Bump version 2.16.0

Merge pull request #353 from SoSeDiK/blocks
Migrate NBTBlock & NBTChunk to NBT
2026-11-05 09:10:23 -05:00 · 2026-07-27 18:21:45 +02:00 · 2026-07-27 18:12:50 +02:00 · 2026-07-27 18:09:51 +02:00 · 2026-07-24 21:28:43 +02:00 · 2026-07-13 03:04:12 -03:00
119 changed files with 5777 additions and 1773 deletions
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-{
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-      "contributions": [
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-      ],
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-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "SoSeDiK",
-      "name": "SoSeDiK",
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-      "profile": "https://github.com/SoSeDiK",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "userTesting"
-      ],
-      "links": {
-        "userTesting": "https://github.com/SoSeDiK?tab=repositories"
-      }
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-    {
-      "login": "e3ndr",
-      "name": "Ender",
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-      "profile": "https://github.com/e3ndr",
-      "contributions": [
-        "doc",
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-      }
-    },
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-      "name": "Haylee Schäfer",
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-      "profile": "https://github.com/inventivetalentdev",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "ideas"
-      ],
-      "links": {
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-        "ideas": "https://github.com/InventivetalentDev/NBTInjector"
-      }
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-      }
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-      "contributions": [
-        "plugin"
-      ],
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-        "plugin": "https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI/1058"
-      }
-    },
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-      "name": "MrAxeTv",
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-        "financial": "https://tr7zw.dev/donate/"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "iGabyTM",
-      "name": "Gabriel Dumitru",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/32105478?s=460&v=4",
-      "profile": "https://github.com/iGabyTM",
-      "contributions": [
-        "discord"
-      ]
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-      "login": "TauCubed",
-      "name": "TauCubed",
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-      "profile": "https://github.com/TauCubed",
-      "contributions": [
-        "discord"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
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-      "name": "LoneDev",
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-      "profile": "https://www.spigotmc.org/members/lonedev.88296",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "ideas",
-        "financial"
-      ],
-      "links": {
-        "ideas": "https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/nbt-api.70503/page-7#post-3652832",
-        "financial": "https://tr7zw.dev/donate/"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "GC.",
-      "name": "GC.",
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-      "contributions": [
-        "financial"
-      ],
-      "links": {
-        "financial": "https://tr7zw.dev/donate/"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "Peaches_MLG",
-      "name": "Peaches_MLG",
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-      "profile": "https://www.spigotmc.org/members/peaches_mlg100.194338/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "financial"
-      ],
-      "links": {
-        "financial": "https://tr7zw.dev/donate/"
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ updates:
  ignore:
  - dependency-name: com.github.ekryd.sortpom:sortpom-maven-plugin
    versions:
-    - 2.13.1
+    - 2.13.3-SNAPSHOT
    - 2.14.0
    - 2.14.1
    - 2.15.0
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
    - name: Copy artifacts
      shell: bash
      run: |
-        mkdir -p artifacts/v2-api && cp -r item-nbt-api/target/apidocs/* artifacts/v2-api
+        mkdir -p artifacts/v2-api && cp -r item-nbt-api/target/reports/apidocs/* artifacts/v2-api
        mkdir -p artifacts/v2-plugin && cp -r item-nbt-plugin/target/apidocs/* artifacts/v2-plugin
    - name: Deploy 🚀
      uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.4.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)

-Copyright (c) 2015 - 2021, tr7zw
+Copyright (c) 2015 - 2024, tr7zw

 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -1,54 +1,36 @@
 # Item-NBT-API
-Add custom NBT tags to Items/Tiles/Entities without NMS! Modify NBT and store it Files, other NBT or as String in yaml/json/SQL/Redis.
+
+[![Modrinth](https://img.shields.io/modrinth/dt/nbtapi?logo=modrinth&label=Modrinth%20downloads)](https://modrinth.com/plugin/nbtapi)
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/342814924310970398?color=%237289DA&label=Discord&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discordapp.com/invite/yk4caxM)
+
+Add custom NBT tags to Items/Tiles/Entities without NMS! Modify NBT and store it in Files, other NBT, or as String in yaml/json/SQL/Redis.
 [Server Owner/Developer Wiki](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki)

 ### Build/Maven/Sonar Status
-[![Build Status](https://ci.codemc.org/buildStatus/icon?job=Tr7zw%2FItem-NBT-API)](https://ci.codemc.org/job/Tr7zw/job/Item-NBT-API/)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=ncloc)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=duplicated_lines_density)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=sqale_rating)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)
-[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/342814924310970398?color=%237289DA&label=Discord&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discordapp.com/invite/yk4caxM)
-[![Patreon](https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshieldsio-patreon.vercel.app%2Fapi%3Fusername%3Dtr7zw%26type%3Dpatrons&style=for-the-badge)](https://www.patreon.com/tr7zw)
+
+[![Build Status](https://ci.codemc.org/buildStatus/icon?job=Tr7zw%2FItem-NBT-API)](https://ci.codemc.org/job/Tr7zw/job/Item-NBT-API/)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API&metric=ncloc)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/overall?id=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API&metric=duplicated_lines_density)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/overall?id=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API&metric=sqale_rating)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/overall?id=tr7zw_Item-NBT-API)

 ### SpigotMC Status
+
 [![Version](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/version/Version-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![Rating](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/rating/Rating-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![Rating](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/downloads/SpigotDownloads-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![bStats Servers](https://img.shields.io/bstats/servers/1058.svg?color=green&label=OnlineServers&style=plastic)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)[![bStats Players](https://img.shields.io/bstats/players/1058.svg?color=green&label=OnlinePlayers&style=plastic)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-13-green.svg?style=plastic)](#contributors-%e2%9c%a8)

 ## Getting started
-Import the API [using Maven](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Maven), then check out the [basic usage](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-the-NBT-API) or code examples like [working with Skulls](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Set-a-skull's-skin-using-NBT-API).
+
+Import the API using [Maven](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Maven) or [Gradle](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Gradle), then check out the [basic usage](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-the-NBT-API) or code examples like [working with Skulls](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Example-Usages#set-a-skulls-skin).

 ### bStats

 [![bStats Stats](https://bstats.org/signatures/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI.svg)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)

 ### Github Stargazers
+
 <img src="https://starchart.cc/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API.svg" alt="stargazers" width="800"/>

-## Contributors ✨
+### Supported by YourKit

-Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
-
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
-<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/sgdc3"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/8779252?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Gabriele C.</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/commits?author=sgdc3" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://codemc.io/" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/SoSeDiK"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/19875118?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>SoSeDiK</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/commits?author=SoSeDiK" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/SoSeDiK?tab=repositories" title="User Testing">📓</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/e3ndr"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/33337309?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ender</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#discord-e3ndr" title="Discord help">🤝</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/inventivetalentdev"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/6525296?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Haylee Schäfer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/tree/master/nbt-injector" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/InventivetalentDev/NBTInjector" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://spiget.org/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/15632072?s=200&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>SpiGet</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/blob/master/item-nbt-api/src/main/java/de/tr7zw/changeme/nbtapi/utils/VersionChecker.java" title="Plugin/utility libraries">🔌</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/Bastian/bStats"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5033001?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>bStats</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI/1058" title="Plugin/utility libraries">🔌</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/MrAxeTv"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/17033332?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>MrAxeTv</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://tr7zw.dev/donate/" title="Financial Support">💵</a> <a href="https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/beastwithdraw-multy-withdraw-plugin.13896/" title="User Testing">📓</a> <a href="#discord-MrAxeTv" title="Discord help">🤝</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/MrDienns"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/15938901?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Dennis van der Veeke</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://tr7zw.dev/donate/" title="Financial Support">💵</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/iGabyTM"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/32105478?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Gabriel Dumitru</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#discord-iGabyTM" title="Discord help">🤝</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/TauCubed"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/35522873?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>TauCubed</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#discord-TauCubed" title="Discord help">🤝</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.spigotmc.org/members/lonedev.88296"><img src="https://www.spigotmc.org/data/avatars/l/88/88296.jpg?1563463602" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>LoneDev</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/commits?author=LoneDev" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/nbt-api.70503/page-7#post-3652832" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="https://tr7zw.dev/donate/" title="Financial Support">💵</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.spigotmc.org/members/gc.25090"><img src="https://www.spigotmc.org/data/avatars/l/25/25090.jpg?1502396477" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>GC.</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://tr7zw.dev/donate/" title="Financial Support">💵</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.spigotmc.org/members/peaches_mlg100.194338/"><img src="https://www.spigotmc.org/data/avatars/l/194/194338.jpg?1561235996" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Peaches_MLG</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://tr7zw.dev/donate/" title="Financial Support">💵</a></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<!-- markdownlint-enable -->
-<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
-<!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
-
-This project follows the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org) specification.
-Contributions of any kind are welcome! Shoot me a message or pullrequest to be added!
+![](https://www.yourkit.com/images/yklogo.png)  
+YourKit supports open source projects with innovative and intelligent tools
+for monitoring and profiling Java and .NET applications.
+YourKit is the creator of <a href="https://www.yourkit.com/java/profiler/">YourKit Java Profiler</a>,
+<a href="https://www.yourkit.com/.net/profiler/">YourKit .NET Profiler</a>,
+and <a href="https://www.yourkit.com/youmonitor/">YourKit YouMonitor</a>.
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 # (Item-)NBT-API
-Add custom NBT tags to Items/Tiles/Entities without NMS! Modify NBT and store it Files, other NBT or as String in yaml/json/SQL/Redis.
+
+Add custom NBT tags to Items/Tiles/Entities without NMS! Modify NBT and store it in Files, other NBT, or as String in yaml/json/SQL/Redis.
 [Server Owner/Developer Wiki](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki)

 ### Build/Maven/Sonar Status
+
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/workflows/Java%20CI/badge.svg)](https://ci.codemc.org/job/Tr7zw/job/Item-NBT-API/)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=ncloc)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=duplicated_lines_density)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)[![](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent&metric=sqale_rating)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=de.tr7zw%3Aitem-nbt-parent)
 Discord:[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/342814924310970398?color=%237289DA&label=Discord&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discordapp.com/invite/yk4caxM)

 ### SpigotMC Status
+
 [![Version](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/version/Version-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![Rating](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/rating/Rating-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![Rating](https://badges.spiget.org/resources/downloads/SpigotDownloads-yellow-7939.svg)](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/item-entity-tile-nbt-api.7939/)[![bStats Servers](https://img.shields.io/bstats/servers/1058.svg?color=green&label=OnlineServers&style=plastic)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)[![bStats Players](https://img.shields.io/bstats/players/1058.svg?color=green&label=OnlinePlayers&style=plastic)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)

 ## Getting started
-Import the API [using Maven](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Maven), then check out the [basic usage](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-the-NBT-API) or code examples like [working with Skulls](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Set-a-skull's-skin-using-NBT-API).
+
+Import the API using [Maven](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Maven) or [Gradle](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Gradle), then check out the [basic usage](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-the-NBT-API) or code examples like [working with Skulls](https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Example-Usages#set-a-skulls-skin).

 ### bStats
+
 [![bStats Stats](https://bstats.org/signatures/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI.svg)](https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ItemNBTAPI)
@@ -5,19 +5,25 @@
  <parent>
    <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
    <artifactId>item-nbt-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
  </parent>

  <artifactId>item-nbt-api</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
-      <artifactId>functional-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>com.mojang</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>datafixerupper</artifactId>
+	    <version>4.0.26</version>
+	    <scope>provided</scope>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	  <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
+	  <version>3.2.1</version>
+	  <scope>compile</scope>
+	</dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
@@ -32,15 +38,15 @@
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.1</version>
+        <version>3.6.2</version>
        <configuration>
-          <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-          <relocations>
-            <relocation>
-              <pattern>de.tr7zw.annotations</pattern>
-              <shadedPattern>de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations</shadedPattern>
-            </relocation>
-          </relocations>
+	        <relocations>
+	          <relocation>
+	            <pattern>org.bstats</pattern>
+	            <shadedPattern>de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.metrics</shadedPattern>
+	          </relocation>
+	        </relocations>
+          <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
          <transformers>
            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
              <resource>LICENSE</resource>
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
 package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.logging.Level;

+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.CheckUtil;
+import org.bukkit.Chunk;
+import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockState;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

 import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTFileHandle;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteItemNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableItemNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.NBTProxy;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.ProxyBuilder;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBTList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

 /**
 * General utility class for a clean and simple nbt access.
@@ -19,12 +36,64 @@ import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
 * @author tr7zw
 *
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class NBT {

    private NBT() {
        // No instances of NBT. Utility class
    }

+    /**
+     * Utility method for shaded versions to preload and check the API during
+     * onEnable. This method does not throw an exception and instead logs them. Will
+     * return false if something fundamentally is wrong and the NBTAPI is in a non
+     * functioning state. The shading plugin then needs to handle this. Note:
+     * Calling this method during onLoad will cause an failure, so please wait till
+     * onEnable.
+     * 
+     * @return true if everything went fine
+     */
+    public static boolean preloadApi() {
+        try {
+            // boiled down version of the plugin selfcheck without tests
+            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion() == MinecraftVersion.UNKNOWN) {
+                NbtApiException.confirmedBroken = true;
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (ClassWrapper c : ClassWrapper.values()) {
+                if (c.isEnabled() && c.getClazz() == null) {
+                    NbtApiException.confirmedBroken = true;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            for (ReflectionMethod method : ReflectionMethod.values()) {
+                if (method.isCompatible() && !method.isLoaded()) {
+                    NbtApiException.confirmedBroken = true;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            // not settings NbtApiException.confirmedBroken = false, as no actual tests were done. 
+            // This just means the version was found, and all reflections seem to work.
+            return true;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            NbtApiException.confirmedBroken = true;
+            MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error during the selfcheck!", ex);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a read only instance of the items NBT. This method is slightly slower
+     * than calling NBT.get due to having to create a copy of the ItemStack, but
+     * allows context free access to the data.
+     * 
+     * @param item
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static ReadableNBT readNbt(ItemStack item) {
+        return new NBTItem(item.clone(), false, true, false);
+    }
+
    /**
     * It takes an ItemStack, and a function that takes a ReadableNBT and returns a
     * generic type T. It then returns the result of the function applied to a new
@@ -35,8 +104,26 @@ public class NBT {
     *               T.
     * @return The function is being returned.
     */
-    public static <T> T get(ItemStack item, Function<ReadableNBT, T> getter) {
-        return getter.apply(new NBTItem(item, false, true));
+    public static <T> T get(ItemStack item, Function<ReadableItemNBT, T> getter) {
+        NBTItem nbt = new NBTItem(item, false, true, false);
+        T ret = getter.apply(nbt);
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbt.setClosed();
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack, and a Consumer that takes a ReadableNBT. Applies the
+     * Consumer on the NBT of the item
+     * 
+     * @param item The itemstack you want to get the NBT from
+     */
+    public static void get(ItemStack item, Consumer<ReadableItemNBT> getter) {
+        NBTItem nbt = new NBTItem(item, false, true, false);
+        getter.accept(nbt);
+        nbt.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -48,7 +135,25 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The NBTEntity class is being returned.
     */
    public static <T> T get(Entity entity, Function<ReadableNBT, T> getter) {
-        return getter.apply(new NBTEntity(entity, true));
+        NBTEntity nbt = new NBTEntity(entity, true);
+        T ret = getter.apply(nbt);
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbt.setClosed();
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an Entity, and a Consumer that takes a ReadableNBT. Applies the
+     * Consumer on the NBT of the Entity
+     * 
+     * @param entity The entity to get the NBT from
+     */
+    public static void get(Entity entity, Consumer<ReadableNBT> getter) {
+        NBTEntity nbt = new NBTEntity(entity, true);
+        getter.accept(nbt);
+        nbt.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -62,7 +167,25 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The return type is the same as the type of the getter function.
     */
    public static <T> T get(BlockState blockState, Function<ReadableNBT, T> getter) {
-        return getter.apply(new NBTTileEntity(blockState, true));
+        NBTTileEntity nbt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState, true);
+        T ret = getter.apply(nbt);
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbt.setClosed();
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an BlockEntity, and a Consumer that takes a ReadableNBT. Applies the
+     * Consumer on the NBT of the BlockEntity
+     * 
+     * @param blockState The block state of the block you want to get the NBT from.
+     */
+    public static void get(BlockState blockState, Consumer<ReadableNBT> getter) {
+        NBTTileEntity nbt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState, true);
+        getter.accept(nbt);
+        nbt.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -76,13 +199,17 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The return type is T, which is a generic type.
     */
    public static <T> T getPersistentData(Entity entity, Function<ReadableNBT, T> getter) {
-        return getter.apply(new NBTEntity(entity).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        T ret = getter.apply(new NBTEntity(entity).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        return ret;
    }

    /**
-     * It takes an block entity and a function that takes a ReadableNBT and returns
-     * a generic type T, and returns the result of the function, applied to the
-     * block entities persistent data container
+     * It takes a block entity and a function that takes a ReadableNBT and returns a
+     * generic type T, and returns the result of the function, applied to the block
+     * entities persistent data container
     * 
     * @param blockState The block state of the block you want to get the data from.
     * @param getter     A function that takes a ReadableNBT and returns a value of
@@ -90,7 +217,11 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The value of the NBT tag.
     */
    public static <T> T getPersistentData(BlockState blockState, Function<ReadableNBT, T> getter) {
-        return getter.apply(new NBTTileEntity(blockState).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        T ret = getter.apply(new NBTTileEntity(blockState).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        return ret;
    }

    /**
@@ -102,9 +233,13 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The return value of the function.
     */
    public static <T> T modify(ItemStack item, Function<ReadWriteItemNBT, T> function) {
-        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, true);
+        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, false, false, true);
        T val = function.apply(nbti);
-        nbti.applyNBT(item);
+        nbti.finalizeChanges();
+        if (val instanceof ReadableNBT || val instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbti.setClosed();
        return val;
    }

@@ -116,9 +251,10 @@ public class NBT {
     * @param consumer The consumer that will be used to modify the NBT.
     */
    public static void modify(ItemStack item, Consumer<ReadWriteItemNBT> consumer) {
-        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, true);
+        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, false, false, true);
        consumer.accept(nbti);
-        nbti.applyNBT(item);
+        nbti.finalizeChanges();
+        nbti.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -134,9 +270,84 @@ public class NBT {
        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(nbtEnt.getCompound());
        T ret = function.apply(cont);
        nbtEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbtEnt.setClosed();
        return ret;
    }

+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack and a Consumer&lt;ReadWriteNBT&gt;, and then applies
+     * the Consumer to the ItemStacks Components as NBT. This is for 1.20.5+ only.
+     * This method is quite expensive, so don't overuse it.
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to modify the components of
+     * @param consumer The consumer that will be used to modify the components.
+     */
+    public static void modifyComponents(ItemStack item, Consumer<ReadWriteNBT> consumer) {
+        if (!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("This method only works for 1.20.5+!");
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT nbti = NBT.itemStackToNBT(item);
+        consumer.accept(nbti.getOrCreateCompound("components"));
+        ItemStack tmp = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(nbti);
+        item.setItemMeta(tmp.getItemMeta());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack and a Consumer&lt;ReadWriteNBT&gt;, and then applies
+     * the Consumer to the ItemStacks Components as NBT. This is for 1.20.5+ only.
+     * This method is quite expensive, so don't overuse it.
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to modify the components of
+     * @param function The consumer that will be used to modify the components.
+     * @return The return type is the same as the return type of the function.
+     */
+    public static <T> T modifyComponents(ItemStack item, Function<ReadWriteNBT, T> function) {
+        if (!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("This method only works for 1.20.5+!");
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT nbti = NBT.itemStackToNBT(item);
+        T ret = function.apply(nbti.getOrCreateCompound("components"));
+        ItemStack tmp = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(nbti);
+        item.setItemMeta(tmp.getItemMeta());
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack and a Consumer&lt;ReadWriteNBT&gt;, and then applies
+     * the Consumer to the ItemStacks Components as NBT. This is for 1.20.5+ only.
+     * This method is quite expensive, try to cache the results/use it smartly.
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to read the components of
+     * @param consumer The consumer that will be used to read the components.
+     */
+    public static void getComponents(ItemStack item, Consumer<ReadableNBT> consumer) {
+        if (!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("This method only works for 1.20.5+!");
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT nbti = NBT.itemStackToNBT(item);
+        consumer.accept(nbti.getOrCreateCompound("components"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack and a Consumer&lt;ReadWriteNBT&gt;, and then applies
+     * the Consumer to the ItemStacks Components as NBT. This is for 1.20.5+ only.
+     * This method is quite expensive, try to cache the results/use it smartly.
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to read the components of
+     * @param function The consumer that will be used to read the components.
+     * @return The return type is the same as the return type of the function.
+     */
+    public static <T> T getComponents(ItemStack item, Function<ReadableNBT, T> function) {
+        if (!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("This method only works for 1.20.5+!");
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT nbti = NBT.itemStackToNBT(item);
+        return function.apply(nbti.getOrCreateCompound("components"));
+    }
+
    /**
     * It takes an entity and a function that takes a ReadWriteNBT and applies the
     * function to the entity
@@ -149,6 +360,7 @@ public class NBT {
        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(nbtEnt.getCompound());
        consumer.accept(cont);
        nbtEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        nbtEnt.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -161,7 +373,11 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The return type is the same as the return type of the function.
     */
    public static <T> T modifyPersistentData(Entity entity, Function<ReadWriteNBT, T> function) {
-        return function.apply(new NBTEntity(entity).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        T ret = function.apply(new NBTEntity(entity).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        return ret;
    }

