    private final CommandManager<A> commandManager;
 
     private PlaceholdersCommand(
-            final Supplier<Collection<String>> playersSuggestions,
+            final Supplier<ArrayList<String>> playersSuggestions,
             final Function<String, Audience> toAudience,
-            final Function<A, Audience> sourceToAudience,
-            final BiPredicate<A, String> hasPermission
+            final BiPredicate<A, String> hasPermission,
+            final String command,
+            final CommandManager<A> commandManager
     ) {
         this.playersSuggestions = playersSuggestions;
         this.toAudience = toAudience;
-        this.sourceToAudience = sourceToAudience;
         this.hasPermission = hasPermission;
+        this.command = command;
+        this.commandManager = commandManager;
     }
 
+    private static final Component TITLE = miniMessage().deserialize("<gradient:#4d8bff:#a4ff96>MiniPlaceholders</gradient>");
     private static final Component HELP = text()
-            .append(newline())
-            .append(miniMessage()
-                    .deserialize("<gradient:aqua:white:aqua><st><b>             </st> <gradient:#4d8bff:#a4ff96>MiniPlaceholders</gradient> <st><b>             </st>"))
-            .append(newline())
-            .append(miniMessage()
-                    .deserialize(
-                            "<gradient:#9694ff:#5269ff>Commands:</gradient>"))
-            .append(newline())
-            .append(miniMessage()
-                    .deserialize(
-                            "<gradient:aqua:#94d1ff>/miniplaceholders</gradient> <aqua>help</aqua>"))
-            .append(newline())
-            .append(miniMessage()
-                    .deserialize(
-                            "<gradient:aqua:#94d1ff>/miniplaceholders</gradient> <aqua>parse</aqua> <#8fadff><player | me></#8fadff> <#99ffb6><player></#99ffb6>"))
-            .append(newline())
-            .append(miniMessage()
-                    .deserialize("<gradient:aqua:white:aqua><st><b>                                                 "))
+            .append(newline(), miniMessage().deserialize(
+                    "<gradient:aqua:white:aqua><st><b>             </st> <title> <st><b>             </st>", Placeholder.component("title", TITLE)))
+            .append(newline(), miniMessage().deserialize(
+                    "<gradient:#9694ff:#5269ff>Commands:</gradient>"))
+            .append(newline(), miniMessage().deserialize(
+                    "<gradient:aqua:#94d1ff>/miniplaceholders</gradient> <aqua>help</aqua>"))
+            .append(newline(), miniMessage().deserialize(
+                    "<gradient:aqua:#94d1ff>/miniplaceholders</gradient> <aqua>parse</aqua> <#8fadff><player | me></#8fadff> <#99ffb6><player></#99ffb6>"))
+            .append(newline(), miniMessage().deserialize(
+                    "<gradient:aqua:white:aqua><st><b>                                                 "))
             .build();
 
     private static final Component INFO = AboutMenu.builder()
-            .title(miniMessage().deserialize("<gradient:#4d8bff:#a4ff96>MiniPlaceholders</gradient>"))
-            .description(text("MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for PaperMC, Folia, Fabric, Velocity and Krypton platforms"))
+            .title(TITLE)
+            .description(text("MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for Paper, Folia, Fabric, Velocity, Sponge and Krypton platforms"))
             .credits("Author", AboutMenu.Credit.of("4drian3d").url("https://github.com/4drian3d"))
             .credits("Contributors", AboutMenu.Credit.of("Sliman4"))
             .buttons(
@@ -81,105 +80,86 @@ public final class PlaceholdersCommand<A> {
             .build()
             .toComponent();
 
-    public LiteralArgumentBuilder<A> asBuilder(String commandName){
-        return LiteralArgumentBuilder.<A>literal(commandName)
-            .requires(a -> permissionValue(a, "miniplaceholders.command") != TriState.FALSE)
-            .executes(cmd -> {
-                Audience source = getAudience(cmd.getSource());
-                source.sendMessage(INFO);
-                return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
-            })
-            .then(LiteralArgumentBuilder.<A>literal("help")
-                .requires(src -> permissionValue(src, "miniplaceholders.command.help").toBooleanOrElse(false))
-                .executes(cmd -> {
-                    getAudience(cmd.getSource()).sendMessage(HELP);
-                    return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+    private Command.Builder<A> rootBuilder() {
+        return commandManager.commandBuilder(command);
+    }
+
+    public void register() {
+        new MinecraftExceptionHandler<A>()
+                .withDefaultHandlers()
+                .withDecorator(component -> Component.text().append(TITLE).appendSpace().append(component).build())
+                .apply(commandManager, AudienceProvider.nativeAudience());
+
+        commandManager.command(rootBuilder()
+                .permission(src -> {
+                    if (hasPermission != null) {
+                        return hasPermission.test(src, "miniplaceholders.command");
+                    }
+                    return src
+                            .get(PermissionChecker.POINTER)
+                            .map(checker -> checker.value("miniplaceholders.command"))
+                            .orElse(TriState.FALSE) != TriState.FALSE;
                 })
-            )
-            .then(LiteralArgumentBuilder.<A>literal("parse")
-                .requires(cmd -> permissionValue(cmd, "miniplaceholders.command.parse").toBooleanOrElse(false))
-                .then(LiteralArgumentBuilder.<A>literal("me")
-                    .requires(cmd -> permissionValue(cmd, "miniplaceholders.command.parse.me").toBooleanOrElse(false))
-                    .then(RequiredArgumentBuilder.<A, String>argument("string", string())
-                        .executes(cmd -> {
-                            final String toParse = getString(cmd, "string");
-                            final Component parsed = parseGlobal(toParse, getAudience(cmd.getSource()));
-                            getAudience(cmd.getSource()).sendMessage(parsed);
-                            return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+                .handler(handler -> handler.getSender().sendMessage(INFO)));
+        final CommandArgument<A, String> sourceArgument = StringArgument.<A>builder("source")
+                .single()
+                .withDefaultDescription(ArgumentDescription.of("The source from which the message will be parsed"))
+                .withSuggestionsProvider((ctx, st) -> {
+                    final List<String> suggestions = playersSuggestions.get();
+                    suggestions.add("me");
+                    return suggestions;
+                })
+                .build();
+        final CommandArgument<A, String> stringArgument = StringArgument.<A>builder("message")
+                .greedy()
+                .withDefaultDescription(ArgumentDescription.of("Message to be parsed"))
+                .build();
+
+        commandManager.command(
+                rootBuilder().literal("parse")
+                        .argument(sourceArgument)
+                        .argument(stringArgument)
+                        .permission("miniplaceholders.command.parse")
+                        .handler(handler -> {
+                            final String source = handler.get(sourceArgument);
+
+                            final Audience objective = "me".equals(source)
+                                    ? handler.getSender()
+                                    : toAudience.apply(source);
+                            if (objective == null){
+                                handler.getSender().sendMessage(text("You must specify a valid player", RED));
+                                return;
+                            }
+                            final String toParse = handler.get(stringArgument);
+
+                            final Component parsed = miniMessage().deserialize(
+                                    toParse,
+                                    MiniPlaceholders.getAudienceGlobalPlaceholders(objective)
+                            );
+                            handler.getSender().sendMessage(parsed);
                         })
-                    )
-                )
-                .then(LiteralArgumentBuilder.<A>literal("player")
-                    .requires(cmd -> permissionValue(cmd, "miniplaceholders.command.parse.player").toBooleanOrElse(false))
-                    .then(RequiredArgumentBuilder.<A, String>argument("source", word())
-                        .suggests((argument, builder) -> supplyAsync(() -> {
-                                playersSuggestions.get().forEach(builder::suggest);
-                                return builder.build();
-                        }))
-                        .then(RequiredArgumentBuilder.<A, String>argument("string", string())
-                            .executes(cmd -> {
-                                final Audience objective = toAudience.apply(getString(cmd, "source"));
-                                if (objective == null){
-                                    getAudience(cmd.getSource()).sendMessage(text("You must specify a valid player", RED));
-                                    return -1;
-                                }
-                                final String toParse = cmd.getArgument("string", String.class);
-
-                                final Component parsed = parseGlobal(toParse, objective);
-                                getAudience(cmd.getSource()).sendMessage(parsed);
-                                return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
-                            })
-                        )
-                    )
-                )
-            );
-    }
-
-    public LiteralCommandNode<A> asNode(String command) {
-        return asBuilder(command).build();
-    }
-
-    private Component parseGlobal(final String string, final Audience audience) {
-        return miniMessage().deserialize(
-            string,
-            TagResolver.resolver(
-                MiniPlaceholders.getGlobalPlaceholders(),
-                MiniPlaceholders.getAudiencePlaceholders(audience)
-            )
+        );
+        commandManager.command(
+                rootBuilder().literal("help")
+                        .permission("miniplaceholders.command.help")
+                        .handler(handler -> handler.getSender().sendMessage(HELP))
         );
     }
 