    /**
@@ -187,7 +403,11 @@ public class NBT {
        NBTTileEntity blockEnt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState);
        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(blockEnt.getCompound());
        T ret = function.apply(cont);
-        blockEnt.setCompound(cont);
+        blockEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        blockEnt.setClosed();
        return ret;
    }

@@ -204,7 +424,8 @@ public class NBT {
        NBTTileEntity blockEnt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState);
        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(blockEnt.getCompound());
        consumer.accept(cont);
-        blockEnt.setCompound(cont);
+        blockEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        blockEnt.setClosed();
    }

    /**
@@ -217,7 +438,11 @@ public class NBT {
     * @return The return type is the same as the return type of the function.
     */
    public static <T> T modifyPersistentData(BlockState blockState, Function<ReadWriteNBT, T> function) {
-        return function.apply(new NBTTileEntity(blockState).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        T ret = function.apply(new NBTTileEntity(blockState).getPersistentDataContainer());
+        if (ret instanceof ReadableNBT || ret instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        return ret;
    }

    /**
@@ -268,6 +493,7 @@ public class NBT {
     * @param compound The NBT tag to convert to an ItemStack
     * @return An ItemStack
     */
+    @Nullable
    public static ItemStack itemStackFromNBT(ReadableNBT compound) {
        return NBTItem.convertNBTtoItem((NBTCompound) compound);
    }
@@ -288,6 +514,7 @@ public class NBT {
     * @param compound The NBT tag to convert to an ItemStack array.
     * @return An array of ItemStacks.
     */
+    @Nullable
    public static ItemStack[] itemStackArrayFromNBT(ReadableNBT compound) {
        return NBTItem.convertNBTtoItemArray((NBTCompound) compound);
    }
@@ -305,10 +532,402 @@ public class NBT {
     * It takes a nbt json string, and returns a ReadWriteNBT object
     * 
     * @param nbtString The NBT string to parse.
-     * @return A new NBTContainer object.
+     * @return A new ReadWriteNBT object.
     */
    public static ReadWriteNBT parseNBT(String nbtString) {
        return new NBTContainer(nbtString);
    }

+    /**
+     * Reads in an NBT stream and returns a ReadWriteNBT object
+     * 
+     * @param stream The NBT stream to read.
+     * @return A new ReadWriteNBT object.
+     */
+    public static ReadWriteNBT readNBT(InputStream stream) {
+        return new NBTContainer(stream);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method for other developers using NMS. Allows to wrap any
+     * net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag to a NBTAPI ReadWriteNBT object.
+     * 
+     * @param nmsNbtTag Needs to be a valid net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag
+     * @return A new ReadWriteNBT object.
+     */
+    public static ReadWriteNBT wrapNMSTag(Object nmsNbtTag) {
+        return new NBTContainer(nmsNbtTag);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a NBTFileHandle that uses @param file to store its data. If this file
+     * exists, the data will be loaded, otherwise a new file gets created.
+     * 
+     * @param file
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static NBTFileHandle getFileHandle(File file) throws IOException {
+        return new NBTFile(file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads NBT data from the provided file.
+     * <p>
+     * Returns an empty tag if the file does not exist.
+     *
+     * @param file file to read
+     * @return ReadWriteNBT of the files data
+     * @throws IOException exception
+     */
+    public static ReadWriteNBT readFile(File file) throws IOException {
+        return NBTFile.readFrom(file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Saves NBT data to the provided file.
+     * <p>
+     * Will fully override the file if it already exists.
+     *
+     * @param file file
+     * @param nbt  NBT data
+     * @throws IOException exception
+     */
+    public static void writeFile(File file, ReadWriteNBT nbt) throws IOException {
+        NBTFile.saveTo(file, (NBTCompound) nbt);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a read only proxy class for NBT, given an annotated interface.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param item
+     * @param wrapper
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static <T extends NBTProxy> T readNbt(ItemStack item, Class<T> wrapper) {
+        return new ProxyBuilder<>(new NBTItem(item, false, true, false), wrapper).readOnly().build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a read only proxy class for NBT, given an annotated interface.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param entity
+     * @param wrapper
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static <T extends NBTProxy> T readNbt(Entity entity, Class<T> wrapper) {
+        return new ProxyBuilder<>(new NBTEntity(entity, true), wrapper).readOnly().build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a read only proxy class for NBT, given an annotated interface.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param blockState
+     * @param wrapper
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static <T extends NBTProxy> T readNbt(BlockState blockState, Class<T> wrapper) {
+        return new ProxyBuilder<>(new NBTTileEntity(blockState, true), wrapper).readOnly().build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack, applies a function to its NBT wrapped in a proxy, and
+     * returns the result of the function
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to
+     * @param wrapper  The target Proxy class
+     * @param function The function that will be applied to the item.
+     * @return The return value of the function.
+     */
+    public static <T, X extends NBTProxy> T modify(ItemStack item, Class<X> wrapper, Function<X, T> function) {
+        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, false, false, true);
+        T val = function.apply(new ProxyBuilder<>(nbti, wrapper).build());
+        nbti.finalizeChanges();
+        if (val instanceof ReadableNBT || val instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+        nbti.setClosed();
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an ItemStack, applies a function to its NBT wrapped in a proxy.
+     * 
+     * @param item     The item you want to modify
+     * @param wrapper  The target Proxy class
+     * @param consumer The consumer that will be used to modify the NBT.
+     */
+    public static <X extends NBTProxy> void modify(ItemStack item, Class<X> wrapper, Consumer<X> consumer) {
+        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item, false, false, true);
+        consumer.accept(new ProxyBuilder<>(nbti, wrapper).build());
+        nbti.finalizeChanges();
+        nbti.setClosed();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an entity and a function to modify the entity via the proxy
+     * 
+     * @param entity   The entity to modify
+     * @param wrapper  The target Proxy class
+     * @param consumer The consumer that will be called with the proxy.
+     */
+    public static <X extends NBTProxy> void modify(Entity entity, Class<X> wrapper, Consumer<X> consumer) {
+        NBTEntity nbtEnt = new NBTEntity(entity);
+        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(nbtEnt.getCompound());
+        consumer.accept(new ProxyBuilder<>(cont, wrapper).build());
+        nbtEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        cont.setClosed();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an entity and a function to modify the entity via the proxy
+     * 
+     * @param entity   The entity to modify
+     * @param wrapper  The target Proxy class
+     * @param function The Function that will be called with the proxy.
+     * @return The return value of the function.
+     */
+    public static <T, X extends NBTProxy> T modify(Entity entity, Class<X> wrapper, Function<X, T> function) {
+        NBTEntity nbtEnt = new NBTEntity(entity);
+        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(nbtEnt.getCompound());
+        T val = function.apply(new ProxyBuilder<>(cont, wrapper).build());
+        nbtEnt.setCompound(cont.getCompound());
+        cont.setClosed();
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an block entity and a function to modify the entity via the proxy
+     * 
+     * @param blockState The blockstate you want to modify
+     * @param wrapper    The target Proxy class
+     * @param consumer   The Consumer that will be called.
+     */
+    public static <X extends NBTProxy> void modify(BlockState blockState, Class<X> wrapper, Consumer<X> consumer) {
+        NBTTileEntity blockEnt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState);
+        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(blockEnt.getCompound());
+        consumer.accept(new ProxyBuilder<>(cont, wrapper).build());
+        blockEnt.setCompound(cont);
+        cont.setClosed();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * It takes an block entity and a function to modify the entity via the proxy
+     * 
+     * @param blockState The blockstate you want to modify
+     * @param wrapper    The target Proxy class
+     * @param function   The function that will be called.
+     * @return The return value of the function.
+     */
+    public static <T, X extends NBTProxy> T modify(BlockState blockState, Class<X> wrapper, Function<X, T> function) {
+        NBTTileEntity blockEnt = new NBTTileEntity(blockState);
+        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer(blockEnt.getCompound());
+        T val = function.apply(new ProxyBuilder<>(cont, wrapper).build());
+        blockEnt.setCompound(cont);
+        cont.setClosed();
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads block‑specific data that was previously stored in the chunk's
+     * persistent data container.
+     * <p>
+     * The data is stored inside the {@code blocks} compound of the chunk's
+     * persistent data container, using a key formed as {@code X_Y_Z} where
+     * X, Y, Z are the block's coordinates.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param block    the block whose stored data is to be read
+     * @param consumer the consumer that receives a {@link ReadableNBT} view of the data
+     */
+    public static void readChunkPDC(Block block, Consumer<ReadableNBT> consumer) {
+        processBlockChunkPDC(block, false, nbt -> {
+            consumer.accept(nbt);
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads block‑specific data from the chunk's persistent data container and
+     * applies a function to produce a result.
+     * <p>
+     * The data is stored inside the {@code blocks} compound of the chunk's
+     * persistent data container, using a key formed as {@code X_Y_Z} where
+     * X, Y, Z are the block's coordinates.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param block    the block whose stored data is to be read
+     * @param function the function that processes the {@link ReadableNBT} and
+     *                 returns a value
+     * @param <T>      the type of the returned value
+     * @return the result of the function applied to the data
+     */
+    public static <T> T readAndGetChunkPDC(Block block, Function<ReadableNBT, T> function) {
+        return processBlockChunkPDC(block, false, function::apply);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies block‑specific data stored in the chunk's persistent data container.
+     * <p>
+     * The data is stored inside the {@code blocks} compound of the chunk's
+     * persistent data container, using a key formed as {@code X_Y_Z} where
+     * X, Y, Z are the block's coordinates.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Caution:</b> the data remains even if the block is broken, replaced, moved,
+     * or exploded, etc. You should manually remove the data when it is no longer needed.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param block    the block whose data is to be modified
+     * @param consumer the consumer that receives the {@link ReadWriteNBT} and
+     *                 applies modifications
+     */
+    public static void modifyChunkPDC(Block block, Consumer<ReadWriteNBT> consumer) {
+        processBlockChunkPDC(block, true, nbt -> {
+            consumer.accept(nbt);
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies block‑specific data in the chunk's persistent data container and
+     * returns a result computed from the modified data.
+     * <p>
+     * The data is stored inside the {@code blocks} compound of the chunk's
+     * persistent data container, using a key formed as {@code X_Y_Z} where
+     * X, Y, Z are the block's coordinates.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Caution:</b> the data remains even if the block is broken, replaced, moved,
+     * or exploded, etc. You should manually remove the data when it is no longer needed.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param block    the block whose data is to be modified
+     * @param function the function that receives the {@link ReadWriteNBT}, modifies
+     *                 it, and returns a value
+     * @param <T>      the type of the returned value
+     * @return the result of the function after modification
+     */
+    public static <T> T modifyAndGetChunkPDC(Block block, Function<ReadWriteNBT, T> function) {
+        return processBlockChunkPDC(block, true, function::apply);
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T processBlockChunkPDC(Block block, boolean createIfAbsent, Function<NBTCompound, T> action) {
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3);
+
+        String blockKey = block.getX() + "_" + block.getY() + "_" + block.getZ();
+
+        NBTCompound chunkData = new NBTPersistentDataContainer(block.getChunk().getPersistentDataContainer(), !createIfAbsent);
+
+        NBTCompound blocksData = createIfAbsent
+            ? chunkData.getOrCreateCompound("blocks")
+            : chunkData.getCompound("blocks");
+
+        NBTCompound blockData;
+        if (createIfAbsent) {
+            blockData = blocksData.getOrCreateCompound(blockKey);
+        } else {
+            blockData = blocksData == null ? null : blocksData.getCompound(blockKey);
+            if (blockData == null) {
+                blockData = new NBTContainer().setReadOnly(true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        T result = action.apply(blockData);
+
+        if (createIfAbsent) {
+            if (blockData.isEmpty()) {
+                blocksData.removeKey(blockKey);
+            }
+            if (blocksData.isEmpty()) {
+                chunkData.removeKey("blocks");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (result instanceof ReadableNBT || result instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the chunk's persistent data container.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param chunk    the chunk whose persistent data is to be read
+     * @param consumer the consumer that receives a {@link ReadableNBT} view of the data
+     */
+    public static void readChunkPDC(Chunk chunk, Consumer<ReadableNBT> consumer) {
+        processChunkPDC(chunk, false, nbt -> {
+            consumer.accept(nbt);
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the chunk's persistent data container and applies a function to produce a result.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param chunk    the chunk whose persistent data is to be read
+     * @param function the function that processes the {@link ReadableNBT} and
+     *                 returns a value
+     * @param <T>      the type of the returned value
+     * @return the result of the function applied to the data
+     */
+    public static <T> T readAndGetChunkPDC(Chunk chunk, Function<ReadableNBT, T> function) {
+        return processChunkPDC(chunk, false, function::apply);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies the chunk's persistent data container.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param chunk    the chunk whose persistent data is to be modified
+     * @param consumer the consumer that receives the {@link ReadWriteNBT} and
+     *                 applies modifications
+     */
+    public static void modifyChunkPDC(Chunk chunk, Consumer<ReadWriteNBT> consumer) {
+        processChunkPDC(chunk, true, nbt -> {
+            consumer.accept(nbt);
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies the chunk's persistent data container and returns a result computed from the modified data.
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Minecraft version:</b> this method requires <b>1.16.4 or newer</b>.
+     *
+     * @param chunk    the chunk whose persistent data is to be modified
+     * @param function the function that receives the {@link ReadWriteNBT}, modifies
+     *                 it, and returns a value
+     * @param <T>      the type of the returned value
+     * @return the result of the function after modification
+     */
+    public static <T> T modifyAndGetChunkPDC(Chunk chunk, Function<ReadWriteNBT, T> function) {
+        return processChunkPDC(chunk, true, function::apply);
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T processChunkPDC(Chunk chunk, boolean createIfAbsent, Function<NBTCompound, T> action) {
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3);
+
+        NBTCompound chunkData = new NBTPersistentDataContainer(chunk.getPersistentDataContainer(), !createIfAbsent);
+
+        T result = action.apply(chunkData);
+
+        if (result instanceof ReadableNBT || result instanceof ReadableNBTList<?>) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried returning part of the NBT to outside of the NBT scope!");
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
 }
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 /**
 * Helper class to store NBT data to Block Locations. Use getData() to get the
 * NBT instance. Important notes:
- * 
+ * <p>
 * - Non BlockEntities can not have NBT data. This stores the data to the chunk
 * instead!
- * 
+ * <p>
 * - The data is really just on the location. If the block gets
- * broken/changed/explodes/moved etc, the data is still on that location!
+ * broken/changed/exploded/moved etc., the data is still on that location!
 * 
 * @author tr7zw
- *
+ * @deprecated use methods in {@link NBT} class to read/modify block's NBT
 */
+@Deprecated
 public class NBTBlock {

    private final Block block;
@@ -30,6 +31,13 @@ public class NBTBlock {
        nbtChunk = new NBTChunk(block.getChunk());
    }

+    /**
+     * Gets the block NBT data stored within the chunk's PDC.
+     *
+     * @return block NBT data
+     * @deprecated use methods in {@link NBT} class to read/modify block's NBT
+     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTCompound getData() {
        return nbtChunk.getPersistentDataContainer().getOrCreateCompound("blocks")
                .getOrCreateCompound(block.getX() + "_" + block.getY() + "_" + block.getZ());
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

 import org.bukkit.Chunk;

-import de.tr7zw.annotations.FAUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.CheckUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.AvailableSince;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.CheckUtil;

+/**
+ * Helper class to store NBT data to {@link Chunk}'s PDC (persistent data container).
+ *
+ * @deprecated use methods in {@link NBT} class to read/modify chunk's nbt
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class NBTChunk {

    private final Chunk chunk;
@@ -21,9 +25,8 @@ public class NBTChunk {
     * 
     * @return NBTCompound containing the data of the PersistentDataAPI
     */
-    @AvailableSince(version = MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3)
    public NBTCompound getPersistentDataContainer() {
-        FAUtil.check(this::getPersistentDataContainer, CheckUtil::isAvaliable);
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3);
        return new NBTPersistentDataContainer(chunk.getPersistentDataContainer());
    }

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
@@ -12,9 +14,14 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;

 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTHandler;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.CheckUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.PathUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.UUIDUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.PathUtil.PathSegment;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.Forge1710Mappings;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

@@ -33,10 +40,17 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {

    private String compundName;
    private NBTCompound parent;
+    private final boolean readOnly;
+    private Object readOnlyCache;

    protected NBTCompound(NBTCompound owner, String name) {
+        this(owner, name, false);
+    }
+
+    protected NBTCompound(NBTCompound owner, String name, boolean readOnly) {
        this.compundName = name;
        this.parent = owner;
+        this.readOnly = readOnly;
    }

    protected Lock getReadLock() {
@@ -52,6 +66,55 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
            parent.saveCompound();
    }

+    protected void setResolvedObject(Object object) {
+        if (isClosed()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+        if (readOnly) {
+            this.readOnlyCache = object;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void setClosed() {
+        if (parent != null) {
+            parent.setClosed();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        if (parent != null) {
+            return parent.isClosed();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return readOnly;
+    }
+
+    protected Object getResolvedObject() {
+        if (isClosed()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+        if (readOnlyCache != null) {
+            return readOnlyCache;
+        }
+        Object rootnbttag = getCompound();
+        if (rootnbttag instanceof Optional<?>) {
+            rootnbttag = ((Optional<Object>) rootnbttag).orElse(null);
+        }
+        if (rootnbttag == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (!NBTReflectionUtil.validCompound(this))
+            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
+        Object workingtag = NBTReflectionUtil.getToCompount(rootnbttag, this);
+        if (readOnly) {
+            this.readOnlyCache = workingtag;
+        }
+        return workingtag;
+    }
+
    /**
     * @return The Compound name
     */
@@ -84,6 +147,9 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
     * @param comp
     */
    public void mergeCompound(NBTCompound comp) {
+        if (comp == null) {
+            return;
+        }
        try {
            writeLock.lock();
            NBTReflectionUtil.mergeOtherNBTCompound(this, comp);
@@ -135,10 +201,6 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        }
    }

-    protected String getContent(String key) {
-        return NBTReflectionUtil.getContent(this, key);
-    }
-
    /**
     * Setter
     * 
@@ -403,6 +465,45 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        }
    }

+    /**
+     * Setter
+     * 
+     * Requires at least 1.16
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setLongArray(String key, long[] value) {
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1);
+        try {
+            writeLock.lock();
+            NBTReflectionUtil.setData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_SET_LONGARRAY, key, value);
+            saveCompound();
+        } finally {
+            writeLock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter
+     * 
+     * Requires at least 1.16
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @return The stored value or NMS fallback
+     */
+    @Override
+    public long[] getLongArray(String key) {
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1);
+        try {
+            readLock.lock();
+            return (long[]) NBTReflectionUtil.getData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LONGARRAY, key);
+        } finally {
+            readLock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
    /**
     * Setter
     * 
@@ -561,7 +662,9 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
    public void setUUID(String key, UUID value) {
        try {
            writeLock.lock();
-            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                setIntArray(key, UUIDUtil.uuidToIntArray(value));
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
                NBTReflectionUtil.setData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_SET_UUID, key, value);
            } else {
                setString(key, value.toString());
@@ -582,10 +685,13 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
    public UUID getUUID(String key) {
        try {
            readLock.lock();
-            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)
-                    && getType(key) == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray) {
+            NBTType type = getType(key);
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4) && type == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray) {
+                return UUIDUtil.uuidFromIntArray(getIntArray(key));
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)
+                    && type == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray) {
                return (UUID) NBTReflectionUtil.getData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_UUID, key);
-            } else if (getType(key) == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+            } else if (type == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
                try {
                    return UUID.fromString(getString(key));
                } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
@@ -689,8 +795,8 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
            readLock.lock();
            if (getType(name) != NBTType.NBTTagCompound)
                return null;
-            NBTCompound next = new NBTCompound(this, name);
-            if (NBTReflectionUtil.valideCompound(next))
+            NBTCompound next = new NBTCompound(this, name, readOnly);
+            if (NBTReflectionUtil.validCompound(next))
                return next;
            return null;
        } finally {
@@ -860,7 +966,7 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
     * Returns the stored value if exists, or provided value otherwise.
     * <p>
     * Supported types:
-     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[]},
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
     *
     * @param key          key
@@ -877,24 +983,26 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
            return defaultValue;