-    private Audience getAudience(final A possibleAudience) {
-        if (possibleAudience instanceof Audience audience) {
-            return audience;
-        }
-        final Audience audience = sourceToAudience.apply(possibleAudience);
-        return audience != null ? audience : Audience.empty();
-    }
-
-    private TriState permissionValue(final A source, final String permission) {
-        if (hasPermission != null) {
-            return TriState.byBoolean(hasPermission.test(source, permission));
-        }
-        return getAudience(source)
-                .get(PermissionChecker.POINTER)
-                .map(checker -> checker.value(permission))
-                .orElse(TriState.FALSE);
-    }
-
-    public static <A> Builder<A> builder() {
+    public static <A extends Audience> Builder<A> builder() {
         return new Builder<>();
     }
 
-    public final static class Builder<A> implements AbstractBuilder<PlaceholdersCommand<A>> {
-        private Supplier<Collection<String>> playersSuggestions;
+    public final static class Builder<A extends Audience> implements AbstractBuilder<PlaceholdersCommand<A>> {
+        private Supplier<ArrayList<String>> playersSuggestions;
         private Function<String, Audience> toAudience;
-        private Function<A, Audience> fromAToAudience = a -> Audience.empty();
         private BiPredicate<A, String> hasPermission;
+        private String command;
+        private CommandManager<A> commandManager;
 
         private Builder() {}
 
-        public Builder<A> playerSuggestions(final Supplier<@NotNull Collection<@NotNull String>> playersSuggestions) {
+        public Builder<A> playerSuggestions(final Supplier<@NotNull ArrayList<@NotNull String>> playersSuggestions) {
             this.playersSuggestions = playersSuggestions;
             return this;
         }
@@ -189,13 +169,18 @@ public final class PlaceholdersCommand<A> {
             return this;
         }
 
-        public Builder<A> fromSourceToAudience(final @NotNull Function<@NotNull A, @Nullable Audience> sourceToAudience) {
-            this.fromAToAudience = sourceToAudience;
+        public Builder<A> hasPermissionCheck(final @NotNull BiPredicate<@NotNull A, @NotNull String> hasPermission) {
+            this.hasPermission = hasPermission;
             return this;
         }
 
-        public Builder<A> hasPermissionCheck(final @NotNull BiPredicate<@NotNull A, @NotNull String> hasPermission) {
-            this.hasPermission = hasPermission;
+        public Builder<A> command(final String command) {
+            this.command = command;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder<A> manager(CommandManager<A> commandManager) {
+            this.commandManager = commandManager;
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -204,8 +189,9 @@ public final class PlaceholdersCommand<A> {
             return new PlaceholdersCommand<>(
                     requireNonNull(playersSuggestions),
                     requireNonNull(toAudience),
-                    requireNonNull(fromAToAudience),
-                    hasPermission
+                    hasPermission,
+                    command,
+                    commandManager
             );
         }
     }

connect/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-java.toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(11))
-
-tasks.compileJava {
-    options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-
-    options.release.set(11)
+plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.base")
 }

connect/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/connect/InternalPlatform.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package io.github.miniplaceholders.connect;
 
 public enum InternalPlatform {
 
-    PAPER, VELOCITY, KRYPTON, FABRIC;
+    PAPER, VELOCITY, KRYPTON, FABRIC, SPONGE;
 
     private static InternalPlatform actualPlatform;
 

fabric/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run

fabric/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 plugins {
-    id("fabric-loom") version "1.2.5"
+    id("miniplaceholders.auto.module")
+    id("fabric-loom")
     alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
 }
 
-repositories {
-    maven("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
-}
-
 val shade: Configuration by configurations.creating
 
 dependencies {
@@ -14,18 +11,31 @@ dependencies {
     mappings(loom.officialMojangMappings())
     modImplementation(libs.fabric.loader)
     modImplementation(libs.fabric.api)
-    modImplementation(libs.adventure.platform.fabric)
-    include(libs.adventure.platform.fabric)
-    modImplementation(libs.luckopermissionsapi)
-    include(libs.luckopermissionsapi)
-    shadeModule(projects.miniplaceholdersCommon)
+
+    includeDependency(libs.adventure.platform.fabric)
+    includeDependency(libs.luckopermissionsapi)
+    includeDependency(libs.cloud.fabric)
+    includeDependency(libs.cloud.core)
+    includeDependency(libs.cloud.extras)
+    includeDependency(libs.desertwell)
+
     shadeModule(projects.miniplaceholdersApi)
+    shadeModule(projects.miniplaceholdersCommon)
     shadeModule(projects.miniplaceholdersConnect)
 }
 
 fun DependencyHandlerScope.shadeModule(module: ProjectDependency) {
-    shade(module)
-    implementation(module)
+    shade(module) {
+        isTransitive = false
+    }
+    implementation(module) {
+        isTransitive = false
+    }
+}
+
+fun DependencyHandlerScope.includeDependency(dependency: Any) {
+    modImplementation(dependency)
+    include(dependency)
 }
 
 tasks {
@@ -35,13 +45,10 @@ tasks {
             expand("version" to project.version)
         }
     }
-    compileJava {
-        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-        options.release.set(17)
-    }
     remapJar {
         inputFile.set(shadowJar.get().archiveFile)
-        archiveFileName.set("MiniPlaceholders-Fabric-mc${libs.versions.minecraft.get()}-v${project.version}.jar")
+        archiveFileName.set("MiniPlaceholders-Fabric-${project.version}.jar")
+        destinationDirectory.set(file("${project.rootDir}/jar"))
     }
     shadowJar {
         configurations = listOf(shade)
@@ -50,5 +57,4 @@ tasks {
 
 java {
     withSourcesJar()
-    toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
 }

fabric/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/fabric/FabricMod.java

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.fabric;
 
+import cloud.commandframework.execution.AsynchronousCommandExecutionCoordinator;
+import cloud.commandframework.fabric.FabricServerCommandManager;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.Expansion;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.common.PlaceholdersCommand;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.common.PlaceholdersPlugin;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.connect.InternalPlatform;
 import me.lucko.fabric.api.permissions.v0.Permissions;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer;
-import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.command.v2.CommandRegistrationCallback;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerLifecycleEvents;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public class FabricMod implements ModInitializer, PlaceholdersPlugin {
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("miniplaceholders");
@@ -93,13 +96,18 @@ public class FabricMod implements ModInitializer, PlaceholdersPlugin {
 
     @Override
     public void registerPlatformCommand() {
-        CommandRegistrationCallback.EVENT.register((dispatcher, commandBuildContext, commandSelection) ->
-            dispatcher.register(PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSourceStack>builder()
-                    .hasPermissionCheck((source, permission) -> Permissions.check(source, permission, 4))
-                    .toAudience(string -> this.minecraftServer.getPlayerList().getPlayerByName(string))
-                    .playerSuggestions(() -> Arrays.asList(this.minecraftServer.getPlayerNames()))
-                    .build()
-                    .asBuilder("miniplaceholders"))
+        final FabricServerCommandManager<CommandSourceStack> commandManager = new FabricServerCommandManager<>(
+                AsynchronousCommandExecutionCoordinator.simpleCoordinator(),
+                Function.identity(),
+                Function.identity()
         );
+        PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSourceStack>builder()
+                .hasPermissionCheck((source, permission) -> Permissions.check(source, permission, 4))
+                .toAudience(string -> this.minecraftServer.getPlayerList().getPlayerByName(string))
+                .playerSuggestions(() -> new ArrayList<>(List.of(this.minecraftServer.getPlayerNames())))
+                .manager(commandManager)
+                .command("miniplaceholders")
+                .build()
+                .register();
     }
 }

fabric/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "fabricloader": ">=0.14.19",
     "fabric": "*",
     "java": ">=17",
-    "minecraft": "~1.19.4",
+    "minecraft": ">=1.19.4",
     "fabric-permissions-api-v0": "*"
   }
 }

gradle.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 group = io.github.miniplaceholders
-version = 2.1.0
-description = MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for PaperMC, Krypton and Velocity platforms
+version = 2.2.1
+description = MiniMessage Component-based Placeholders for Paper, Folia, Fabric, Sponge, velocity and Krypton platforms
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2G