        Class<?> clazz = defaultValue.getClass();
-        if (clazz == Boolean.class)
+        if (clazz == Boolean.class || clazz == boolean.class)
            return (T) getBoolean(key);
-        if (clazz == Byte.class)
+        if (clazz == Byte.class || clazz == byte.class)
            return (T) getByte(key);
-        if (clazz == Short.class)
+        if (clazz == Short.class || clazz == short.class)
            return (T) getShort(key);
-        if (clazz == Integer.class)
+        if (clazz == Integer.class || clazz == int.class)
            return (T) getInteger(key);
-        if (clazz == Long.class)
+        if (clazz == Long.class || clazz == long.class)
            return (T) getLong(key);
-        if (clazz == Float.class)
+        if (clazz == Float.class || clazz == float.class)
            return (T) getFloat(key);
-        if (clazz == Double.class)
+        if (clazz == Double.class || clazz == double.class)
            return (T) getDouble(key);
        if (clazz == byte[].class)
            return (T) getByteArray(key);
        if (clazz == int[].class)
            return (T) getIntArray(key);
+        if (clazz == long[].class)
+            return (T) getLongArray(key);
        if (clazz == String.class)
            return (T) getString(key);
        if (clazz == UUID.class) {
@@ -914,7 +1022,7 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
     * Returns the stored value if exists, or null.
     * <p>
     * Supported types:
-     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[]},
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
     *
     * @param key  key
@@ -930,24 +1038,26 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        if (!hasTag(key))
            return null;

-        if (type == Boolean.class)
+        if (type == Boolean.class || type == boolean.class)
            return (T) getBoolean(key);
-        if (type == Byte.class)
+        if (type == Byte.class || type == byte.class)
            return (T) getByte(key);
-        if (type == Short.class)
+        if (type == Short.class || type == short.class)
            return (T) getShort(key);
-        if (type == Integer.class)
+        if (type == Integer.class || type == int.class)
            return (T) getInteger(key);
-        if (type == Long.class)
+        if (type == Long.class || type == long.class)
            return (T) getLong(key);
-        if (type == Float.class)
+        if (type == Float.class || type == float.class)
            return (T) getFloat(key);
-        if (type == Double.class)
+        if (type == Double.class || type == double.class)
            return (T) getDouble(key);
        if (type == byte[].class)
            return (T) getByteArray(key);
        if (type == int[].class)
            return (T) getIntArray(key);
+        if (type == long[].class)
+            return (T) getLongArray(key);
        if (type == String.class)
            return (T) getString(key);
        if (type == UUID.class)
@@ -958,6 +1068,238 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        throw new NbtApiException("Unsupported type for getOrNull: " + type.getName());
    }

+    @Override
+    public <T> T resolveOrNull(String key, Class<?> type) {
+        List<PathSegment> keys = PathUtil.splitPath(key);
+        NBTCompound tag = this;
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size() - 1; i++) {
+            PathSegment segment = keys.get(i);
+            if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+                tag = tag.getCompound(segment.getPath());
+                if (tag == null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (tag.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                        && tag.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                    NBTCompoundList list = tag.getCompoundList(segment.getPath());
+                    if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                        tag = list.get(segment.getIndex());
+                    } else {
+                        tag = list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        PathSegment segment = keys.get(keys.size() - 1);
+        if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+            return tag.getOrNull(segment.getPath(), type);
+        } else {
+            return getIndexedValue(tag, segment, (Class<T>)type);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T resolveOrDefault(String key, T defaultValue) {
+        List<PathSegment> keys = PathUtil.splitPath(key);
+        NBTCompound tag = this;
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size() - 1; i++) {
+            PathSegment segment = keys.get(i);
+            if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+                tag = tag.getCompound(segment.getPath());
+                if (tag == null) {
+                    return defaultValue;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (tag.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                        && tag.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                    NBTCompoundList list = tag.getCompoundList(segment.getPath());
+                    if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                        tag = list.get(segment.getIndex());
+                    } else {
+                        tag = list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        PathSegment segment = keys.get(keys.size() - 1);
+        if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+            return tag.getOrDefault(segment.getPath(), defaultValue);
+        } else {
+            return getIndexedValue(tag, segment, (Class<T>)defaultValue.getClass());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: before I'm even done writing this method, this sucks. Needs refactoring at some point
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private <T> T getIndexedValue(NBTCompound comp, PathSegment segment, Class<T> type) {
+        if (type == String.class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getStringList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<String> list = comp.getStringList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == int.class || type == Integer.class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagInt) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getIntegerList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<Integer> list = comp.getIntegerList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            } else if(comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    int[] array = comp.getIntArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Integer) array[segment.getIndex()];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    int[] array = comp.getIntArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Integer) array[array.length + segment.getIndex()];   
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == long.class || type == Long.class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagLong) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getLongList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<Long> list = comp.getLongList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            } else if(comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagLongArray) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    long[] array = comp.getLongArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Long) array[segment.getIndex()];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    long[] array = comp.getLongArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Long) array[array.length + segment.getIndex()];   
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == float.class || type == Float.class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagFloat) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getFloatList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<Float> list = comp.getFloatList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == double.class || type == Double.class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagDouble) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getDoubleList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<Double> list = comp.getDoubleList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == int[].class) {
+            if (comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                    && comp.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    return (T) comp.getIntArrayList(segment.getPath()).get(segment.getIndex());
+                } else {
+                    List<int[]> list = comp.getIntArrayList(segment.getPath());
+                    return (T) list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        if (type == byte.class || type == Byte.class) {
+            if(comp.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagByteArray) {
+                if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                    byte[] array = comp.getByteArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Byte) array[segment.getIndex()];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    byte[] array = comp.getByteArray(segment.getPath());
+                    if(array != null) {
+                        return (T)(Byte) array[array.length + segment.getIndex()];   
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting list/array found for " + segment.getPath() + " of type " + type);
+        }
+        throw new NbtApiException("Unable to get indexed value for type " + type);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReadWriteNBT resolveCompound(String key) {
+        List<PathSegment> keys = PathUtil.splitPath(key);
+        NBTCompound tag = this;
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+            PathSegment segment = keys.get(i);
+            if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+                tag = tag.getCompound(segment.getPath());
+                if (tag == null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (tag.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                        && tag.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                    NBTCompoundList list = tag.getCompoundList(segment.getPath());
+                    if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                        tag = list.get(segment.getIndex());
+                    } else {
+                        tag = list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ReadWriteNBT resolveOrCreateCompound(String key) {
+        List<PathSegment> keys = PathUtil.splitPath(key);
+        NBTCompound tag = this;
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+            PathSegment segment = keys.get(i);
+            if (!segment.hasIndex()) {
+                tag = tag.getOrCreateCompound(segment.getPath());
+                if (tag == null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (tag.getType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagList
+                        && tag.getListType(segment.getPath()) == NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                    NBTCompoundList list = tag.getCompoundList(segment.getPath());
+                    if (segment.getIndex() >= 0) {
+                        tag = list.get(segment.getIndex());
+                    } else {
+                        tag = list.get(list.size() + segment.getIndex());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return tag;
+    }
+
    /**
     * Set a key to the given Enum value. It gets stored as a String. Passing null
     * as value will call removeKey(key) instead.
@@ -1011,7 +1353,13 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
                Object nbtbase = NBTReflectionUtil.getData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET, name);
                if (nbtbase == null)
                    return null;
-                return NBTType.valueOf((byte) ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE.run(nbtbase));
+                return NBTType.valueOf((byte) ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE_LEGACY.run(nbtbase));
+            }
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                Object o = NBTReflectionUtil.getData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET, name);
+                if (o == null)
+                    return null;
+                return NBTType.fromName((String)ReflectionMethod.TAGTYPE_GET_NAME.run(ReflectionMethod.TAGTYPE_OWN_TYPE.run(o)));
            }
            Object o = NBTReflectionUtil.getData(this, ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_TYPE, name);
            if (o == null)
@@ -1032,6 +1380,16 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        }
    }

+    @Override
+    public <T> T get(String key, NBTHandler<T> handler) {
+        return handler.get(this, key);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> void set(String key, T value, NBTHandler<T> handler) {
+        handler.set(this, key, value);
+    }
+
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        /*
@@ -1077,7 +1435,7 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
    public String asNBTString() {
        try {
            readLock.lock();
-            Object comp = NBTReflectionUtil.gettoCompount(getCompound(), this);
+            Object comp = getResolvedObject();
            if (comp == null)
                return "{}";
            if (MinecraftVersion.isForgePresent() && MinecraftVersion.getVersion() == MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4) {
@@ -1118,7 +1476,107 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
        return false;
    }

-    protected static boolean isEqual(NBTCompound compA, NBTCompound compB, String key) {
+    @Override
+    public NBTCompound extractDifference(ReadableNBT other) {
+        if (this == other)
+            return new NBTContainer();
+
+        if (other instanceof NBTCompound) {
+            return saveDiff(new NBTContainer(), this, (NBTCompound) other);
+        } else {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Unknown NBT object: " + other);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static NBTCompound saveDiff(NBTCompound saveTo, NBTCompound compA, NBTCompound compB) {
+        for (String key : compA.getKeys()) {
+            saveDiff(saveTo, compA, compB, key);
+        }
+        return saveTo;
+    }
+
+    private static void saveDiff(NBTCompound saveTo, NBTCompound compA, NBTCompound compB, String key) {
+        boolean typeMismatch = compA.getType(key) != compB.getType(key);
+        switch (compA.getType(key)) {
+            case NBTTagByte:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setByte(key, compA.getByte(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagByteArray:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setByteArray(key, compA.getByteArray(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagCompound: {
+                NBTCompound tmp1 = compA.getCompound(key);
+                if (tmp1 == null) return;
+                if (typeMismatch) {
+                    saveTo.addCompound(key).mergeCompound(tmp1);
+                } else {
+                    NBTCompound tmp2 = compB.getCompound(key);
+                    if (tmp2 == null) {
+                        saveTo.addCompound(key).mergeCompound(tmp1);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    NBTCompound tmpDiff = tmp1.extractDifference(tmp2);
+                    if (!tmpDiff.getKeys().isEmpty()) {
+                        saveTo.addCompound(key).mergeCompound(tmpDiff);
+                    }
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            case NBTTagDouble:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setDouble(key, compA.getDouble(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagEnd:
+                return; // ??
+            case NBTTagFloat:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setFloat(key, compA.getFloat(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagInt:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setInteger(key, compA.getInteger(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagIntArray:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setIntArray(key, compA.getIntArray(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagList:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.set(key, NBTReflectionUtil.getEntry(compA, key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagLong:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setLong(key, compA.getLong(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagShort:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setShort(key, compA.getShort(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagString:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setString(key, compA.getString(key));
+                }
+                return;
+            case NBTTagLongArray:
+                if (typeMismatch || !isEqual(compA, compB, key)) {
+                    saveTo.setLongArray(key, compA.getLongArray(key));
+                }
+                return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isEqual(NBTCompound compA, NBTCompound compB, String key) {
        if (compA.getType(key) != compB.getType(key))
            return false;
        switch (compA.getType(key)) {
@@ -1126,8 +1584,10 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
            return compA.getByte(key).equals(compB.getByte(key));
        case NBTTagByteArray:
            return Arrays.equals(compA.getByteArray(key), compB.getByteArray(key));
-        case NBTTagCompound:
-            return compA.getCompound(key).equals(compB.getCompound(key));
+        case NBTTagCompound: {
+            NBTCompound tmp = compA.getCompound(key);
+            return tmp != null && tmp.equals(compB.getCompound(key));
+        }
        case NBTTagDouble:
            return compA.getDouble(key).equals(compB.getDouble(key));
        case NBTTagEnd:
@@ -1147,6 +1607,8 @@ public class NBTCompound implements ReadWriteNBT {
            return compA.getShort(key).equals(compB.getShort(key));
        case NBTTagString:
            return compA.getString(key).equals(compB.getString(key));
+        case NBTTagLongArray:
+            return Arrays.equals(compA.getLongArray(key), compB.getLongArray(key));
        }
        return false;
    }
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTCompoundList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ public class NBTCompoundList extends NBTList<ReadWriteNBT> implements ReadWriteN
     * @return
     */
    public NBTCompound addCompound(NBTCompound comp) {
+        if (getParent().isReadOnly()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried setting data in read only mode!");
+        }
        try {
            Object compound = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance();
            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1.getVersionId()) {
@@ -53,7 +57,8 @@ public class NBTCompoundList extends NBTList<ReadWriteNBT> implements ReadWriteN
        }
    }

-    public NBTCompound addCompound(ReadWriteNBT comp) {
+    @Override
+    public ReadWriteNBT addCompound(ReadableNBT comp) {
        if (comp instanceof NBTCompound) {
            return addCompound((NBTCompound) comp);
        }
@@ -79,6 +84,9 @@ public class NBTCompoundList extends NBTList<ReadWriteNBT> implements ReadWriteN
        if (element != null) {
            throw new NbtApiException("You need to pass null! ListCompounds from other lists won't work.");
        }
+        if (getParent().isReadOnly()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried setting data in read only mode!");
+        }
        try {
            Object compound = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance();
            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1.getVersionId()) {
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
 public class NBTContainer extends NBTCompound {

    private Object nbt;
+    private boolean closed;
+    private boolean readOnly;

    /**
     * Creates an empty, standalone NBTCompound
+     *
+     * @deprecated use {@link NBT#createNBTObject()}
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTContainer() {
        super(null, null);
        nbt = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
@@ -29,11 +34,13 @@ public class NBTContainer extends NBTCompound {
     * Takes in any NMS Compound to wrap it
     * 
     * @param nbt
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.wrapNMSTag
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTContainer(Object nbt) {
        super(null, null);
        if (nbt == null) {
-            throw new NullPointerException("The NBT-Object can't be null!");
+            nbt = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
        if (!ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().isAssignableFrom(nbt.getClass())) {
            throw new NbtApiException("The object '" + nbt.getClass() + "' is not a valid NBT-Object!");
@@ -45,7 +52,9 @@ public class NBTContainer extends NBTCompound {
     * Reads in a NBT InputStream
     * 
     * @param inputsteam
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.readNBT
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTContainer(InputStream inputsteam) {
        super(null, null);
        this.nbt = NBTReflectionUtil.readNBT(inputsteam);
@@ -56,7 +65,9 @@ public class NBTContainer extends NBTCompound {
     * {@link NbtApiException} in case something goes wrong.
     * 
     * @param nbtString
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.parseNBT
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTContainer(String nbtString) {
        super(null, null);
        if (nbtString == null) {
@@ -79,4 +90,23 @@ public class NBTContainer extends NBTCompound {
        nbt = tag;
    }

+    @Override
+    protected void setClosed() {
+        this.closed = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        return closed;
+    }
+    
+    protected boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return readOnly;
+    }
+
+    protected NBTContainer setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) {
+        this.readOnly = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
 }
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;

-import de.tr7zw.annotations.FAUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.CheckUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.AvailableSince;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.CheckUtil;

 /**
 * NBT class to access vanilla tags from Entities. Entities don't support custom
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ public class NBTEntity extends NBTCompound {
    private final Entity ent;
    private final boolean readonly;
    private final Object compound;
+    private boolean closed = false;

    /**
     * @param entity   Any valid Bukkit Entity
@@ -41,8 +40,11 @@ public class NBTEntity extends NBTCompound {
    }

    /**
+     * Deprecated: Please use the NBT class
+     * 
     * @param entity Any valid Bukkit Entity
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTEntity(Entity entity) {
        super(null, null);
        if (entity == null) {
@@ -53,6 +55,21 @@ public class NBTEntity extends NBTCompound {
        ent = entity;
    }

+    @Override
+    protected void setClosed() {
+        this.closed = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        return closed;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return readonly;
+    }
+
    @Override
    public Object getCompound() {
        // this runs before async check, since it's just a copy
@@ -80,9 +97,8 @@ public class NBTEntity extends NBTCompound {
     * 
     * @return NBTCompound containing the data of the PersistentDataAPI
     */
-    @AvailableSince(version = MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1)
    public NBTCompound getPersistentDataContainer() {
-        FAUtil.check(this::getPersistentDataContainer, CheckUtil::isAvaliable);
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1);
        return new NBTPersistentDataContainer(ent.getPersistentDataContainer());
    }

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTFileHandle;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ObjectCreator;

 /**
@@ -12,18 +13,20 @@ import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ObjectCreator;
 * @author tr7zw
 *
 */
-public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound {
+public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound implements NBTFileHandle {

    private final File file;
    private Object nbt;

    /**
-     * Creates a NBTFile that uses @param file to store it's data. If this file
+     * Creates a NBTFile that uses @param file to store its data. If this file
     * exists, the data will be loaded.
     * 
     * @param file
     * @throws IOException
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.getFileHandle(file)
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTFile(File file) throws IOException {
        super(null, null);
        if (file == null) {
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound {
     * 
     * @throws IOException
     */
+    @Override
    public void save() throws IOException {
        try {
            getWriteLock().lock();
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound {
    /**
     * @return The File used to store the data
     */
+    @Override
    public File getFile() {
        return file;
    }
@@ -77,7 +82,9 @@ public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound {
     * @param file file to read
     * @return NBTCompound holding file's nbt data
     * @throws IOException exception
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.readFile(file)
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static NBTCompound readFrom(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists())
            return new NBTContainer();
@@ -92,14 +99,16 @@ public class NBTFile extends NBTCompound {
     * @param file file
     * @param nbt  NBT data
     * @throws IOException exception
+     * @deprecated Use NBT.writeFile(file, nbt)
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static void saveTo(File file, NBTCompound nbt) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
            if (!file.createNewFile())
                throw new IOException("Unable to create file at " + file.getAbsolutePath());
        }
-        NBTReflectionUtil.writeNBT(nbt.getCompound(), Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath()));
+        nbt.writeCompound(Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath()));
    }

 }
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

 import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.GameprofileUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ObjectCreator;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

@@ -13,7 +15,11 @@ public class NBTGameProfile {
     * @param profile
     * @return A NBTContainer with all the GameProfile data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static NBTCompound toNBT(GameProfile profile) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return (NBTCompound) GameprofileUtil.writeGameProfile(NBT.createNBTObject(), profile);
+        }
        return new NBTContainer(ReflectionMethod.GAMEPROFILE_SERIALIZE.run(null,
                ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance(), profile));
    }
@@ -24,9 +30,13 @@ public class NBTGameProfile {
     * @param compound Has to contain GameProfile data
     * @return The reconstructed GameProfile
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static GameProfile fromNBT(NBTCompound compound) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return GameprofileUtil.readGameProfile(compound);
+        }
        return (GameProfile) ReflectionMethod.GAMEPROFILE_DESERIALIZE.run(null,
-                NBTReflectionUtil.gettoCompount(compound.getCompound(), compound));
+                NBTReflectionUtil.getToCompount(compound.getCompound(), compound));
    }

 }
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;

+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@ import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteItemNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

@@ -22,15 +26,20 @@ import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
 public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {

    private ItemStack bukkitItem;
-    private boolean directApply;
-    private boolean readOnly;
+    private final boolean directApply;
+    private final boolean finalizer;
    private ItemStack originalSrcStack = null;
+    private Object cachedCompound = null;
+    private boolean closed = false;

    /**
-     * Constructor for NBTItems. The ItemStack will be cloned!
+     * Constructor for NBTItems. The ItemStack will be cloned! Deprecated: Please
+     * use the NBT class to work with items. It's up to 400% faster and provides
+     * less ways to mess up code.
     * 
     * @param item
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTItem(ItemStack item) {
        this(item, false);
    }
@@ -42,14 +51,19 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     *                    Modifying the stack in that case is not valid! Also
     *                    overwrites directApply
     */
-    protected NBTItem(ItemStack item, boolean directApply, boolean readOnly) {
-        super(null, null);
+    protected NBTItem(ItemStack item, boolean directApply, boolean readOnly, boolean finalizer) {
+        super(null, null, readOnly);
        if (item == null || item.getType() == Material.AIR || item.getAmount() <= 0) {
            throw new NullPointerException("ItemStack can't be null/air/amount of 0! This is not a NBTAPI bug!");
        }
-        if (readOnly) {
+        this.finalizer = finalizer;
+        if (finalizer) {
+            this.bukkitItem = item;
+            this.originalSrcStack = item;
+            this.directApply = false;
+        } else if (readOnly) {
            bukkitItem = item;
-            this.readOnly = true;
+            this.directApply = false;
        } else {
            this.directApply = directApply;
            bukkitItem = item.clone();
@@ -67,11 +81,13 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param item
     * @param directApply
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTItem(ItemStack item, boolean directApply) {
        super(null, null);
        if (item == null || item.getType() == Material.AIR || item.getAmount() <= 0) {
            throw new NullPointerException("ItemStack can't be null/air/amount of 0! This is not a NBTAPI bug!");
        }
+        this.finalizer = false;
        this.directApply = directApply;
        bukkitItem = item.clone();
        if (directApply) {
@@ -81,20 +97,87 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {