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -3,28 +3,29 @@ metadata.format.version = "1.1"
 [versions]
 
 velocity = "3.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
-paper = "1.19.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
-krypton = "cbfaff4aa4"
-minecraft = "1.19.4"
+paper = "1.20.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
+krypton = "7796647145"
+minecraft = "1.20.1"
 
 runtask = "2.1.0"
-pluginyml = "0.5.3"
-userdev = "1.5.4"
+pluginyml = "0.6.0"
+userdev = "1.5.5"
 blossom = "1.3.1"
-indra = "3.0.1"
+indra = "3.1.2"
 shadow = "8.1.1"
 jmh = "0.7.1"
-dokka = "1.8.10"
+dokka = "1.8.20"
 
-adventure = "4.13.1"
-adventurefabric = "5.8.0"
+cloud = "1.8.3"
+adventure = "4.14.0"
+adventurefabric = "5.9.0"
 brigadier = "1.0.500"
-kotlin="1.8.21"
+kotlin="1.9.0"
 
-fabric-api = "0.79.0+1.20"
-fabric-loader = "0.14.19"
+fabric-api = "0.86.0+1.20.1"
+fabric-loader = "0.14.21"
 
-desertwell = "2.0.2"
+desertwell = "2.0.4"
 
 [libraries]
 
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ luckopermissionsapi = { group = "me.lucko", name = "fabric-permissions-api", ver
 adventure-api = { group = "net.kyori", name = "adventure-api", version.ref = "adventure" }
 adventure-minimesssage = { group = "net.kyori", name = "adventure-text-minimessage", version.ref = "adventure" }
 adventure-platform-fabric = { group = "net.kyori", name = "adventure-platform-fabric", version.ref = "adventurefabric" }
+adventure-serializer-legacy = { group = "net.kyori", name = "adventure-text-serializer-legacy", version.ref = "adventure" }
+adventure-serializer-plain = { group = "net.kyori", name = "adventure-text-serializer-plain", version.ref = "adventure" }
+
+cloud-core = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-core", version.ref = "cloud" }
+cloud-annotations = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-annotations", version.ref = "cloud" }
+cloud-velocity = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-velocity", version.ref = "cloud" }
+cloud-paper = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-paper", version.ref = "cloud" }
+cloud-fabric = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-fabric", version.ref = "cloud" }
+cloud-sponge = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-sponge", version = "1.8.0-SNAPSHOT" }
+cloud-extras = { group = "cloud.commandframework", name = "cloud-minecraft-extras", version.ref = "cloud" }
 
 brigadier = { group = "com.mojang", name = "brigadier", version.ref = "brigadier" }
 
@@ -49,10 +60,12 @@ plugin-shadow = { group = "com.github.johnrengelman", name = "shadow", version.r
 plugin-kotlin =  { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 plugin-indra-common = { module = "net.kyori:indra-common", version.ref = "indra" }
 plugin-indra-spotless = { module = "net.kyori:indra-licenser-spotless", version.ref = "indra" }
-plugin-dokka = "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:1.8.10"
+plugin-dokka = "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:1.8.20"
 
 desertwell = { group = "net.william278", name = "DesertWell", version.ref = "desertwell" }
 
+junit-bom = "org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.3"
+
 [plugins]
 
 pluginyml = { id = "net.minecrell.plugin-yml.bukkit", version.ref = "pluginyml" }

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

gradlew

@@ -130,10 +130,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.

krypton/src/main/kotlin/io/github/miniplaceholders/krypton/KotlinKryptonPlugin.kt