    @Override
    public Object getCompound() {
-        if (readOnly && ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ITEMSTACK.getClazz().isAssignableFrom(bukkitItem.getClass())) {
-            return NBTReflectionUtil.getItemRootNBTTagCompound(NBTReflectionUtil.getCraftItemHandle(bukkitItem));
+        if (closed) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+        if (isReadOnly() && (cachedCompound != null
+                || ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ITEMSTACK.getClazz().isAssignableFrom(bukkitItem.getClass()))) {
+            if (cachedCompound == null) {
+                cachedCompound = NBTReflectionUtil
+                        .getItemRootNBTTagCompound(NBTReflectionUtil.getCraftItemHandle(bukkitItem));
+            }
+            return cachedCompound;
+        }
+        if (finalizer) {
+            if (cachedCompound == null) {
+                updateCachedCompound();
+            }
+            return cachedCompound;
        }
        return NBTReflectionUtil.getItemRootNBTTagCompound(ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, bukkitItem));
    }

+    private void updateCachedCompound() {
+        if (finalizer) {
+            cachedCompound = NBTReflectionUtil
+                    .getItemRootNBTTagCompound(ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, bukkitItem));
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void finalizeChanges() {
+        if (!finalizer || cachedCompound == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // There was data, but not anymore, delete the tag from the itemstack
+        if (NBTReflectionUtil.getKeys(this).isEmpty()) {
+            cachedCompound = null;
+        }
+        if (ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ITEMSTACK.getClazz().isAssignableFrom(originalSrcStack.getClass())) {
+            Object nmsStack = NBTReflectionUtil.getCraftItemHandle(originalSrcStack);
+            NBTReflectionUtil.setItemStackCompound(nmsStack, cachedCompound);
+            bukkitItem = originalSrcStack;
+        } else {
+            Object stack = ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, bukkitItem);
+            NBTReflectionUtil.setItemStackCompound(stack, cachedCompound);
+            bukkitItem = (ItemStack) ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_BUKKITMIRROR.run(null, stack);
+            originalSrcStack.setItemMeta(bukkitItem.getItemMeta());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setClosed() {
+        this.closed = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        return closed;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    protected void setCompound(Object compound) {
-        if (readOnly) {
+        if (isReadOnly()) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Tried setting data in read only mode!");
        }
-        Object stack = ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, bukkitItem);
-        ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_SET_TAG.run(stack, compound);
-        bukkitItem = (ItemStack) ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_BUKKITMIRROR.run(null, stack);
+        if (closed) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+        if (finalizer) {
+            cachedCompound = compound;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (compound != null && ((Set<String>) ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_KEYS.run(compound)).isEmpty()) {
+            compound = null;
+        }
+        if (ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ITEMSTACK.getClazz().isAssignableFrom(bukkitItem.getClass())) {
+            Object nmsStack = NBTReflectionUtil.getCraftItemHandle(bukkitItem);
+            NBTReflectionUtil.setItemStackCompound(nmsStack, compound);
+        } else {
+            Object stack = ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, bukkitItem);
+            NBTReflectionUtil.setItemStackCompound(stack, compound);
+            bukkitItem = (ItemStack) ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_BUKKITMIRROR.run(null, stack);
+        }
    }

    /**
@@ -106,6 +189,7 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     *
     * @param item ItemStack that should get the new NBT data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public void applyNBT(ItemStack item) {
        if (item == null || item.getType() == Material.AIR) {
            throw new NullPointerException("ItemStack can't be null/Air! This is not a NBTAPI bug!");
@@ -120,6 +204,7 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     *
     * @param item ItemStack that should get the new NBT data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public void mergeNBT(ItemStack item) {
        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item);
        nbti.mergeCompound(this);
@@ -131,10 +216,18 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     *
     * @param item ItemStack that should get the new NBT data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public void mergeCustomNBT(ItemStack item) {
        if (item == null || item.getType() == Material.AIR) {
            throw new NullPointerException("ItemStack can't be null/Air!");
        }
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            // 1.20.5+ doesn't have any vanilla tags
+            NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+                nbt.mergeCompound(this);
+            });
+            return;
+        }
        ItemMeta meta = item.getItemMeta();
        NBTReflectionUtil.getUnhandledNBTTags(meta)
                .putAll(NBTReflectionUtil.getUnhandledNBTTags(bukkitItem.getItemMeta()));
@@ -146,7 +239,13 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * 
     * @return true when custom tags are present
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public boolean hasCustomNbtData() {
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            // 1.20.5+ doesn't have any vanilla tags
+            return hasNBTData();
+        }
+        finalizeChanges();
        ItemMeta meta = bukkitItem.getItemMeta();
        return !NBTReflectionUtil.getUnhandledNBTTags(meta).isEmpty();
    }
@@ -154,10 +253,18 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
    /**
     * Remove all custom (non-vanilla) NBT tags from the NBTItem.
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public void clearCustomNBT() {
+        finalizeChanges();
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            // 1.20.5+ doesn't have any vanilla tags
+            setCompound(null);
+            return;
+        }
        ItemMeta meta = bukkitItem.getItemMeta();
        NBTReflectionUtil.getUnhandledNBTTags(meta).clear();
        bukkitItem.setItemMeta(meta);
+        updateCachedCompound();
    }

    /**
@@ -172,7 +279,8 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
    }

    /**
-     * This may return true even when the NBT is empty.
+     * Returns true if the item has NBT data. This needs to be checked before
+     * calling methods like remove, otherwise the value might be wrong!
     * 
     * @return Does the ItemStack have a NBTCompound.
     */
@@ -191,10 +299,16 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param handler
     */
    public void modifyMeta(BiConsumer<ReadableNBT, ItemMeta> handler) {
+        finalizeChanges();
        ItemMeta meta = bukkitItem.getItemMeta();
-        handler.accept(this, meta);
+        handler.accept(new NBTContainer(getResolvedObject()).setReadOnly(true), meta);
        bukkitItem.setItemMeta(meta);
+        updateCachedCompound();
        if (directApply) {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                throw new NbtApiException(
+                        "Direct apply mode meta changes don't work anymore in 1.20.5+. Please switch to the modern NBT.modify sytnax!");
+            }
            applyNBT(originalSrcStack);
        }
    }
@@ -210,10 +324,12 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param handler
     */
    public <T extends ItemMeta> void modifyMeta(Class<T> type, BiConsumer<ReadableNBT, T> handler) {
+        finalizeChanges();
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        T meta = (T) bukkitItem.getItemMeta();
-        handler.accept(this, meta);
+        handler.accept(new NBTContainer(getResolvedObject()).setReadOnly(true), meta);
        bukkitItem.setItemMeta(meta);
+        updateCachedCompound();
        if (directApply) {
            applyNBT(originalSrcStack);
        }
@@ -226,6 +342,7 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param item
     * @return Standalone {@link NBTContainer} with the Item's data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static NBTContainer convertItemtoNBT(ItemStack item) {
        return NBTReflectionUtil.convertNMSItemtoNBTCompound(ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, item));
    }
@@ -237,6 +354,8 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param comp
     * @return ItemStack using the {@link NBTCompound}'s data
     */
+    @Nullable
+    @Deprecated
    public static ItemStack convertNBTtoItem(NBTCompound comp) {
        return (ItemStack) ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_BUKKITMIRROR.run(null,
                NBTReflectionUtil.convertNBTCompoundtoNMSItem(comp));
@@ -244,12 +363,13 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {

    /**
     * Helper method that converts {@link ItemStack}[] to {@link NBTContainer} with
-     * all it data like Material, Damage, Amount and Tags. This is a custom
+     * all its data like Material, Damage, Amount and Tags. This is a custom
     * implementation and won't work with vanilla code(Shulker content etc).
     * 
     * @param items
     * @return Standalone {@link NBTContainer} with the Item's data
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public static NBTContainer convertItemArraytoNBT(ItemStack[] items) {
        NBTContainer container = new NBTContainer();
        container.setInteger("size", items.length);
@@ -269,7 +389,7 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
    /**
     * Helper method to do the inverse of "convertItemArraytoNBT". Creates an
     * {@link ItemStack}[] using the {@link NBTCompound}. This is a custom
-     * implementation and won't work with vanilla code(Shulker content etc).
+     * implementation and won't work with vanilla code (Shulker content, etc.).
     * 
     * Will return null for invalid data. Empty slots in the array are filled with
     * AIR Stacks!
@@ -277,6 +397,8 @@ public class NBTItem extends NBTCompound implements ReadWriteItemNBT {
     * @param comp
     * @return ItemStack[] using the {@link NBTCompound}'s data
     */
+    @Nullable
+    @Deprecated
    public static ItemStack[] convertNBTtoItemArray(NBTCompound comp) {
        if (!comp.hasTag("size")) {
            return null;
@@ -48,7 +48,20 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {
        return parent;
    }

+    private void validateClosed() {
+        if (parent.isClosed()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void validateWritable() {
+        if (getParent().isReadOnly()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried setting data in read only mode!");
+        }
+    }
+
    protected void save() {
+        validateClosed();
        parent.set(listName, listObject);
    }

@@ -56,6 +69,8 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean add(T element) {
+        validateClosed();
+        validateWritable();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1.getVersionId()) {
@@ -74,6 +89,8 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public void add(int index, T element) {
+        validateClosed();
+        validateWritable();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1.getVersionId()) {
@@ -91,6 +108,8 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public T set(int index, T element) {
+        validateClosed();
+        validateWritable();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            T prev = get(index);
@@ -106,6 +125,8 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public T remove(int i) {
+        validateClosed();
+        validateWritable();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            T old = get(i);
@@ -121,6 +142,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public int size() {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            return (int) ReflectionMethod.LIST_SIZE.run(listObject);
@@ -153,6 +175,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean contains(Object o) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            for (int i = 0; i < size(); i++) {
@@ -167,6 +190,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public int indexOf(Object o) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            for (int i = 0; i < size(); i++) {
@@ -181,6 +205,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends T> c) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            int size = size();
@@ -195,6 +220,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean addAll(int index, Collection<? extends T> c) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            int size = size();
@@ -209,6 +235,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            for (Object ele : c) {
@@ -223,6 +250,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public int lastIndexOf(Object o) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            int index = -1;
@@ -238,6 +266,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            int size = size();
@@ -252,6 +281,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            int size = size();
@@ -270,11 +300,12 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public boolean remove(Object o) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getWriteLock().lock();
            int size = size();
-            int id = -1;
-            while ((id = indexOf(o)) != -1) {
+            int id = indexOf(o);
+            if (id != -1) {
                remove(id);
            }
            return size != size();
@@ -375,6 +406,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public Object[] toArray() {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            Object[] ar = new Object[size()];
@@ -389,6 +421,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public <E> E[] toArray(E[] a) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            E[] ar = Arrays.copyOf(a, size());
@@ -410,6 +443,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public List<T> subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -428,6 +462,7 @@ public abstract class NBTList<T> implements List<T>, ReadWriteNBTList<T> {

    @Override
    public String toString() {
+        validateClosed();
        try {
            parent.getReadLock().lock();
            return listObject.toString();
@@ -24,13 +24,32 @@ public class NBTListCompound extends NBTCompound {
        return owner;
    }

+    @Override
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        return owner.getParent().isClosed();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return owner.getParent().isReadOnly();
+    }
+
    @Override
    public Object getCompound() {
+        if (isClosed()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
        return compound;
    }

    @Override
    protected void setCompound(Object compound) {
+        if (isClosed()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried using closed NBT data!");
+        }
+        if (isReadOnly()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Tried setting data in read only mode!");
+        }
        this.compound = compound;
    }

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ public class NBTPersistentDataContainer extends NBTCompound {
    private final PersistentDataContainer container;

    public NBTPersistentDataContainer(PersistentDataContainer container) {
-        super(null, null);
+        this(container, false);
+    }
+
+    protected NBTPersistentDataContainer(PersistentDataContainer container, boolean readOnly) {
+        super(null, null, readOnly);
        this.container = container;
    }

@@ -6,19 +6,29 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.logging.Level;

+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockState;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;

+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.DynamicOps;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.DataFixerUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.GsonWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.ReflectionUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.CodecHelper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ObjectCreator;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

@@ -34,6 +44,12 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {

    private static Field field_unhandledTags = null;
    private static Field field_handle = null;
+    private static Object type_custom_data = null;
+    private static Object registry_access = null;
+    public static Codec<Object> itemstack_codec = null;
+    public static DynamicOps<Object> nbtOps = null;
+    public static DynamicOps<Object> nbtRegistryOps = null;
+    public static Object problemReporter = null;

    static {
        try {
@@ -48,6 +64,28 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {

        }
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            try {
+                Field typeField = ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_DATACOMPONENTS.getClazz(), "net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents#CUSTOM_DATA");
+                type_custom_data = typeField.get(null);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING,
+                        "Unable to find DataComponents#CUSTOM_DATA, NBTApi will not be able to read/write custom data on 1.20+",
+                        e);
+            }
+            try {
+                Object nmsServer = ReflectionMethod.NMSSERVER_GETSERVER.run(Bukkit.getServer());
+                registry_access = ReflectionMethod.NMSSERVER_GETREGISTRYACCESS.run(nmsServer);
+                itemstack_codec = (Codec<Object>) ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK.getClazz(), "net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC").get(null);
+                nbtOps = (DynamicOps<Object>) ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTOPS.getClazz(), "net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps#INSTANCE").get(null);
+                if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                    nbtRegistryOps = (DynamicOps<Object>) ReflectionMethod.GET_SERIALIZATION_CONTEXT.run(registry_access, nbtOps);
+                    problemReporter = ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_PROBLEM_REPORTER.getClazz(), "net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter#DISCARDING").get(null);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
    }

    /**
@@ -79,7 +117,12 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    public static Object readNBT(InputStream stream) {
        try {
-            return ReflectionMethod.NBTFILE_READ.run(null, stream);
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3)) {
+                return ReflectionMethod.NBTFILE_READV2.run(null, stream,
+                        ReflectionMethod.NBTACCOUNTER_CREATE_UNLIMITED.run(null));
+            } else {
+                return ReflectionMethod.NBTFILE_READ.run(null, stream);
+            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            try {
                stream.close();
@@ -127,13 +170,10 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    public static void writeApiNBT(NBTCompound comp, OutputStream stream) {
        try {
-            Object nbttag = comp.getCompound();
-            if (nbttag == null) {
-                nbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
+            Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
+            if (workingtag == null) {
+                workingtag = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance();
            }
-            if (!valideCompound(comp))
-                return;
-            Object workingtag = gettoCompount(nbttag, comp);
            ReflectionMethod.NBTFILE_WRITE.run(null, workingtag, stream);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while writing NBT!", e);
@@ -149,13 +189,40 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    public static Object getItemRootNBTTagCompound(Object nmsitem) {
        try {
-            Object answer = ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_GETTAG.run(nmsitem);
-            return answer != null ? answer : ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                Object customData = ReflectionMethod.NMSDATACOMPONENTHOLDER_GET.run(nmsitem, type_custom_data);
+                if (customData == null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                return ReflectionMethod.NMSCUSTOMDATA_GETCOPY.run(customData);
+            } else {
+                Object answer = ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_GETTAG.run(nmsitem);
+                return answer;
+            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while getting an Itemstack's NBTCompound!", e);
        }
    }

+    /**
+     * Set the Compound as the Items NBT or CustomData
+     * 
+     * @param nmsItem
+     * @param compound
+     */
+    public static void setItemStackCompound(Object nmsItem, Object compound) {
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            if (compound == null) {
+                ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_SET.run(nmsItem, new Object[] { type_custom_data, null });
+            } else {
+                ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_SET.run(nmsItem, type_custom_data,
+                        ObjectCreator.NMS_CUSTOMDATA.getInstance(compound));
+            }
+        } else {
+            ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_SET_TAG.run(nmsItem, compound);
+        }
+    }
+
    /**
     * Converts {@link NBTCompound} to NMS ItemStacks
     * 
@@ -163,15 +230,35 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     * @return NMS ItemStack
     */
    public static Object convertNBTCompoundtoNMSItem(NBTCompound nbtcompound) {
+        Object nmsComp = null;
        try {
-            Object nmsComp = gettoCompount(nbtcompound.getCompound(), nbtcompound);
-            if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1.getVersionId()) {
+            nmsComp = getToCompount(nbtcompound.getCompound(), nbtcompound);
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                if (nbtcompound.hasTag("DataVersion", NBTType.NBTTagInt)) {
+                    int dataVersion = nbtcompound.getInteger("DataVersion");
+                    int currentVersion = DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion();
+                    if (dataVersion < currentVersion) {
+                        nmsComp = DataFixerUtil.fixUpRawItemData(nmsComp, dataVersion, currentVersion);
+                    }
+                } else if (nbtcompound.hasTag("tag") || nbtcompound.hasTag("Count")) {
+                    nmsComp = DataFixerUtil.fixUpRawItemData(nmsComp, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_20_4, DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion());
+                }
+                if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                    return CodecHelper.convertNbtToItemStack(nmsComp);
+                } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                    Optional<Object> opt = (Optional<Object>) ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_LOAD_MODERN.run(null,
+                            registry_access, nmsComp);
+                    return opt.orElse(null);
+                } else {
+                    return ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_LOAD.run(null, registry_access, nmsComp);
+                }
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() >= MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1.getVersionId()) {
                return ObjectCreator.NMS_COMPOUNDFROMITEM.getInstance(nmsComp);
            } else {
                return ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_CREATESTACK.run(null, nmsComp);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while converting NBTCompound to NMS ItemStack!", e);
+            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while converting NBTCompound to NMS ItemStack! " + nmsComp, e);
        }
    }

@@ -183,8 +270,20 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    public static NBTContainer convertNMSItemtoNBTCompound(Object nmsitem) {
        try {
-            Object answer = ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_SAVE.run(nmsitem, ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance());
-            return new NBTContainer(answer);
+            NBTContainer container;
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                container = new NBTContainer(CodecHelper.convertItemStackToNbt(nmsitem));
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                container = new NBTContainer(ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_SAVE_MODERN.run(nmsitem, registry_access));
+            } else {
+                Object answer = ReflectionMethod.NMSITEM_SAVE.run(nmsitem,
+                        ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance());
+                container = new NBTContainer(answer);
+            }
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_12_R1)) {
+                container.setInteger("DataVersion", DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion());
+            }
+            return container;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while converting NMS ItemStack to NBTCompound!", e);
        }
@@ -197,6 +296,7 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     * @return Map containing unhandled (custom) NBT tags
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Deprecated
    public static Map<String, Object> getUnhandledNBTTags(ItemMeta meta) {
        try {
            return (Map<String, Object>) field_unhandledTags.get(meta);
@@ -214,7 +314,16 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
    public static Object getEntityNBTTagCompound(Object nmsEntity) {
        try {
            Object nbt = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance();
-            Object answer = ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_GET_NBT.run(nmsEntity, nbt);
+            Object answer;
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                Object output = ReflectionMethod.NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT.run(null, problemReporter, registry_access);
+
+                ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_GET_NBT_1216.run(nmsEntity, output);
+
+                answer = ReflectionMethod.NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT_TO_TAG_COMPOUND.run(output);
+            } else {
+                answer = ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_GET_NBT.run(nmsEntity, nbt);
+            }
            if (answer == null)
                answer = nbt;
            return answer;
@@ -232,7 +341,14 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    public static Object setEntityNBTTag(Object nbtTag, Object nmsEntity) {
        try {
-            ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_SET_NBT.run(nmsEntity, nbtTag);
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                Object valueInputTag = ReflectionMethod.NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_INPUT.run(null, problemReporter, registry_access, nbtTag);
+
+                ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_SET_NBT_1216.run(nmsEntity, valueInputTag);
+            } else {
+                ReflectionMethod.NMS_ENTITY_SET_NBT.run(nmsEntity, nbtTag);
+            }
+
            return nmsEntity;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while setting the NBTCompound of an Entity", ex);
@@ -258,8 +374,21 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
                o = ReflectionMethod.NMS_WORLD_GET_TILEENTITY.run(nmsworld, pos);
            }