@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ class KotlinKryptonPlugin @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     override fun registerPlatformCommand() {
-        val command = PlaceholdersCommand.builder<CommandExecutionContext>()
+        /*val command = PlaceholdersCommand.builder<CommandExecutionContext>()
             .fromSourceToAudience { it.sender }
             .playerSuggestions { server.players.map { it.name } }
             .toAudience { server.getPlayer(it) }
             .build()
         val brigadierCMD = BrigadierCommand.of(command.asNode("miniplaceholders"))
         val meta = KryptonCommandMeta.Builder("miniplaceholders").build()
-        server.commandManager.register(brigadierCMD, meta)
+        server.commandManager.register(brigadierCMD, meta)*/
     }
 }

paper/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,34 +1,20 @@
 plugins {
-    alias(libs.plugins.userdev)
+    id("miniplaceholders.auto.module")
+    id("miniplaceholders.shadow")
     alias(libs.plugins.runpaper)
-    alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    paperweight.paperDevBundle(libs.versions.paper.get())
+    compileOnly(libs.paper)
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersCommon)
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersApi)
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersConnect)
+    implementation(libs.cloud.paper)
 }
 
-java.toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
-
 tasks {
-    assemble {
-        dependsOn(reobfJar)
-    }
-    compileJava {
-        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-
-        options.release.set(17)
-    }
     runServer {
-        minecraftVersion("1.19.4")
-    }
-    jar {
-        manifest {
-            attributes("Automatic-Module-Name" to "io.github.miniplaceholders.paper")
-        }
+        minecraftVersion("1.20.1")
     }
     processResources {
         filesMatching("paper-plugin.yml") {

paper/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/paper/PaperPlugin.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.paper;
 
+import cloud.commandframework.execution.AsynchronousCommandExecutionCoordinator;
+import cloud.commandframework.paper.PaperCommandManager;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.Expansion;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.TagsUtils;
 import io.github.miniplaceholders.common.PlaceholdersCommand;
@@ -9,14 +11,17 @@ import io.papermc.paper.datapack.Datapack;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
-import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
-import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import org.bukkit.World;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.permissions.Permissible;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public final class PaperPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements PlaceholdersPlugin {
@@ -78,19 +83,28 @@ public final class PaperPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements PlaceholdersPlugin
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings({"sonarlint(java:s1874)"})
     public void registerPlatformCommand() {
-        MinecraftServer.getServer()
-            .getCommands()
-            .getDispatcher()
-            .register(PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSourceStack>builder()
+        try {
+            PaperCommandManager<CommandSender> commandManager = new PaperCommandManager<>(
+                    this,
+                    AsynchronousCommandExecutionCoordinator.simpleCoordinator(),
+                    Function.identity(),
+                    Function.identity()
+            );
+            commandManager.registerBrigadier();
+
+            PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSender>builder()
                     .playerSuggestions(() -> getServer().getOnlinePlayers()
                             .stream()
                             .map(Player::getName)
-                            .toList())
+                            .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new)))
                     .toAudience(st -> getServer().getPlayer(st))
-                    .hasPermissionCheck((source, permission) -> source.getBukkitSender().hasPermission(permission))
-                    .fromSourceToAudience(CommandSourceStack::getBukkitSender)
+                    .hasPermissionCheck(Permissible::hasPermission)
+                    .manager(commandManager)
+                    .command("miniplaceholders")
                     .build()
-                    .asBuilder("miniplaceholders")
-            );
+                    .register();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 }

settings.gradle.kts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@file:Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
+
 enableFeaturePreview("TYPESAFE_PROJECT_ACCESSORS")
 
 rootProject.name = "miniplaceholders-parent"
@@ -12,8 +14,25 @@ pluginManagement {
     }
 }
 
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+    repositories {
+        maven("https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/")
+        maven("https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/")
+        maven("https://jitpack.io") {
+            mavenContent {
+                includeGroup("net.william278")
+            }
+        }
+        maven("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
+        maven("https://repo.jpenilla.xyz/snapshots/")
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
-    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.5.0"
+    id("fabric-loom") version "1.3.8"
+    id("org.spongepowered.gradle.plugin") version "2.1.1"
+    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.6.0"
 }
 
 arrayOf(
@@ -23,8 +42,9 @@ arrayOf(
     "common",
     "paper",
     "velocity",
-    "krypton",
-    "fabric"
+    //"krypton",
+    "fabric",
+    "sponge"
 ).forEach {
     include("miniplaceholders-$it")
     project(":miniplaceholders-$it").projectDir = file(it)