+            if (o == null) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The passed BlockState(" + tile.getType()
+                        + ") doesn't point to a BlockEntity. Only BlockEntities like Chest/Signs/Furnance/etc have NBT.");
+            }
+
            Object answer = null;
-            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1)) {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                Object output = ReflectionMethod.NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT.run(null, problemReporter, registry_access);
+
+                ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1216.run(o, output);
+
+                answer = ReflectionMethod.NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT_TO_TAG_COMPOUND.run(output);
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                answer = ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1205.run(o, registry_access);
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1)) {
                answer = ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1181.run(o);
            } else {
                answer = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance();
@@ -292,7 +421,13 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
                Object pos = ObjectCreator.NMS_BLOCKPOSITION.getInstance(tile.getX(), tile.getY(), tile.getZ());
                o = ReflectionMethod.NMS_WORLD_GET_TILEENTITY.run(nmsworld, pos);
            }
-            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+                Object valueInput = ReflectionMethod.NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_INPUT.run(null, problemReporter, registry_access, comp);
+
+                ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_SET_NBT_1216.run(o, valueInput);
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_SET_NBT_1205.run(o, comp, registry_access);
+            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
                ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_SET_NBT.run(o, comp);
            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
                Object blockData = ReflectionMethod.TILEENTITY_GET_BLOCKDATA.run(o);
@@ -315,7 +450,11 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
    public static Object getSubNBTTagCompound(Object compound, String name) {
        try {
            if ((boolean) ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_HAS_KEY.run(compound, name)) {
-                return ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_COMPOUND.run(compound, name);
+                Object comp = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_COMPOUND.run(compound, name);
+                if (comp instanceof Optional) {
+                    return ((Optional<?>) comp).orElse(null);
+                }
+                return comp;
            } else {
                throw new NbtApiException("Tried getting invalid compound '" + name + "' from '" + compound + "'!");
            }
@@ -339,10 +478,10 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
        if (nbttag == null) {
            nbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp)) {
+        if (!validCompound(comp)) {
            return;
        }
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(nbttag, comp);
+        Object workingtag = getToCompount(nbttag, comp);
        try {
            ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_SET.run(workingtag, name,
                    ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz().newInstance());
@@ -356,25 +495,36 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     * Checks if the Compound is correctly linked to it's roots
     * 
     * @param comp
-     * @return true if this is a valide Compound, else false
+     * @return true if this is a valid Compound, else false
     */
-    public static Boolean valideCompound(NBTCompound comp) {
+    public static boolean validCompound(NBTCompound comp) {
        Object root = comp.getCompound();
+        if (root instanceof Optional) {
+            root = ((Optional<?>) root).orElse(null);
+        }
        if (root == null) {
            root = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
-        return (gettoCompount(root, comp)) != null;
+        Object tmp = getToCompount(root, comp);
+        comp.setResolvedObject(tmp);
+        return tmp != null;
    }

-    protected static Object gettoCompount(Object nbttag, NBTCompound comp) {
+    public static Object getToCompount(Object nbttag, NBTCompound comp) {
        Deque<String> structure = new ArrayDeque<>();
        while (comp.getParent() != null) {
            structure.add(comp.getName());
            comp = comp.getParent();
        }
+        if (nbttag instanceof Optional) {
+            nbttag = ((Optional<?>) nbttag).orElse(null);
+        }
        while (!structure.isEmpty()) {
            String target = structure.pollLast();
            nbttag = getSubNBTTagCompound(nbttag, target);
+            if (nbttag instanceof Optional) {
+                nbttag = ((Optional<?>) nbttag).orElse(null);
+            }
            if (nbttag == null) {
                throw new NbtApiException("Unable to find tag '" + target + "' in " + nbttag);
            }
@@ -389,20 +539,17 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     * @param nbtcompoundSrc Data to merge
     */
    public static void mergeOtherNBTCompound(NBTCompound comp, NBTCompound nbtcompoundSrc) {
+        Object workingtagSrc = nbtcompoundSrc.getResolvedObject();
+        if (workingtagSrc == null) {
+            return;
+        }
        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
        if (rootnbttag == null) {
            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
+        if (!validCompound(comp))
            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
-        Object rootnbttagSrc = nbtcompoundSrc.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttagSrc == null) {
-            rootnbttagSrc = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
-        }
-        if (!valideCompound(nbtcompoundSrc))
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtagSrc = gettoCompount(rootnbttagSrc, nbtcompoundSrc);
+        Object workingtag = getToCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        try {
            ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_MERGE.run(workingtag, workingtagSrc);
            comp.setCompound(rootnbttag);
@@ -411,28 +558,6 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
        }
    }

-    /**
-     * Returns the content for a given key inside a Compound
-     * 
-     * @param comp
-     * @param key
-     * @return Content saved under this key
-     */
-    public static String getContent(NBTCompound comp, String key) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
-        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
-        try {
-            return ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET.run(workingtag, key).toString();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while getting the Content for key '" + key + "'!", e);
-        }
-    }
-
    /**
     * Sets a key in a {@link NBTCompound} to a given value
     * 
@@ -449,10 +574,10 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
        if (rootnbttag == null) {
            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp)) {
+        if (!validCompound(comp)) {
            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
        }
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
+        Object workingtag = getToCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        try {
            ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_SET.run(workingtag, key, val);
            comp.setCompound(rootnbttag);
@@ -472,15 +597,23 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> NBTList<T> getList(NBTCompound comp, String key, NBTType type, Class<T> clazz) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
+        Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
+        if (workingtag == null) {
+            workingtag = dummyNBT.getCompound(); // it creates a new ListTag if needed, but its unlinked
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            return null;
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        try {
-            Object nbt = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LIST.run(workingtag, key, type.getId());
+            Object nbt = null;
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                nbt = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LIST.run(workingtag, key);
+                if (nbt instanceof Optional) {
+                    nbt = ((Optional<?>) nbt).orElse(null);
+                }
+                if (nbt == null) {
+                    nbt = ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGLIST.getClazz().newInstance();
+                }
+            } else {
+                nbt = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LIST_LEGACY.run(workingtag, key, type.getId());
+            }
            if (clazz == String.class) {
                return (NBTList<T>) new NBTStringList(comp, key, type, nbt);
            } else if (clazz == NBTListCompound.class) {
@@ -506,20 +639,43 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
    }

    public static NBTType getListType(NBTCompound comp, String key) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
+        Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
+        if (workingtag == null) {
+            workingtag = dummyNBT.getCompound(); // it creates a new ListTag if needed, but its unlinked
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            return null;
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        try {
            Object nbt = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET.run(workingtag, key);
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                if (nbt instanceof Optional) {
+                    nbt = ((Optional<?>) nbt).orElse(null);
+                }
+                if (nbt == null) {
+                    return NBTType.NBTTagEnd;
+                }
+                if (new NBTStringList(comp, key, NBTType.NBTTagString, nbt).isEmpty()) {
+                    return NBTType.NBTTagEnd;
+                }
+                Object compound = ReflectionMethod.LIST_GET.run(nbt, 0);
+                if (compound instanceof Optional) {
+                    compound = ((Optional<?>) compound).orElse(null);
+                }
+                if (compound == null) {
+                    return NBTType.NBTTagEnd;
+                }
+                return NBTType.fromName((String) ReflectionMethod.TAGTYPE_GET_NAME
+                        .run(ReflectionMethod.TAGTYPE_OWN_TYPE.run(compound)));
+            }
            String fieldname = "type";
            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
                fieldname = "w";
            }
-            Field f = nbt.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldname);
+            Field f;
+            try {
+                f = nbt.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldname);
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignore) {
+                // fallback try mojang mapped/legacy
+                f = nbt.getClass().getDeclaredField("type");
+            }
            f.setAccessible(true);
            return NBTType.valueOf(f.getByte(nbt));
        } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -528,16 +684,9 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
    }

    public static Object getEntry(NBTCompound comp, String key) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
-        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            return null;
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
+        Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
        try {
-            Object nbt = ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET.run(workingtag, key);
-            return nbt;
+            return ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET.run(workingtag, key);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Exception while getting an Entry!", ex);
        }
@@ -588,11 +737,11 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
    public static void remove(NBTCompound comp, String key) {
        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
-        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
            return;
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
+        }
+        if (!validCompound(comp))
+            return;
+        Object workingtag = getToCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_REMOVE_KEY.run(workingtag, key);
        comp.setCompound(rootnbttag);
    }
@@ -605,13 +754,10 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static Set<String> getKeys(NBTCompound comp) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
+        Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
+        if (workingtag == null) {
+            return Collections.emptySet();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        return (Set<String>) ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_KEYS.run(workingtag);
    }

@@ -632,13 +778,15 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
        if (rootnbttag == null) {
            rootnbttag = ObjectCreator.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getInstance();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
+        if (!validCompound(comp))
            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
+        Object workingtag = getToCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
        type.run(workingtag, key, data);
        comp.setCompound(rootnbttag);
    }

+    private final static NBTContainer dummyNBT = new NBTContainer();
+
    /**
     * Gets data from the Compound
     * 
@@ -648,14 +796,46 @@ public class NBTReflectionUtil {
     * @return The value or default fallback from NMS
     */
    public static Object getData(NBTCompound comp, ReflectionMethod type, String key) {
-        Object rootnbttag = comp.getCompound();
-        if (rootnbttag == null) {
-            return null;
+        Object workingtag = comp.getResolvedObject();
+        // return default behavior data as if there was a compound
+        if (workingtag == null) {
+            workingtag = dummyNBT.getCompound();
        }
-        if (!valideCompound(comp))
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Compound wasn't able to be linked back to the root!");
-        Object workingtag = gettoCompount(rootnbttag, comp);
-        return type.run(workingtag, key);
+        if (workingtag instanceof Optional<?>) {
+            workingtag = ((Optional<Object>) workingtag).orElseGet(() -> dummyNBT.getCompound());
+        }
+        Object obj = type.run(workingtag, key);
+        if (obj instanceof Optional<?>) {
+            return ((Optional<Object>) obj).orElseGet(() -> getDefaultValue(type));
+        }
+        return obj;
+    }
+
+    private static Object getDefaultValue(ReflectionMethod type) {
+        if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_STRING) {
+            return "";
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_BYTE) {
+            return (byte) 0;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_SHORT) {
+            return (short) 0;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_BOOLEAN) {
+            return false;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_INT) {
+            return 0;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LONG) {
+            return 0L;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_FLOAT) {
+            return 0.0f;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_DOUBLE) {
+            return 0.0d;
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_BYTEARRAY) {
+            return new byte[0];
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_INTARRAY) {
+            return new int[0];
+        } else if (type == ReflectionMethod.COMPOUND_GET_LONGARRAY) {
+            return new long[0];
+        }
+        return null;
    }

 }
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;

 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.Optional;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ public class NBTStringList extends NBTList<String> {
    @Override
    public String get(int index) {
        try {
-            return (String) ReflectionMethod.LIST_GET_STRING.run(listObject, index);
+            Object ret = ReflectionMethod.LIST_GET_STRING.run(listObject, index);
+            if (ret instanceof Optional<?>) {
+                return ((Optional<String>) ret).orElse("");
+            }
+            return (String) ret;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new NbtApiException(ex);
        }
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockState;

-import de.tr7zw.annotations.FAUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.CheckUtil;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.AvailableSince;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations.CheckUtil;

 /**
 * NBT class to access vanilla tags from TileEntities. TileEntities don't
@@ -22,12 +20,13 @@ public class NBTTileEntity extends NBTCompound {
    private final BlockState tile;
    private final boolean readonly;
    private final Object compound;
+    private boolean closed = false;

    /**
     * @param tile     BlockState from any TileEntity
     * @param readonly Readonly makes a copy at init, only reading from that copy
     */
-    public NBTTileEntity(BlockState tile, boolean readonly) {
+    protected NBTTileEntity(BlockState tile, boolean readonly) {
        super(null, null);
        if (tile == null || (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3) && !tile.isPlaced())) {
            throw new NullPointerException("Tile can't be null/not placed!");
@@ -42,8 +41,11 @@ public class NBTTileEntity extends NBTCompound {
    }

    /**
+     * Deprecated: Please use the NBT class
+     * 
     * @param tile BlockState from any TileEntity
     */
+    @Deprecated
    public NBTTileEntity(BlockState tile) {
        super(null, null);
        if (tile == null || (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3) && !tile.isPlaced())) {
@@ -54,6 +56,21 @@ public class NBTTileEntity extends NBTCompound {
        this.tile = tile;
    }

+    @Override
+    protected void setClosed() {
+        this.closed = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isClosed() {
+        return closed;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return readonly;
+    }
+
    @Override
    public Object getCompound() {
        // this runs before async check, since it's just a copy
@@ -81,9 +98,8 @@ public class NBTTileEntity extends NBTCompound {
     * 
     * @return NBTCompound containing the data of the PersistentDataAPI
     */
-    @AvailableSince(version = MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1)
    public NBTCompound getPersistentDataContainer() {
-        FAUtil.check(this::getPersistentDataContainer, CheckUtil::isAvaliable);
+        CheckUtil.assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1);
        if (hasTag("PublicBukkitValues")) {
            return getCompound("PublicBukkitValues");
        } else {
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi;
 */
@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
 public enum NBTType {
-    NBTTagEnd(0), NBTTagByte(1), NBTTagShort(2), NBTTagInt(3), NBTTagLong(4), NBTTagFloat(5), NBTTagDouble(6),
-    NBTTagByteArray(7), NBTTagIntArray(11), NBTTagString(8), NBTTagList(9), NBTTagCompound(10);
+    NBTTagEnd(0, ""), NBTTagByte(1, "BYTE"), NBTTagShort(2, "SHORT"), NBTTagInt(3, "INT"), NBTTagLong(4, "LONG"), NBTTagFloat(5, "FLOAT"), NBTTagDouble(6, "DOUBLE"),
+    NBTTagByteArray(7, "BYTE[]"), NBTTagString(8, "STRING"), NBTTagList(9, "LIST"), NBTTagCompound(10, "COMPOUND"), NBTTagIntArray(11, "INT[]"), NBTTagLongArray(12, "LONG[]");

-    NBTType(int i) {
+    NBTType(int i, String name) {
        id = i;
+        this.name = name;
    }

    private final int id;
+    private final String name;

    /**
     * @return Id used by Minecraft internally
@@ -23,6 +25,13 @@ public enum NBTType {
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Name of the NBTType
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }

    /**
     * @param id Internal Minecraft id
@@ -35,4 +44,11 @@ public enum NBTType {
        return NBTType.NBTTagEnd;
    }

+    public static NBTType fromName(String name) {
+        for (NBTType t : values())
+            if (t.getName().equals(name))
+                return t;
+        return NBTType.NBTTagEnd;
+    }
+
 }
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@ public class NbtApiException extends RuntimeException {
        super();
    }

-    /**
-     * @param message
-     * @param cause
-     * @param enableSuppression
-     * @param writableStackTrace
-     */
-    public NbtApiException(String message, Throwable cause, boolean enableSuppression, boolean writableStackTrace) {
-        super(generateMessage(message), cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
-    }
-
    /**
     * @param message
     * @param cause
@@ -65,12 +55,12 @@ public class NbtApiException extends RuntimeException {
        if (message == null)
            return null;
        if (confirmedBroken == null) {
-            return "[?]" + message;
+            return "[?][" + MinecraftVersion.getNBTAPIVersion() + "]" + message;
        } else if (confirmedBroken == false) {
-            return "[Selfchecked]" + message;
+            return "[Selfchecked][" + MinecraftVersion.getNBTAPIVersion() + "]" + message;
        }

-        return "[" + MinecraftVersion.getVersion()
+        return "[" + MinecraftVersion.getVersion() + "][" + MinecraftVersion.getNBTAPIVersion()
                + "]There were errors detected during the server self-check! Please, make sure that NBT-API is up to date. Error message: "
                + message;
    }
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.handler;
+
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTHandler;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+
+public class NBTHandlers {
+
+    public static final NBTHandler<ItemStack> ITEM_STACK = new NBTHandler<ItemStack>() {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean fuzzyMatch(Object obj) {
+            return obj instanceof ItemStack;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void set(ReadWriteNBT nbt, String key, ItemStack value) {
+            nbt.removeKey(key);
+            ReadWriteNBT tag = nbt.getOrCreateCompound(key);
+            tag.mergeCompound(NBT.itemStackToNBT(value));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ItemStack get(ReadableNBT nbt, String key) {
+            ReadableNBT tag = nbt.getCompound(key);
+            if (tag != null) {
+                return NBT.itemStackFromNBT(tag);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    public static final NBTHandler<ReadableNBT> STORE_READABLE_TAG = new NBTHandler<ReadableNBT>() {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean fuzzyMatch(Object obj) {
+            return obj instanceof ReadableNBT;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void set(ReadWriteNBT nbt, String key, ReadableNBT value) {
+            nbt.removeKey(key);
+            nbt.getOrCreateCompound(key).mergeCompound(value);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ReadableNBT get(ReadableNBT nbt, String key) {
+            ReadableNBT tag = nbt.getCompound(key);
+            if (tag != null) {
+                ReadWriteNBT value = NBT.createNBTObject();
+                value.mergeCompound(tag);
+                return value;
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    public static final NBTHandler<ReadWriteNBT> STORE_READWRITE_TAG = new NBTHandler<ReadWriteNBT>() {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean fuzzyMatch(Object obj) {
+            return obj instanceof ReadWriteNBT;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void set(ReadWriteNBT nbt, String key, ReadWriteNBT value) {
+            nbt.removeKey(key);
+            nbt.getOrCreateCompound(key).mergeCompound(value);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ReadWriteNBT get(ReadableNBT nbt, String key) {
+            ReadableNBT tag = nbt.getCompound(key);
+            if (tag != null) {
+                ReadWriteNBT value = NBT.createNBTObject();
+                value.mergeCompound(tag);
+                return value;
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    };
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public interface NBTFileHandle extends ReadWriteNBT {
+
+    /**
+     * Saves the data to the file
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    void save() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return The File used to store the data
+     */
+    File getFile();
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+public interface NBTHandler<T> {
+
+    public default boolean fuzzyMatch(Object obj) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void set(@Nonnull ReadWriteNBT nbt, @Nonnull String key, @Nonnull T value);
+
+    public T get(@Nonnull ReadableNBT nbt, @Nonnull String key);
+
+}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;

-public interface ReadWriteItemNBT extends ReadWriteNBT {
+public interface ReadWriteItemNBT extends ReadWriteNBT, ReadableItemNBT {

    /**
     * True, if the item has any tags now known for this item type.
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface;

 import java.util.UUID;

+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

 public interface ReadWriteNBT extends ReadableNBT {
@@ -86,6 +88,16 @@ public interface ReadWriteNBT extends ReadableNBT {
     */
    void setIntArray(String key, int[] value);

+    /**
+     * Setter
+     * 
+     * Requires 1.16+
+     * 
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     */
+    void setLongArray(String key, long[] value);
+
    /**
     * Setter
     * 
@@ -135,8 +147,29 @@ public interface ReadWriteNBT extends ReadableNBT {
     * @param name
     * @return The Compound instance or null
     */
+    @Nullable
    ReadWriteNBT getCompound(String name);

+    /**
+     * Returns the resolved and creates compounds as required.
+     * <p>
+     * 
+     * @param key Path key, seperated by '.'. For example: "foo.bar.baz". Dots can
+     *            be escaped with a backslash.
+     * @return The resolved compound.
+     */
+    ReadWriteNBT resolveOrCreateCompound(String key);
+
+    /**
+     * Set an Object to a key via the provided handler.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param key
+     * @param value
+     * @param handler
+     */
+    <T> void set(String key, T value, NBTHandler<T> handler);
+
    /**
     * Set a key to the given Enum value. It gets stored as a String. Passing null
     * as value will call removeKey(key) instead.
@@ -170,6 +203,10 @@ public interface ReadWriteNBT extends ReadableNBT {

    @Override
    ReadWriteNBTCompoundList getCompoundList(String name);
+    
+    @Override
+    @Nullable
+    ReadWriteNBT resolveCompound(String key);

    /**
     * Remove all keys from this compound
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ public interface ReadWriteNBTCompoundList extends ReadableNBTList<ReadWriteNBT>
     * @return A new instance of the class.
     */
    ReadWriteNBT addCompound();
+    
+    /**
+     * Adds a copy of the Compound to the end of the List and returns it. When null
+     * is given, a new Compound will be created
+     * 
+     * @param comp
+     * @return
+     */
+    ReadWriteNBT addCompound(ReadableNBT comp);

    /**
     * Removes the element at the specified position in this list
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface;
+
+public interface ReadableItemNBT extends ReadableNBT {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the item has NBT data.
+     * 
+     * @return Does the ItemStack have a NBTCompound.
+     */
+    public boolean hasNBTData();
+
+}
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;

+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param key The key to use to retrieve the value.
     * @return A byte array.
     */
+    @Nullable
    byte[] getByteArray(String key);

    /**
@@ -93,8 +96,21 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param key The key of the value you want to get.
     * @return An array of integers.
     */
+    @Nullable
    int[] getIntArray(String key);

+    /**
+     * Returns the value associated with the given key as an array of longs, or null
+     * if the key does not exist.
+     * 
+     * Requires 1.16+
+     * 
+     * @param key The key of the value you want to get.
+     * @return An array of integers.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    long[] getLongArray(String key);
+
    /**
     * Returns the value associated with the given key, or false if the key is not
     * found.
@@ -111,6 +127,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param key The key of the itemstack you want to get.
     * @return An ItemStack
     */
+    @Nullable
    ItemStack getItemStack(String key);

    /**
@@ -121,6 +138,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @return The stored {@link ItemStack} array, or null if stored data wasn't
     *         found
     */
+    @Nullable
    ItemStack[] getItemStackArray(String key);

    /**
@@ -129,6 +147,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param key The key to get the value from
     * @return A UUID object.
     */
+    @Nullable
    UUID getUUID(String key);

    /**
@@ -155,10 +174,20 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     */
    Set<String> getKeys();

+    /**
+     * Checks whether this NBT is empty (has no stored data).
+     *
+     * @return whether this NBT is empty
+     */
+    default boolean isEmpty() {
+        return getKeys().isEmpty();
+    }
+
    /**
     * @param name
     * @return The Compound instance or null
     */
+    @Nullable
    ReadableNBT getCompound(String name);

    /**
@@ -209,6 +238,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
+    @Nullable
    NBTType getListType(String name);

    /**
@@ -221,8 +251,8 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * Returns the stored value if exists, or provided value otherwise.
     * <p>
     * Supported types:
-     * {@code byte/Byte, short/Short, int/Integer, long/Long, float/Float, double/Double, byte[], int[]},
-     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
+     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
     *
     * @param key          key
     * @param defaultValue default non-null value
@@ -235,16 +265,69 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * Returns the stored value if exists, or null.
     * <p>
     * Supported types:
-     * {@code Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[]},
-     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
+     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
     *
     * @param key  key
     * @param type data type
     * @param <T>  value type
     * @return Stored or provided value
     */
+    @Nullable
    <T> T getOrNull(String key, Class<?> type);

+    /**
+     * Returns the resolved value if exists, or null.
+     * <p>
+     * Supported types:
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
+     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
+     *
+     * @param key  Path key, separated by '.'. For example: "foo.bar.baz". Dots can
+     *             be escaped with a backslash.
+     * @param type data type
+     * @param <T>  value type
+     * @return resolved or provided value
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    <T> T resolveOrNull(String key, Class<?> type);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the resolved value if exists, or provided value otherwise.
+     * <p>
+     * Supported types:
+     * {@code Boolean, Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double, byte[], int[], long[]},
+     * {@link String}, {@link UUID}, and {@link Enum}
+     *
+     * @param key          Path key, separated by '.'. For example: "foo.bar.baz".
+     *                     Dots can be escaped with a backslash.
+     * @param defaultValue default non-null value
+     * @param <T>          value type
+     * @return resolved or provided value
+     */
+    <T> T resolveOrDefault(String key, T defaultValue);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the resolved Compound if exists, or null.
+     * <p>
+     * 
+     * @param key Path key, separated by '.'. For example: "foo.bar.baz". Dots can
+     *            be escaped with a backslash.
+     * @return The resolved value if exists, or null.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    ReadableNBT resolveCompound(String key);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the object at the specified key via the handler.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param key
+     * @param handler
+     * @return
+     */
+    <T> T get(String key, NBTHandler<T> handler);
+
    /**
     * Get an Enum value that has been set via setEnum or setString(key,
     * value.name()). Passing null/invalid keys will return null.
@@ -254,6 +337,7 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
+    @Nullable
    <E extends Enum<E>> E getEnum(String key, Class<E> type);

    /**
@@ -269,6 +353,17 @@ public interface ReadableNBT {
     */
    void writeCompound(OutputStream stream);

+    /**
+     * Compares this readable nbt to the other one
+     * and returns the difference.
+     * <p>Note: the result will only contain data that is present
+     * in this readable nbt and is missing/different in the provided one.
+     *
+     * @param other other readable nbt
+     * @return difference between readable nbts
+     */
+    ReadWriteNBT extractDifference(ReadableNBT other);
+
    /**
     * @return The NBT as printable NBT-Json.
     */
@@ -1,412 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredServiceProvider;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.ServicePriority;
-
-import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Timer;
-import java.util.TimerTask;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
-
-import static de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion.getLogger;
-
-/**
- * bStats collects some data for plugin authors.
- * <p>
- * Check out https://bStats.org/ to learn more about bStats!
- * 
- * This class is modified by tr7zw to work when the api is shaded into other
- * peoples plugins.
- */
-public class ApiMetricsLite {
-
-    private static final String PLUGINNAME = "ItemNBTAPI"; // DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME! else it won't link the data on
-                                                           // bStats
-
-    // The version of this bStats class
-    public static final int B_STATS_VERSION = 1;
-
-    // The version of the NBT-Api bStats
-    public static final int NBT_BSTATS_VERSION = 1;
-
-    // The url to which the data is sent
-    private static final String URL = "https://bStats.org/submitData/bukkit";
-
-    // Is bStats enabled on this server?
-    private boolean enabled;
-
-    // Should failed requests be logged?
-    private static boolean logFailedRequests;
-
-    // Should the sent data be logged?
-    private static boolean logSentData;
-
-    // Should the response text be logged?
-    private static boolean logResponseStatusText;
-
-    // The uuid of the server
-    private static String serverUUID;
-
-    // The plugin
-    private Plugin plugin;
-
-    /**
-     * Class constructor.
-     *
-     */
-    public ApiMetricsLite() {
-
-        // The register method just uses any enabled plugin it can find to register.
-        // This *shouldn't* cause any problems, since the plugin isn't used any other
-        // way.
-        // Register our service
-        for (Plugin plug : Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugins()) {
-            plugin = plug;
-            if (plugin != null)
-                break;
-        }
-        if (plugin == null) {
-            return;// Didn't find any plugin that could work
-        }
-
-        // Get the config file
-        File bStatsFolder = new File(plugin.getDataFolder().getParentFile(), "bStats");
-        File configFile = new File(bStatsFolder, "config.yml");
-        YamlConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(configFile);
-
-        // Check if the config file exists
-        if (!config.isSet("serverUuid")) {
-
-            // Add default values
-            config.addDefault("enabled", true);
-            // Every server gets it's unique random id.
-            config.addDefault("serverUuid", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-            // Should failed request be logged?
-            config.addDefault("logFailedRequests", false);
-            // Should the sent data be logged?
-            config.addDefault("logSentData", false);
-            // Should the response text be logged?
-            config.addDefault("logResponseStatusText", false);
-
-            // Inform the server owners about bStats
-            config.options().header(
-                    "bStats collects some data for plugin authors like how many servers are using their plugins.\n"
-                            + "To honor their work, you should not disable it.\n"
-                            + "This has nearly no effect on the server performance!\n"
-                            + "Check out https://bStats.org/ to learn more :)")
-                    .copyDefaults(true);
-            try {
-                config.save(configFile);
-            } catch (IOException ignored) {
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Load the data
-        serverUUID = config.getString("serverUuid");
-        logFailedRequests = config.getBoolean("logFailedRequests", false);
-        enabled = config.getBoolean("enabled", true);
-        logSentData = config.getBoolean("logSentData", false);
-        logResponseStatusText = config.getBoolean("logResponseStatusText", false);
-        if (enabled) {
-            boolean found = false;
-            // Search for all other bStats Metrics classes to see if we are the first one
-            for (Class<?> service : Bukkit.getServicesManager().getKnownServices()) {
-                try {
-                    service.getField("NBT_BSTATS_VERSION"); // Create only one instance of the nbt-api bstats.
-                    return;
-                } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
-                }
-                try {
-                    service.getField("B_STATS_VERSION"); // Our identifier :)
-                    found = true; // We aren't the first
-                    break;
-                } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
-                }
-            }
-            boolean fFound = found;
-            // Register our service
-            if (Bukkit.isPrimaryThread()) {
-                Bukkit.getServicesManager().register(ApiMetricsLite.class, this, plugin, ServicePriority.Normal);
-                if (!fFound) {
-                    getLogger()
-                            .info("[NBTAPI] Using the plugin '" + plugin.getName() + "' to create a bStats instance!");
-                    // We are the first!
-                    startSubmitting();
-                }
-            } else {
-                Bukkit.getScheduler().runTask(plugin, () -> {
-                    Bukkit.getServicesManager().register(ApiMetricsLite.class, this, plugin, ServicePriority.Normal);
-                    if (!fFound) {
-                        getLogger().info(
-                                "[NBTAPI] Using the plugin '" + plugin.getName() + "' to create a bStats instance!");
-                        // We are the first!
-                        startSubmitting();
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if bStats is enabled.
-     *
-     * @return Whether bStats is enabled or not.
-     */
-    public boolean isEnabled() {
-        return enabled;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Starts the Scheduler which submits our data every 30 minutes.
-     */
-    private void startSubmitting() {
-        final Timer timer = new Timer(true); // We use a timer cause the Bukkit scheduler is affected by server lags
-        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                if (!plugin.isEnabled()) { // Plugin was disabled
-                    timer.cancel();
-                    return;
-                }
-                // Nevertheless we want our code to run in the Bukkit main thread, so we have to
-                // use the Bukkit scheduler
-                // Don't be afraid! The connection to the bStats server is still async, only the
-                // stats collection is sync ;)
-                Bukkit.getScheduler().runTask(plugin, () -> submitData());
-            }
-        }, 1000l * 60l * 5l, 1000l * 60l * 30l);
-        // Submit the data every 30 minutes, first time after 5 minutes to give other
-        // plugins enough time to start
-        // WARNING: Changing the frequency has no effect but your plugin WILL be
-        // blocked/deleted!
-        // WARNING: Just don't do it!
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the plugin specific data. This method is called using Reflection.
-     *
-     * @return The plugin specific data.
-     */
-    public JsonObject getPluginData() {
-        JsonObject data = new JsonObject();
-
-        data.addProperty("pluginName", PLUGINNAME); // Append the name of the plugin
-        data.addProperty("pluginVersion", MinecraftVersion.VERSION); // Append the version of the plugin
-        data.add("customCharts", new JsonArray());
-
-        return data;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the server specific data.
-     *
-     * @return The server specific data.
-     */
-    private JsonObject getServerData() {
-        // Minecraft specific data
-        int playerAmount;
-        try {
-            // Around MC 1.8 the return type was changed to a collection from an array,
-            // This fixes java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
-            // org.bukkit.Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()Ljava/util/Collection;
-            Method onlinePlayersMethod = Class.forName("org.bukkit.Server").getMethod("getOnlinePlayers");
-            playerAmount = onlinePlayersMethod.getReturnType().equals(Collection.class)
-                    ? ((Collection<?>) onlinePlayersMethod.invoke(Bukkit.getServer())).size()
-                    : ((Player[]) onlinePlayersMethod.invoke(Bukkit.getServer())).length;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            playerAmount = Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers().size(); // Just use the new method if the Reflection failed
-        }
-        int onlineMode = Bukkit.getOnlineMode() ? 1 : 0;
-        String bukkitVersion = Bukkit.getVersion();
-        String bukkitName = Bukkit.getName();
-
-        // OS/Java specific data
-        String javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
-        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
-        String osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch");
-        String osVersion = System.getProperty("os.version");
-        int coreCount = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-
-        JsonObject data = new JsonObject();
-
-        data.addProperty("serverUUID", serverUUID);
-
-        data.addProperty("playerAmount", playerAmount);
-        data.addProperty("onlineMode", onlineMode);
-        data.addProperty("bukkitVersion", bukkitVersion);
-        data.addProperty("bukkitName", bukkitName);
-
-        data.addProperty("javaVersion", javaVersion);
-        data.addProperty("osName", osName);
-        data.addProperty("osArch", osArch);
-        data.addProperty("osVersion", osVersion);
-        data.addProperty("coreCount", coreCount);
-
-        return data;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Collects the data and sends it afterwards.
-     */
-    private void submitData() {
-        final JsonObject data = getServerData();
-
-        JsonArray pluginData = new JsonArray();
-        // Search for all other bStats Metrics classes to get their plugin data
-        for (Class<?> service : Bukkit.getServicesManager().getKnownServices()) {
-            try {
-                service.getField("B_STATS_VERSION"); // Our identifier :)
-
-                for (RegisteredServiceProvider<?> provider : Bukkit.getServicesManager().getRegistrations(service)) {
-                    try {
-                        Object plugin = provider.getService().getMethod("getPluginData").invoke(provider.getProvider());
-                        if (plugin instanceof JsonObject) {
-                            pluginData.add((JsonObject) plugin);
-                        } else { // old bstats version compatibility
-                            try {
-                                Class<?> jsonObjectJsonSimple = Class.forName("org.json.simple.JSONObject");
-                                if (plugin.getClass().isAssignableFrom(jsonObjectJsonSimple)) {
-                                    Method jsonStringGetter = jsonObjectJsonSimple.getDeclaredMethod("toJSONString");
-                                    jsonStringGetter.setAccessible(true);
-                                    String jsonString = (String) jsonStringGetter.invoke(plugin);
-                                    JsonObject object = new JsonParser().parse(jsonString).getAsJsonObject();
-                                    pluginData.add(object);
-                                }
-                            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                                // minecraft version 1.14+
-                                if (logFailedRequests) {
-                                    getLogger().log(Level.WARNING,
-                                            "[NBTAPI][BSTATS] Encountered exception while posting request!", e);
-                                    // Not using the plugins logger since the plugin isn't the plugin containing the
-                                    // NBT-Api most of the time
-                                    // this.plugin.getLogger().log(Level.SEVERE, "Encountered unexpected exception
-                                    // ", e);
-                                }
-                                continue; // continue looping since we cannot do any other thing.
-                            }
-                        }
-                    } catch (NullPointerException | NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException
-                            | InvocationTargetException ignored) {
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
-            }
-        }
-
-        data.add("plugins", pluginData);
-
-        // Create a new thread for the connection to the bStats server
-        new Thread(new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                try {
-                    // Send the data
-                    sendData(plugin, data);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    // Something went wrong! :(
-                    if (logFailedRequests) {
-                        getLogger().log(Level.WARNING,
-                                "[NBTAPI][BSTATS] Could not submit plugin stats of " + plugin.getName(), e);
-                        // Not using the plugins logger since the plugin isn't the plugin containing the
-                        // NBT-Api most of the time
-                        // plugin.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Could not submit plugin stats of " +
-                        // plugin.getName(), e);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }).start();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sends the data to the bStats server.
-     *
-     * @param plugin Any plugin. It's just used to get a logger instance.
-     * @param data   The data to send.
-     * @throws Exception If the request failed.
-     */
-    private static void sendData(Plugin plugin, JsonObject data) throws Exception {
-        if (data == null) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Data cannot be null!");
-        }
-        if (Bukkit.isPrimaryThread()) {
-            throw new IllegalAccessException("This method must not be called from the main thread!");
-        }
-        if (logSentData) {
-            MinecraftVersion.getLogger().info("[NBTAPI][BSTATS] Sending data to bStats: " + data.toString());
-            // Not using the plugins logger since the plugin isn't the plugin containing the
-            // NBT-Api most of the time
-            // plugin.getLogger().info("Sending data to bStats: " + data.toString());
-        }
-        HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) new URL(URL).openConnection();
-
-        // Compress the data to save bandwidth
-        byte[] compressedData = compress(data.toString());
-
-        // Add headers
-        connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
-        connection.addRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
-        connection.addRequestProperty("Connection", "close");
-        connection.addRequestProperty("Content-Encoding", "gzip"); // We gzip our request
-        connection.addRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(compressedData.length));
-        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json"); // We send our data in JSON format
-        connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "MC-Server/" + B_STATS_VERSION);
-
-        // Send data
-        connection.setDoOutput(true);
-        DataOutputStream outputStream = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
-        outputStream.write(compressedData);
-        outputStream.flush();
-        outputStream.close();
-
-        InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
-        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
-
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        String line;
-        while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
-            builder.append(line);
-        }
-        bufferedReader.close();
-        if (logResponseStatusText) {
-            getLogger().info("[NBTAPI][BSTATS] Sent data to bStats and received response: " + builder.toString());
-            // Not using the plugins logger since the plugin isn't the plugin containing the
-            // NBT-Api most of the time
-            // plugin.getLogger().info("Sent data to bStats and received response: " +
-            // builder.toString());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gzips the given String.
-     *
-     * @param str The string to gzip.
-     * @return The gzipped String.
-     * @throws IOException If the compression failed.
-     */
-    private static byte[] compress(final String str) throws IOException {
-        if (str == null) {
-            return new byte[0];
-        }
-        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        GZIPOutputStream gzip = new GZIPOutputStream(outputStream);
-        gzip.write(str.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        gzip.close();
-        return outputStream.toByteArray();
-    }
-
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+
+public class CheckUtil {
+
+    private CheckUtil() {
+        // util
+    }
+
+    public static void assertAvailable(MinecraftVersion version) {
+        if (!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(version))
+            throw new NbtApiException(
+                    "This Method is only avaliable for the version " + version.name() + " and above!");
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
+
+import com.mojang.datafixers.DSL.TypeReference;
+import com.mojang.datafixers.DataFixer;
+import com.mojang.serialization.Dynamic;
+import com.mojang.serialization.DynamicOps;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTReflectionUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
+
+public class DataFixerUtil {
+
+    // https://minecraft.wiki/w/Data_version
+    public static final int VERSION1_12R1 = 1343;
+    public static final int VERSION1_16R1 = 2586;
+    public static final int VERSION1_17R1 = 2730;
+    public static final int VERSION1_18R1 = 2975;
+    public static final int VERSION1_19R1 = 3120;
+    public static final int VERSION1_19R3 = 3337;
+    public static final int VERSION1_20R1 = 3465;
+    public static final int VERSION1_20R2 = 3578;
+    public static final int VERSION1_20R3 = 3700;
+    public static final int VERSION1_20R4 = 3837;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R1 = 3953;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R2 = 4080;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R3 = 4189;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R4 = 4323;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R5 = 4435;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R6 = 4554;
+    public static final int VERSION1_21R7 = 4671;
+    public static final int VERSION_26_1 = 4786;
+    public static final int VERSION_26_2 = 4903;
+    // There was a mixup between version numbers and revisions, kept for compatibility, use the above revision numbers
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_12_2 = 1343;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_16_5 = 2586;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_17_1 = 2730;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_18_2 = 2975;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_19_2 = 3120;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_19_4 = 3337;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_20_1 = 3465;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_20_2 = 3578;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_20_4 = 3700;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_20_5 = 3837;
+    // the 1.21 versions use Revision instead of patch versions, unlike the other above. kept for compatibility
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_21 = 3953;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_21_2 = 4080;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_21_3 = 4189;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_21_4 = 4323;
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final int VERSION1_21_5 = 4435;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Object fixUpRawItemData(Object nbt, int fromVersion, int toVersion)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        DataFixer dataFixer = (DataFixer) ReflectionMethod.GET_DATAFIXER.run(null);
+        TypeReference itemStackReference = (TypeReference) ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_REFERENCES.getClazz(),"net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References#ITEM_STACK").get(null);
+        DynamicOps<Object> nbtOps = (DynamicOps<Object>) ReflectionUtil.getMappedField(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTOPS.getClazz(), "net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps#INSTANCE").get(null);
+        Dynamic<Object> fixed = dataFixer.update(itemStackReference, new Dynamic<Object>(nbtOps, nbt), fromVersion,
+                toVersion);
+        return fixed.getValue();
+    }
+
+    public static ReadWriteNBT fixUpItemData(ReadWriteNBT nbt, int fromVersion, int toVersion)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        ReadWriteNBT tag = NBT.wrapNMSTag(fixUpRawItemData(
+                NBTReflectionUtil.getToCompount(((NBTCompound) nbt).getCompound(), ((NBTCompound) nbt)), fromVersion,
+                toVersion));
+        tag.setInteger("DataVersion", toVersion);
+        return tag;
+    }
+    
+    public static ReadWriteNBT fixUpItemData(ReadWriteNBT nbt, int fromVersion)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        return fixUpItemData(nbt, fromVersion, getCurrentVersion());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method will return the closest or exact version number of the current
+     * server. Only contains versions people will reasonably use and will fail with
+     * an exception, when the target version is before 1.12.2. (Assuming no one will
+     * update 1.8 items to 1.11, if so, provide the version numbers to the converter
+     * method directly)
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static int getCurrentVersion() {
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC26_2)) {
+            return VERSION_26_2;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC26_1)) {
+            return VERSION_26_1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R7)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R7;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R6;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R5;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R4;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R3)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R3;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R2)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R2;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_21R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return VERSION1_20R4;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3)) {
+            return VERSION1_20R3;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_20R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_19_R3)) {
+            return VERSION1_19R3;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_19_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_19R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_18R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_17R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_16R1;
+        } else if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_12_R1)) {
+            return VERSION1_12R1;
+        }
+        throw new NbtApiException(
+                "Trying to update data *to* a version before 1.12.2? Something is probably going wrong, contact the plugin author.");
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
+import com.mojang.authlib.properties.PropertyMap;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTCompoundList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBTList;
+
+public class GameprofileUtil {
+
+    private static Method GET_NAME = null;
+    private static Method GET_ID = null;
+    private static Method GET_VALUE = null;
+    private static Method GET_SIGNATURE = null;
+    private static Method GET_PROPERTY_NAME = null;
+    private static Method GET_PROPERTIES = null;
+    
+    static {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                GET_NAME = GameProfile.class.getDeclaredMethod("name");
+                GET_ID = GameProfile.class.getDeclaredMethod("id");
+                GET_VALUE = com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property.class.getDeclaredMethod("value");
+                GET_SIGNATURE = com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property.class.getDeclaredMethod("signature");
+                GET_PROPERTY_NAME = com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property.class.getDeclaredMethod("name");
+                GET_PROPERTIES = GameProfile.class.getDeclaredMethod("properties");
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Nullable
+    public static GameProfile readGameProfile(ReadableNBT arg) {
+        String string = null;
+        UUID uUID = null;
+        if (arg.hasTag("Name") && arg.getType("Name") == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+            string = arg.getString("Name");
+        } else if (arg.hasTag("name") && arg.getType("name") == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+            string = arg.getString("name");
+        }
+        if (arg.hasTag("Id") && arg.getType("Id") == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray && arg.getIntArray("Id").length == 4) {
+            uUID = arg.getUUID("Id");
+        } else if (arg.hasTag("id") && arg.getType("id") == NBTType.NBTTagIntArray
+                && arg.getIntArray("id").length == 4) {
+            uUID = arg.getUUID("id");
+        }
+        try {
+            GameProfile gameProfile = new GameProfile(uUID, string);
+            if (arg.hasTag("Properties") && arg.getType("Properties") == NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                ReadableNBT compoundTag = arg.getCompound("Properties");
+                for (String string2 : compoundTag.getKeys()) {
+                    ReadableNBTList<ReadWriteNBT> listTag = compoundTag.getCompoundList(string);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < listTag.size(); ++i) {
+                        ReadableNBT compoundTag2 = listTag.get(i);
+                        String string3 = compoundTag2.getString("Value");
+                        if (compoundTag2.hasTag("Signature")
+                                && compoundTag2.getType("Signature") == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+                            gameProfile.getProperties().put(string2, new com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property(string2,
+                                    string3, compoundTag2.getString("Signature")));
+                        } else {
+                            gameProfile.getProperties().put(string2,
+                                    new com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property(string2, string3));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else if (arg.getType("properties") == NBTType.NBTTagList) { // 1.20.5+
+                ReadableNBTList<ReadWriteNBT> listTag = arg.getCompoundList("properties");
+                for (int i = 0; i < listTag.size(); ++i) {
+                    ReadableNBT compoundTag2 = listTag.get(i);
+                    String string2 = compoundTag2.getString("name");
+                    String string3 = compoundTag2.getString("value");
+                    if (compoundTag2.hasTag("signature")
+                            && compoundTag2.getType("signature") == NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+                        gameProfile.getProperties().put(string2, new com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property(string2,
+                                string3, compoundTag2.getString("signature")));
+                    } else {
+                        gameProfile.getProperties().put(string2,
+                                new com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property(string2, string3));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return gameProfile;
+        } catch (Throwable var11) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static ReadWriteNBT writeGameProfile(ReadWriteNBT arg, GameProfile gameProfile) {
+        String name = getName(gameProfile);
+        if (!(name == null || name.isEmpty())) {
+            String nameKey = MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4) ? "name" : "Name";
+            arg.setString(nameKey, getName(gameProfile));
+        }
+        UUID id = getId(gameProfile);
+        if (id != null) {
+            String idKey = MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4) ? "id" : "Id";
+            arg.setUUID(idKey, id);
+        }
+        PropertyMap properties = getProperties(gameProfile);
+        if (!properties.isEmpty()) {
+            if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+                    ReadWriteNBTCompoundList list = arg.getCompoundList("properties");
+                    for (com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property property : properties.values()) {
+                        ReadWriteNBT tag = list.addCompound();
+                        tag.setString("name", getPropertyName(property));
+                        tag.setString("value", getValue(property));
+                        if (property.hasSignature()) {
+                            tag.setString("signature", getSignature(property));
+                        }
+                }
+            } else {
+                ReadWriteNBT compoundTag = arg.getOrCreateCompound("Properties");
+                for (String string : gameProfile.getProperties().keySet()) {
+                    ReadWriteNBTCompoundList list = compoundTag.getCompoundList(string);
+                    for (com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property property : properties.get(string)) {
+                        ReadWriteNBT tag = list.addCompound();
+                        tag.setString("Value", getValue(property));
+                        if (property.hasSignature()) {
+                            tag.setString("Signature", getSignature(property));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return arg;
+    }
+    
+    private static String getName(GameProfile profile) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return GET_NAME.invoke(profile).toString();
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get GameProfile name via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return profile.getName();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static UUID getId(GameProfile profile) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return (UUID) GET_ID.invoke(profile);
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get GameProfile id via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return profile.getId();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static String getValue(com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property property) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return GET_VALUE.invoke(property).toString();
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get Property value via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return property.getValue();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static String getSignature(com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property property) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return GET_SIGNATURE.invoke(property).toString();
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get Property signature via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return property.getSignature();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static String getPropertyName(com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property property) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return GET_PROPERTY_NAME.invoke(property).toString();
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get Property name via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return property.getName();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static PropertyMap getProperties(GameProfile profile) {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R6)) {
+            try {
+                return (PropertyMap) GET_PROPERTIES.invoke(profile);
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Failed to get GameProfile properties via reflection", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return profile.getProperties();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;