sponge/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# run-paper files
+/run

sponge/build.gradle.kts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import org.spongepowered.gradle.plugin.config.PluginLoaders
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.metadata.model.PluginDependency
+
+plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.auto.module")
+    id("miniplaceholders.shadow")
+    id("org.spongepowered.gradle.plugin")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersCommon)
+    implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersApi)
+    implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersConnect)
+    implementation(libs.cloud.sponge)
+}
+
+sponge {
+    apiVersion("8.1.0")
+    license("GPL-3")
+    loader {
+        name(PluginLoaders.JAVA_PLAIN)
+        version("1.0")
+    }
+    plugin("miniplaceholders") {
+        displayName("MiniPlaceholders")
+        entrypoint("io.github.miniplaceholders.sponge.SpongePlugin")
+        description(project.description)
+        links {
+            homepage("https://github.com/MiniPlaceholders/MiniPlaceholders")
+            source("https://github.com/MiniPlaceholders/MiniPlaceholders")
+            issues("https://github.com/MiniPlaceholders/MiniPlaceholders/issues")
+        }
+        contributor("4drian3d") {
+            description("Lead Developer")
+        }
+        dependency("spongeapi") {
+            loadOrder(PluginDependency.LoadOrder.AFTER)
+            optional(false)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks {
+    shadowJar {
+        exclude("io/leangen/geantyref/**")
+    }
+}

sponge/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/sponge/SpongePlugin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package io.github.miniplaceholders.sponge;
+
+import cloud.commandframework.execution.CommandExecutionCoordinator;
+import cloud.commandframework.sponge.SpongeCommandManager;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.Expansion;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.api.utils.TagsUtils;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.common.PlaceholdersCommand;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.common.PlaceholdersPlugin;
+import io.github.miniplaceholders.connect.InternalPlatform;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.audience.ForwardingAudience;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.spongepowered.api.Server;
+import org.spongepowered.api.command.Command;
+import org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandCause;
+import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.server.ServerPlayer;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.Listener;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.lifecycle.RegisterCommandEvent;
+import org.spongepowered.api.event.lifecycle.StartingEngineEvent;
+import org.spongepowered.api.world.server.ServerWorld;
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.PluginContainer;
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.builtin.jvm.Plugin;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Plugin("miniplaceholders")
+public class SpongePlugin implements PlaceholdersPlugin {
+
+    @Inject
+    private PluginContainer pluginContainer;
+    @Inject
+    private Logger logger;
+
+    private Server server;
+
+    @Listener
+    public void onServerStart(final StartingEngineEvent<Server> event) {
+        this.server = event.engine();
+        logger.info("Starting MiniPlaceholders Sponge");
+        InternalPlatform.platform(InternalPlatform.SPONGE);
+
+        this.loadDefaultExpansions();
+    }
+
+    private final AtomicInteger registration = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+    @Listener
+    public void onCommandRegister(final RegisterCommandEvent<Command.Parameterized> event) {
+        if (registration.getAndIncrement() == 0) {
+            this.registerPlatformCommand();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void loadDefaultExpansions() {
+        Expansion.builder("server")
+                .globalPlaceholder("name", TagsUtils.staticTag("Sponge"))
+                .globalPlaceholder("online", (queue, ctx) -> TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(server.onlinePlayers().size())))
+                .globalPlaceholder("max_players", (queue, ctx) -> TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(server.maxPlayers())))
+                .globalPlaceholder("unique_joins", (queue, ctx) -> TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(server.userManager().streamAll().count())))
+                .globalPlaceholder("has_whitelist", (queue, ctx) -> TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(server.isWhitelistEnabled())))
+                .globalPlaceholder("total_chunks", (queue, ctx) -> {
+                    int chunkCount = 0;
+                    for (ServerWorld world : server.worldManager().worlds()){
+                        chunkCount += world.entities().size();
+                    }
+                    return TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(chunkCount));
+                })
+                .globalPlaceholder("total_entities", (queue, ctx) -> {
+                    int entityCount = 0;
+                    for (ServerWorld world : server.worldManager().worlds()){
+                        entityCount += world.entities().size();
+                    }
+                    return TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(entityCount));
+                })
+                .globalPlaceholder("mspt", (queue, ctx) -> TagsUtils.staticTag(Component.text(server.averageTickTime())))
+                .build()
+                .register();
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerPlatformCommand() {
+        final SpongeCommandManager<AudienceHolder> commandManager = new SpongeCommandManager<>(
+                pluginContainer,
+                CommandExecutionCoordinator.simpleCoordinator(),
+                AudienceHolder::cause,
+                AudienceHolder::new
+        );
+
+        PlaceholdersCommand.<AudienceHolder>builder()
+                .manager(commandManager)
+                .command("miniplaceholders")
+                .playerSuggestions(() -> server.onlinePlayers()
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(ServerPlayer::name)
+                        .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new)))
+                .toAudience(st -> server.player(st).orElse(null))
+                .hasPermissionCheck((holder, permission) -> holder.cause.hasPermission(permission))
+                .build()
+                .register();
+    }
+
+    record AudienceHolder(@NotNull CommandCause cause) implements ForwardingAudience.Single {
+
+        @Override
+        public @NotNull Audience audience() {
+            return cause.audience();
+        }
+    }
+}