+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;

+import org.bstats.bukkit.Metrics;
+import org.bstats.charts.DrilldownPie;
+import org.bstats.charts.SimplePie;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

 /**
 * This class acts as the "Brain" of the NBTApi. It contains the main logger for
@@ -19,11 +30,16 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
    MC1_7_R4(174), MC1_8_R3(183), MC1_9_R1(191), MC1_9_R2(192), MC1_10_R1(1101), MC1_11_R1(1111), MC1_12_R1(1121),
    MC1_13_R1(1131), MC1_13_R2(1132), MC1_14_R1(1141), MC1_15_R1(1151), MC1_16_R1(1161), MC1_16_R2(1162),
    MC1_16_R3(1163), MC1_17_R1(1171), MC1_18_R1(1181, true), MC1_18_R2(1182, true), MC1_19_R1(1191, true),
-    MC1_19_R2(1192, true), MC1_19_R3(1193, true), MC1_20_R1(1201, true);
+    MC1_19_R2(1192, true), MC1_19_R3(1193, true), MC1_20_R1(1201, true), MC1_20_R2(1202, true), MC1_20_R3(1203, true),
+    MC1_20_R4(1204, true), MC1_21_R1(1211, true), MC1_21_R2(1212, true), MC1_21_R3(1213, true), MC1_21_R4(1214, true), 
+    MC1_21_R5(1215, true), MC1_21_R6(1216, true), MC1_21_R7(1217, true), MC26_1(260100, true), MC26_2(260200, true);

    private static MinecraftVersion version;
    private static Boolean hasGsonSupport;
    private static Boolean isForgePresent;
+    private static Boolean isNeoForgePresent;
+    private static Boolean isFabricPresent;
+    private static Boolean isFoliaPresent;
    private static boolean bStatsDisabled = false;
    private static boolean disablePackageWarning = false;
    private static boolean updateCheckDisabled = true;
@@ -33,11 +49,38 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("NBTAPI");

    // NBT-API Version
-    protected static final String VERSION = "2.12.0-SNAPSHOT";
+    protected static final String VERSION = "2.16.0";

    private final int versionId;
    private final boolean mojangMapping;

+    // TODO: not nice
+    private static final Map<String, MinecraftVersion> VERSION_TO_REVISION = new HashMap<String, MinecraftVersion>() {
+        { 
+            this.put("1.20", MC1_20_R1);
+            this.put("1.20.1",  MC1_20_R1);
+            this.put("1.20.2", MC1_20_R2);
+            this.put("1.20.3", MC1_20_R3);
+            this.put("1.20.4", MC1_20_R3);
+            this.put("1.20.5", MC1_20_R4);
+            this.put("1.20.6", MC1_20_R4);
+            this.put("1.21", MC1_21_R1);
+            this.put("1.21.1", MC1_21_R1);
+            this.put("1.21.2", MC1_21_R2);
+            this.put("1.21.3", MC1_21_R2);
+            this.put("1.21.4", MC1_21_R3);
+            this.put("1.21.5", MC1_21_R4);
+            this.put("1.21.6", MC1_21_R5);
+            this.put("1.21.7", MC1_21_R5);
+            this.put("1.21.8", MC1_21_R5);
+            this.put("1.21.9", MC1_21_R6);
+            this.put("1.21.10", MC1_21_R6);
+            this.put("1.21.11", MC1_21_R7);
+            this.put("26.1", MC26_1);
+            this.put("26.2", MC26_2);
+        }
+    };
+
    MinecraftVersion(int versionId) {
        this(versionId, false);
    }
@@ -70,7 +113,11 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
     */
    public String getPackageName() {
        if (this == UNKNOWN) {
-            return Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
+            try {
+                return Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                // ignore, paper without remap, will fail
+            }
        }
        return this.name().replace("MC", "v");
    }
@@ -105,28 +152,115 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
        if (version != null) {
            return version;
        }
-        final String ver = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
-        logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Spigot: " + ver + "! Trying to find NMS support");
        try {
+            final String ver = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
+            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Minecraft: " + ver + "! Trying to find NMS support");
            version = MinecraftVersion.valueOf(ver.replace("v", "MC"));
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-            version = MinecraftVersion.UNKNOWN;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Minecraft: " + Bukkit.getServer().getBukkitVersion().split("-")[0]
+                    + "! Trying to find NMS support");
+            version = VERSION_TO_REVISION.get(Bukkit.getServer().getBukkitVersion().split("-")[0]);
+            if (version == null) {
+                // check for modern versions with the new versioning scheme, also the new paper version format
+                String versionString = Bukkit.getServer().getBukkitVersion().split("-")[0].split(".build")[0];
+                for (Entry<String, MinecraftVersion> entry : VERSION_TO_REVISION.entrySet()) {
+                    if (versionString.startsWith(entry.getKey()) && version == null) {
+                        version = entry.getValue();
+                        // pick the highest revision that matches the version string, in case 26.1.3 is somehow different to 26.1
+                    } else if (versionString.startsWith(entry.getKey()) && entry.getValue().getVersionId() > version.getVersionId()) {
+                        version = entry.getValue();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (version == null) {
+                version = UNKNOWN;
+            }
        }
        if (version != UNKNOWN) {
            logger.info("[NBTAPI] NMS support '" + version.name() + "' loaded!");
        } else {
-            logger.warning("[NBTAPI] This Server-Version(" + ver + ") is not supported by this NBT-API Version("
-                    + VERSION + ") located in " + VersionChecker.getPlugin()
+            logger.warning("[NBTAPI] This Server-Version(" + Bukkit.getServer().getBukkitVersion()
+                    + ") is not supported by this NBT-API Version(" + VERSION + ") located in "
+                    + VersionChecker.getPlugin()
                    + ". The NBT-API will try to work as good as it can! Some functions may not work!");
        }
        init();
        return version;
    }

+    public static String getNBTAPIVersion() {
+        return VERSION;
+    }
+
    private static void init() {
+        // Maven's Relocate is clever and changes strings, too. So we have to use this
+        // little "trick" ... :D (from bStats)
+        final String defaultPackage = new String(new byte[] { 'd', 'e', '.', 't', 'r', '7', 'z', 'w', '.', 'c', 'h',
+                'a', 'n', 'g', 'e', 'm', 'e', '.', 'n', 'b', 't', 'a', 'p', 'i', '.', 'u', 't', 'i', 'l', 's' });
+        final String reservedPackage = new String(new byte[] { 'd', 'e', '.', 't', 'r', '7', 'z', 'w', '.', 'n', 'b',
+                't', 'a', 'p', 'i', '.', 'u', 't', 'i', 'l', 's' });
        try {
-            if (hasGsonSupport() && !bStatsDisabled)
-                new ApiMetricsLite();
+            if (hasGsonSupport() && !bStatsDisabled) {
+                Plugin plugin = Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin(VersionChecker.getPlugin());
+                if (plugin != null && plugin instanceof JavaPlugin) {
+                    getLogger()
+                            .info("[NBTAPI] Using the plugin '" + plugin.getName() + "' to create a bStats instance!");
+                    Metrics metrics = new Metrics((JavaPlugin) plugin, 1058);
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("nbtapi_version", () -> {
+                        return VERSION;
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new DrilldownPie("nms_version", () -> {
+                        Map<String, Map<String, Integer>> map = new HashMap<>();
+                        Map<String, Integer> entry = new HashMap<>();
+                        entry.put(Bukkit.getName(), 1);
+                        map.put(getVersion().name(), entry);
+                        return map;
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("shaded", () -> {
+                        return Boolean.toString(!"NBTAPI".equals(VersionChecker.getPlugin()));
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("server_software", () -> {
+                        return Bukkit.getName();
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("parent_plugin", () -> {
+                        return VersionChecker.getPluginforBStats();
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("parent_plugin_type", () -> {
+                        return VersionChecker.getPluginType();
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("special_environment", () -> {
+                        if (isFoliaPresent()) {
+                            return "Folia";
+                        } else if (isForgePresent()) {
+                            return "Forge";
+                        } else if (isFabricPresent()) {
+                            return "Fabric";
+                        } else if (isNeoForgePresent()) {
+                            return "NeoForge";
+                        } else {
+                            return "None";
+                        }
+                    }));
+                    metrics.addCustomChart(new SimplePie("bindings_check", () -> {
+                        
+                        boolean failedBinding = false;
+                        for (ClassWrapper c : ClassWrapper.values()) {
+                            if (c.isEnabled() && c.getClazz() == null) {
+                                failedBinding = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        for (ReflectionMethod method : ReflectionMethod.values()) {
+                            if (method.isCompatible() && !method.isLoaded()) {
+                                failedBinding = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        
+                        return failedBinding ? "Failed" : "Pass";
+                    }));
+                } else if (plugin == null) {
+                    getLogger().info("[NBTAPI] Unable to create a bStats instance!!");
+                }
+            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error enabling Metrics!", ex);
        }
@@ -139,10 +273,6 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
                    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error while checking for updates! Error: " + ex.getMessage());
                }
            }).start();
-        // Maven's Relocate is clever and changes strings, too. So we have to use this
-        // little "trick" ... :D (from bStats)
-        final String defaultPackage = new String(new byte[] { 'd', 'e', '.', 't', 'r', '7', 'z', 'w', '.', 'c', 'h',
-                'a', 'n', 'g', 'e', 'm', 'e', '.', 'n', 'b', 't', 'a', 'p', 'i', '.', 'u', 't', 'i', 'l', 's' });
        if (!disablePackageWarning && MinecraftVersion.class.getPackage().getName().equals(defaultPackage)) {
            logger.warning(
                    "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
@@ -156,17 +286,32 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
            logger.warning(
                    "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
        }
-        if (!disablePackageWarning && !"NBTAPI".equals(VersionChecker.getPlugin())
-                && MinecraftVersion.class.getPackage().getName().equals("de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils")) {
-            logger.warning(
-                    "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
-            logger.warning(
-                    "The NBT-API inside " + VersionChecker.getPlugin() + " is located at 'de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils'!");
-            logger.warning(
-                    "This package name is reserved for the official NBTAPI plugin, and not intended to be used for shading!");
-            logger.warning("Please change the relocate to something else. For example: com.example.util.nbtapi");
-            logger.warning(
-                    "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
+        if (!disablePackageWarning && !"NBTAPI".equals(VersionChecker.getPlugin())) { // we are not the nbtapi, check
+                                                                                      // for common shading errors
+            if (!"de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils".equals(reservedPackage)) {
+                logger.warning(
+                        "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "The NBT-API inside " + VersionChecker.getPlugin() + " is the plugin version, not the API!");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "The plugin itself should never be shaded! Remove the `-plugin` from the dependency and fix your shading setup.");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "For more info check: https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API/wiki/Using-Maven#option-2-shading-the-nbt-api-into-your-plugin");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
+                return; // don't also print the second error
+            }
+            if (MinecraftVersion.class.getPackage().getName().equals("de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils")) {
+                logger.warning(
+                        "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "The NBT-API inside " + VersionChecker.getPlugin() + " is located at 'de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils'!");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "This package name is reserved for the official NBTAPI plugin, and not intended to be used for shading!");
+                logger.warning("Please change the relocate to something else. For example: com.example.util.nbtapi");
+                logger.warning(
+                        "#########################################- NBTAPI -#########################################");
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -178,7 +323,7 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
            return hasGsonSupport;
        }
        try {
-            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Gson: " + Class.forName("com.google.gson.Gson"));
+            Class.forName("com.google.gson.Gson");
            hasGsonSupport = true;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Gson not found! This will not allow the usage of some methods!");
@@ -187,6 +332,22 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
        return hasGsonSupport;
    }

+    /**
+     * @return True, if Fabric is present
+     */
+    public static boolean isFabricPresent() {
+        if (isFabricPresent != null) {
+            return isFabricPresent;
+        }
+        try {
+            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Fabric: " + Class.forName("net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer"));
+            isFabricPresent = true;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            isFabricPresent = false;
+        }
+        return isFabricPresent;
+    }
+    
    /**
     * @return True, if Forge is present
     */
@@ -204,6 +365,38 @@ public enum MinecraftVersion {
        }
        return isForgePresent;
    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return True, if NeoForge is present
+     */
+    public static boolean isNeoForgePresent() {
+        if (isNeoForgePresent != null) {
+            return isNeoForgePresent;
+        }
+        try {
+            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found NeoForge: " + Class.forName("net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge"));
+            isNeoForgePresent = true;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            isNeoForgePresent = false;
+        }
+        return isNeoForgePresent;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return True, if Folia is present
+     */
+    public static boolean isFoliaPresent() {
+        if (isFoliaPresent != null) {
+            return isFoliaPresent;
+        }
+        try {
+            logger.info("[NBTAPI] Found Folia: " + Class.forName("io.papermc.paper.threadedregions.RegionizedServer"));
+            isFoliaPresent = true;
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            isFoliaPresent = false;
+        }
+        return isFoliaPresent;
+    }

    /**
     * Calling this function before the NBT-Api is used will disable bStats stats
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.mojang.serialization.Codec;
+import com.mojang.serialization.DataResult;
+import com.mojang.serialization.JsonOps;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.MojangToMapping;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;
+
+public class NBTJsonUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * 1.20.3-1.21.4 only. Used to convert items into Json, used in Chat Hover Components.
+     * 
+     * @param itemStack
+     * @return
+     * @throws NbtApiException
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static JsonElement itemStackToJson(ItemStack itemStack) {
+        try {
+            Codec<Object> itemStackCodec = (Codec<Object>) ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK.getClazz()
+                    .getField(MojangToMapping.getMapping().get("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC")).get(null);
+            Object stack = ReflectionMethod.ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY.run(null, itemStack);
+            DataResult<JsonElement> result = itemStackCodec.encode(stack, JsonOps.INSTANCE,
+                    JsonOps.INSTANCE.emptyMap());
+            Optional<JsonElement> opt = (Optional<JsonElement>) result.getClass().getMethod("result").invoke(result);
+            return opt.orElse(null);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Error trying to get Json of an ItemStack.", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public final class PathUtil {
+
+    private static final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("[^\\\\](\\.)");
+    private static final Pattern indexPattern = Pattern.compile(".*\\[(-?[0-9]+)\\]");
+
+    public static List<PathSegment> splitPath(String path) {
+        List<PathSegment> list = new ArrayList<>();
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(path);
+        int startIndex = 0;
+        while (matcher.find(startIndex)) {
+            list.add(new PathSegment(path.substring(startIndex, matcher.end() - 1).replace("\\.", ".")));
+            startIndex = matcher.end();
+        }
+        list.add(new PathSegment(path.substring(startIndex).replace("\\.", ".")));
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    public static class PathSegment {
+
+        private final String path;
+        private final Integer index;
+
+        private PathSegment(String path) {
+            Matcher matcher = indexPattern.matcher(path);
+            if (matcher.find()) {
+                this.path = path.substring(0, path.indexOf("["));
+                this.index = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1));
+            } else {
+                this.path = path;
+                this.index = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public String getPath() {
+            return path;
+        }
+
+        public int getIndex() {
+            return index;
+        }
+
+        public boolean hasIndex() {
+            return index != null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "PathSegment [path=" + path + ", index=" + index + "]";
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
@@ -1,53 +1,24 @@
 package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils;