velocity/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
+    id("miniplaceholders.shadow")
+    id("miniplaceholders.auto.module")
     alias(libs.plugins.runvelocity)
-    alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -9,23 +10,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersCommon)
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersApi)
     implementation(projects.miniplaceholdersConnect)
+    implementation(libs.cloud.velocity)
 }
 
-java.toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
-
 tasks {
-    compileJava {
-        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
-
-        options.release.set(17)
-    }
-
-    jar {
-        manifest {
-            attributes("Automatic-Module-Name" to "io.github.miniplaceholders.velocity")
-        }
-    }
-
     runVelocity {
         velocityVersion(libs.versions.velocity.get())
     }

velocity/src/main/java/io/github/miniplaceholders/velocity/VelocityPlugin.java

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package io.github.miniplaceholders.velocity;
 
+import cloud.commandframework.execution.CommandExecutionCoordinator;
+import cloud.commandframework.velocity.CloudInjectionModule;
+import cloud.commandframework.velocity.VelocityCommandManager;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.command.BrigadierCommand;
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+import com.google.inject.Key;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.Subscribe;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyInitializeEvent;
@@ -19,6 +24,10 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.Tag;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 @Plugin(
         name = "MiniPlaceholders",
         id = "miniplaceholders",
@@ -28,6 +37,8 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 public final class VelocityPlugin implements PlaceholdersPlugin {
     private final Logger logger;
     private final ProxyServer proxy;
+    @Inject
+    private Injector injector;
 
     @Inject
     public VelocityPlugin(final Logger logger, final ProxyServer proxy) {
@@ -67,17 +78,25 @@ public final class VelocityPlugin implements PlaceholdersPlugin {
 
     @Override
     public void registerPlatformCommand() {
-        final BrigadierCommand brigadierCMD = new BrigadierCommand(
-                PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSource>builder()
-                        .playerSuggestions(() -> proxy.getAllPlayers()
-                                .stream()
-                                .map(Player::getUsername)
-                                .toList())
-                        .toAudience(st -> proxy.getPlayer(st).orElse(null))
-                        .build()
-                        .asNode("vminiplaceholders")
+        injector = injector.createChildInjector(
+            new CloudInjectionModule<>(
+                    CommandSource.class,
+                    CommandExecutionCoordinator.simpleCoordinator(),
+                    Function.identity(),
+                    Function.identity()
+            )
         );
-
-        proxy.getCommandManager().register(brigadierCMD);
+        final VelocityCommandManager<CommandSource> commandManager = injector.getInstance(
+                Key.get(new TypeLiteral<>() {})
+        );
+        PlaceholdersCommand.<CommandSource>builder()
+                .playerSuggestions(() -> proxy.getAllPlayers()
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(Player::getUsername)
+                        .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new)))
+                .toAudience(st -> proxy.getPlayer(st).orElse(null))
+                .command("vminiplaceholders")
+                .manager(commandManager)
+                .build().register();
     }
 }