 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.MojangToMapping;

 public final class ReflectionUtil {
-
-    private static Field field_modifiers;
-
-    static {
+    
+    public static Field getMappedField(Class<?> clazz, String mapping) {
+        String mojmapName = mapping.split("#")[1];
        try {
-            field_modifiers = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
-            field_modifiers.setAccessible(true);
-        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ex) {
-            try {
-                // This hacky workaround is for newer jdk versions 11+?
-                Method fieldGetter = Class.class.getDeclaredMethod("getDeclaredFields0", boolean.class);
-                fieldGetter.setAccessible(true);
-                Field[] fields = (Field[]) fieldGetter.invoke(Field.class, false);
-                for (Field f : fields)
-                    if (f.getName().equals("modifiers")) {
-                        field_modifiers = f;
-                        field_modifiers.setAccessible(true);
-                        break;
-                    }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw new NbtApiException(e);
-            }
+            return clazz.getField(mojmapName);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException | SecurityException e) {
+            // not Mojamp, try remapped
        }
-        if (field_modifiers == null) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("Unable to init the modifiers Field.");
+        try {
+            return clazz.getDeclaredField(MojangToMapping.getMapping().get(mapping));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Unable to find field " + mapping + " in class " + clazz.getName(), e);
        }
    }

-    public static Field makeNonFinal(Field field) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-        int mods = field.getModifiers();
-        if (Modifier.isFinal(mods)) {
-            field_modifiers.set(field, mods & ~Modifier.FINAL);
-        }
-        return field;
-    }
-
-    public static void setFinal(Object obj, Field field, Object newValue)
-            throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-        field.setAccessible(true);
-        field = makeNonFinal(field);
-        field.set(obj, newValue);
-    }
-
 }
@@ -109,7 +109,20 @@ public class VersionChecker {

    protected static String getPlugin() {
        ClassLoader classLoader = VersionChecker.class.getClassLoader();
-        InputStream inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("plugin.yml");
+        InputStream inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("paper-plugin.yml");
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream)) {
+                YamlConfiguration pluginYml = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(reader);
+                return pluginYml.getString("name");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignored
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // This can happen if the paper-plugin.yml is not formatted correctly
+                MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error reading paper-plugin.yml: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        
+        inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("plugin.yml");

        if (inputStream != null) {
            try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream)) {
@@ -117,9 +130,67 @@ public class VersionChecker {
                return pluginYml.getString("name");
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // ignored
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // This can happen if the plugin.yml is not formatted correctly
+                MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error reading plugin.yml: " + e.getMessage());
            }
        }
        return NBTItem.class.getPackage().getName();
    }
+    
+    protected static String getPluginforBStats() {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = VersionChecker.class.getClassLoader();
+        InputStream inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("paper-plugin.yml");
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream)) {
+                YamlConfiguration pluginYml = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(reader);
+                return pluginYml.getString("name");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignored
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // This can happen if the paper-plugin.yml is not formatted correctly
+                MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error reading paper-plugin.yml: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        
+        inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("plugin.yml");
+
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream)) {
+                YamlConfiguration pluginYml = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(reader);
+                return pluginYml.getString("name");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignored
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                // This can happen if the plugin.yml is not formatted correctly
+                MinecraftVersion.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "[NBTAPI] Error reading plugin.yml: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+        return "UnknownPlugin";
+    }
+    
+    protected static String getPluginType() {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = VersionChecker.class.getClassLoader();
+        InputStream inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("paper-plugin.yml");
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try {
+                inputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignored
+            }
+            return "PaperPlugin";
+        }
+        
+        inputStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("plugin.yml");
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try {
+                inputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // ignored
+            }
+            return "SpigotPlugin";
+        }
+        return "UnknownPlugin";
+    }

 }
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations;
-
-import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
-import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
-
-@Retention(RUNTIME)
-@Target({ METHOD })
-public @interface AvailableSince {
-
-    MinecraftVersion version();
-
-}
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.annotations;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
-
-public class CheckUtil {
-
-    public static boolean isAvaliable(Method method) {
-        if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() < method.getAnnotation(AvailableSince.class).version()
-                .getVersionId())
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Method '" + method.getName() + "' is only avaliable for the Versions "
-                    + method.getAnnotation(AvailableSince.class).version() + "+, but still got called!");
-        return true;
-    }
-
-}
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import static de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion.getLogger;

 import java.util.logging.Level;

+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;

 /**
@@ -18,9 +20,11 @@ public enum ClassWrapper {
    CRAFT_METAITEM(PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT, "inventory.CraftMetaItem", null, null),
    CRAFT_ENTITY(PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT, "entity.CraftEntity", null, null),
    CRAFT_WORLD(PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT, "CraftWorld", null, null),
+    CRAFT_SERVER(PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT, "CraftServer", null, null),
    CRAFT_PERSISTENTDATACONTAINER(PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT, "persistence.CraftPersistentDataContainer",
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, null),
    NMS_NBTBASE(PackageWrapper.NMS, "NBTBase", null, null, "net.minecraft.nbt", "net.minecraft.nbt.Tag"),
+    NMS_TAGTYPE(PackageWrapper.NMS, "NBTTagType", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, null, "net.minecraft.nbt", "net.minecraft.nbt.TagType"),
    NMS_NBTTAGSTRING(PackageWrapper.NMS, "NBTTagString", null, null, "net.minecraft.nbt",
            "net.minecraft.nbt.StringTag"),
    NMS_NBTTAGINT(PackageWrapper.NMS, "NBTTagInt", null, null, "net.minecraft.nbt", "net.minecraft.nbt.IntTag"),
@@ -62,6 +66,38 @@ public enum ClassWrapper {
            "net.minecraft.nbt.NbtUtils"),
    NMS_IBLOCKDATA(PackageWrapper.NMS, "IBlockData", MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, null,
            "net.minecraft.world.level.block.state", "net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState"),
+    NMS_NBTACCOUNTER(PackageWrapper.NMS, "NBTReadLimiter", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3, null, "net.minecraft.nbt",
+            "net.minecraft.nbt.NbtAccounter"),
+    NMS_CUSTOMDATA(PackageWrapper.NMS, "CustomData", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.world.item.component", "net.minecraft.world.item.component.CustomData"),
+    NMS_DATACOMPONENTTYPE(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DataComponentType", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.core.component", "net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType"),
+    NMS_DATACOMPONENTS(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DataComponents", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.core.component", "net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents"),
+    NMS_DATACOMPONENTHOLDER(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DataComponentHolder", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.core.component", "net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentHolder"),
+    NMS_PROVIDER(PackageWrapper.NMS, "HolderLookup$a", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.core", "net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider"),
+    NMS_SERVER(PackageWrapper.NMS, "MinecraftServer", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.server", "net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer"),
+    NMS_DATAFIXERS(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DataConverterRegistry", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.util.datafix", "net.minecraft.util.datafix.DataFixers"),
+    NMS_REFERENCES(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DataConverterTypes", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes", "net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References"),
+    NMS_NBTOPS(PackageWrapper.NMS, "DynamicOpsNBT", MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null,
+            "net.minecraft.nbt", "net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps"),
+    NMS_PROBLEM_REPORTER(PackageWrapper.NMS, "ProblemReporter", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "net.minecraft.util", "net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter"),
+    NMS_TAG_VALUE_INPUT(PackageWrapper.NMS, "TagValueInput", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "net.minecraft.world.level.storage", "net.minecraft.world.level.storage.TagValueInput"),
+    NMS_VALUE_INPUT(PackageWrapper.NMS, "ValueInput", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "net.minecraft.world.level.storage", "net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput"),
+    NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT(PackageWrapper.NMS, "TagValueOutput", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "net.minecraft.world.level.storage", "net.minecraft.world.level.storage.TagValueOutput"),
+    NMS_VALUE_OUTPUT(PackageWrapper.NMS, "ValueOutput", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "net.minecraft.world.level.storage", "net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput"),
+    NMS_DYNAMICOPS(PackageWrapper.NONE, "DynamicOps", MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, null,
+            "com.mojang.serialization", "com.mojang.serialization.DynamicOps"),
    GAMEPROFILE(PackageWrapper.NONE, "com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile", MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, null);

    private Class<?> clazz;
@@ -83,6 +119,15 @@ public enum ClassWrapper {
        }
        enabled = true;
        try {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1) && mojangName != null) {
+                // check for Mojmapped enviroment
+                try {
+                    clazz = Class.forName(mojangName);
+                    return;
+                } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+                    // ignored, not mojang mapped
+                }
+            }
            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1) && mojangMap != null) {
                clazz = Class.forName(mojangMap + "." + clazzName);
            } else if (packageId == PackageWrapper.NONE) {
@@ -90,7 +135,11 @@ public enum ClassWrapper {
            } else if (MinecraftVersion.isForgePresent() && MinecraftVersion.getVersion() == MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4
                    && Forge1710Mappings.getClassMappings().get(this.name()) != null) {
                clazz = Class.forName(clazzName = Forge1710Mappings.getClassMappings().get(this.name()));
+            } else if (packageId == PackageWrapper.CRAFTBUKKIT) {
+                // this also works for un-remapped Paper 1.20+
+                clazz = Class.forName(Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName() + "." + clazzName);
            } else {
+                // fallback for old versions pre mojmap and in the nms package
                String version = MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getPackageName();
                clazz = Class.forName(packageId.getUri() + "." + version + "." + clazzName);
            }
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTReflectionUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+
+public class CodecHelper {
+
+    public static Object convertItemStackToNbt(Object itemStack) {
+        Object result = null;
+        try {
+            // FIXME caching, this has 0 exception handling
+            result = NBTReflectionUtil.itemstack_codec.encodeStart(NBTReflectionUtil.nbtRegistryOps, itemStack);
+            Objects.requireNonNull(result);
+            return ((Optional<Object>)result.getClass().getMethod("result").invoke(result)).get();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Failed to convert ItemStack to NBT. " + result + " " + itemStack, e);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static Object convertNbtToItemStack(Object nbt) {
+        Object result = null;
+        try {
+            // FIXME caching, this has 0 exception handling
+            result = NBTReflectionUtil.itemstack_codec.parse(NBTReflectionUtil.nbtRegistryOps, nbt);
+            Objects.requireNonNull(result);
+            return ((Optional<Object>)result.getClass().getMethod("result").invoke(result)).get();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Failed to convert NBT to ItemStack. " + result + " " + nbt, e);
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public class Forge1710Mappings {
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_MERGE", "merge");// Only present on Crucible
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_SET", "func_74782_a");
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET", "func_74781_a");
-        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET_LIST", "func_150295_c");
-        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE", "func_74732_a");
+        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET_LIST_LEGACY", "func_150295_c");
+        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE_LEGACY", "func_74732_a");
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET_FLOAT", "func_74760_g");
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET_STRING", "func_74779_i");
        methodMap.put("COMPOUND_GET_INT", "func_74762_e");
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings;

+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;

 /**
 * Temporary solution to hold Mojang to unmapped Spigot mappings.
+ * Note years later: nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
 * 
 * @author tr7zw
 *
@@ -28,10 +31,12 @@ public class MojangToMapping {
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getIntArray(java.lang.String)", "n");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#remove(java.lang.String)", "r");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#get(java.lang.String)", "c");
-            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#put(java.lang.String,net.minecraft.nbt.Tag)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#merge(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)", "a");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#putBoolean(java.lang.String,boolean)", "a");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getTagType(java.lang.String)", "d");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#putLong(java.lang.String,long)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#putLongArray(java.lang.String,long[])", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getLongArray(java.lang.String)", "o");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getString(java.lang.String)", "l");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getInt(java.lang.String)", "h");
            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#putString(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)", "a");
@@ -118,11 +123,231 @@ public class MojangToMapping {
        }

    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_20R2 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_20R1);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bu");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_20R3 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_20R2);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.NbtIo#readCompressed(java.io.InputStream,net.minecraft.nbt.NbtAccounter)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.NbtAccounter#unlimitedHeap()", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bw");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#saveWithId()", "p");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#getBlockState()", "r");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC", "a");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_20R4 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_20R3);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bC");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#getBlockState()", "n");
+            put("net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents#CUSTOM_DATA", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentHolder#get(net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.component.CustomData#copyTag()", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#set(net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType,java.lang.Object)", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#save(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer#registryAccess()", "bc");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#parseOptional(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#saveWithId(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#loadWithComponents(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.datafix.DataFixers#getDataFixer()", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References#ITEM_STACK", "t");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.NbtOps#INSTANCE", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC", "b");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R1 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_20R4);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bD");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R2 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R1);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer#registryAccess()", "ba");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bK");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#getBlockState()", "m");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC", "a");
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R3 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R2);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.component.CustomData#copyTag()", "d");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R4 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R3);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getShort(java.lang.String)", "d");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getString(java.lang.String)", "i");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#contains(java.lang.String)", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getDouble(java.lang.String)", "h");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getByteArray(java.lang.String)", "j");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getFloat(java.lang.String)", "g");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#get(java.lang.String)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getLong(java.lang.String)", "f");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getLongArray(java.lang.String)", "l");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getInt(java.lang.String)", "e");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getIntArray(java.lang.String)", "k");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getCompound(java.lang.String)", "m");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getByte(java.lang.String)", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag#getString(int)", "m");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#saveWithoutId(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)", "h");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bI");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#load(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)", "i");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.Tag#getType()", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.TagType#getName()", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getList(java.lang.String)", "o");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#parse(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.Tag)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC", "b");
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R5 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R3);
+            put("net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider#createSerializationContext(com.mojang.serialization.DynamicOps)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getByteArray(java.lang.String)", "j");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getDouble(java.lang.String)", "h");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#keySet()", "e");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getLong(java.lang.String)", "f");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getList(java.lang.String)", "o");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getInt(java.lang.String)", "e");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getCompound(java.lang.String)", "m");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getByte(java.lang.String)", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getShort(java.lang.String)", "d");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getIntArray(java.lang.String)", "k");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#get(java.lang.String)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getString(java.lang.String)", "i");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getFloat(java.lang.String)", "g");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#getLongArray(java.lang.String)", "l");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag#contains(java.lang.String)", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag#getString(int)", "m");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.Tag#getType()", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.TagParser#parseCompoundFully(java.lang.String)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.TagType#getName()", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#load(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput)", "e");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bN");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#saveWithoutId(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput)", "d");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#saveWithId(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput)", "d");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#loadWithComponents(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput)", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.storage.TagValueInput#create(net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.storage.TagValueOutput#createWithContext(net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.storage.TagValueOutput#buildResult()", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack#CODEC", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter#DISCARDING", "a");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References#ITEM_STACK", "u");
+
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R6 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R5);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer#registryAccess()", "bg");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#load(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput)", "d");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "bW");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.item.component.CustomData#copyTag()", "b");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity#getBlockState()", "o");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References#ITEM_STACK", "v");
+
+        }
+
+    };
+    
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static Map<String, String> MC1_21R7 = new HashMap<String, String>() {
+
+        {
+            putAll(MC1_21R6);
+
+            put("net.minecraft.nbt.NbtAccounter#unlimitedHeap()", "c");
+            put("net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer#registryAccess()", "bc");
+            put("net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity#getEncodeId()", "ca");
+            put("net.minecraft.util.datafix.fixes.References#ITEM_STACK", "x");
+
+        }
+
+    };
+

    public static Map<String, String> getMapping() {
+        // No mappings after 26.1
+        if(MinecraftVersion.getVersion() != MinecraftVersion.UNKNOWN && MinecraftVersion.getVersion().isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC26_1)) {
+            return Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
+        }
        switch (MinecraftVersion.getVersion()) {
+        case MC1_21_R7:
+            return MC1_21R7;
+        case MC1_21_R6:
+            return MC1_21R6;
+        case MC1_21_R5:
+            return MC1_21R5;
+        case MC1_21_R4:
+            return MC1_21R4;
+        case MC1_21_R3:
+            return MC1_21R3;
+        case MC1_21_R2:
+            return MC1_21R2;
+        case MC1_21_R1:
+            return MC1_21R1;
+        case MC1_20_R4:
+            return MC1_20R4;
+        case MC1_20_R3:
+            return MC1_20R3;
+        case MC1_20_R2:
+            return MC1_20R2;
        case MC1_20_R1:
            return MC1_20R1;
+        case MC1_19_R3:
+            return MC1_19R2;
        case MC1_19_R2:
            return MC1_19R2;
        case MC1_19_R1:
@@ -131,9 +356,11 @@ public class MojangToMapping {
            return MC1_18R2;
        case MC1_18_R1:
            return MC1_18R1;
+        case UNKNOWN:
+            return MC1_21R7; // assume it's a future version, so try the latest known mappings
        default:
-            return MC1_19R2;// throw new NbtApiException("This version of the NBTAPI is not compatible with
-                            // this server version!");
+            // this should never happen, unless a version is forgotten here(like 1.19R3 which uses the 1.19R2 mappings)
+            throw new NbtApiException("No fitting mapping found for version " + MinecraftVersion.getVersion() + ". This is a bug!");
        }
    }

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ import static de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion.getLogger;
@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
 public enum ObjectCreator {
    NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND(null, null, ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz()),
+    NMS_CUSTOMDATA(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, null, ClassWrapper.NMS_CUSTOMDATA.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz()),
    NMS_BLOCKPOSITION(null, null, ClassWrapper.NMS_BLOCKPOSITION.getClazz(), int.class, int.class, int.class),
-    NMS_COMPOUNDFROMITEM(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, null, ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK.getClazz(),
+    NMS_COMPOUNDFROMITEM(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3, ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK.getClazz(),
            ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz()),;

    private Constructor<?> construct;
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;

 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    COMPOUND_SET_INTARRAY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, int[].class },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "setIntArray"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "putIntArray(java.lang.String,int[])")),
+    COMPOUND_SET_LONGARRAY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, long[].class },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "a"),
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "putLongArray(java.lang.String,long[])")),
    COMPOUND_SET_LONG(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, long.class },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "setLong"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "putLong(java.lang.String,long)")),
@@ -52,23 +56,29 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "setBoolean"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "putBoolean(java.lang.String,boolean)")),
    COMPOUND_SET_UUID(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, UUID.class },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "a"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "a"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "putUUID(java.lang.String,java.util.UUID)")),
    COMPOUND_MERGE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "a"),
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "put(java.lang.String,net.minecraft.nbt.Tag)")),
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "merge(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    COMPOUND_SET(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTBASE.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "set"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "put(java.lang.String,net.minecraft.nbt.Tag)")),
    COMPOUND_GET(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "get"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "get(java.lang.String)")),
-    COMPOUND_GET_LIST(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, int.class },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getList"),
+    COMPOUND_GET_LIST_LEGACY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class, int.class },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getList"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getList(java.lang.String,int)")),
+    COMPOUND_GET_LIST(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, 
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, "getList(java.lang.String)")),
    // Only needed for 1.7.10 getType
-    COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTBASE, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
+    COMPOUND_OWN_TYPE_LEGACY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTBASE, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getTypeId")),
+    TAGTYPE_OWN_TYPE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTBASE, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, "getType()")),
+    TAGTYPE_GET_NAME(ClassWrapper.NMS_TAGTYPE, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, "getName()")),

    COMPOUND_GET_FLOAT(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getFloat"),
@@ -85,6 +95,9 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    COMPOUND_GET_INTARRAY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getIntArray"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getIntArray(java.lang.String)")),
+    COMPOUND_GET_LONGARRAY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "getLongArray"),
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getLongArray(java.lang.String)")),
    COMPOUND_GET_LONG(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getLong"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getLong(java.lang.String)")),
@@ -100,17 +113,18 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    COMPOUND_GET_BOOLEAN(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getBoolean"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getBoolean(java.lang.String)")),
-    COMPOUND_GET_UUID(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1,
+    COMPOUND_GET_UUID(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R3,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "a"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getUUID(java.lang.String)")),
    COMPOUND_GET_COMPOUND(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getCompound"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getCompound(java.lang.String)")),
-
-    NMSITEM_GETTAG(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
+    
+    
+    NMSITEM_GETTAG(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getTag"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getTag()")),
    NMSITEM_SAVE(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "save"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "save"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "save(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    NMSITEM_CREATESTACK(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_10_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "createStack")),
@@ -121,17 +135,17 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    COMPOUND_HAS_KEY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "hasKey"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "contains(java.lang.String)")),
-    COMPOUND_GET_TYPE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3,
+    COMPOUND_GET_TYPE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "b"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "d"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_15_R1, "e"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "d"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getTagType(java.lang.String)")),
    COMPOUND_GET_KEYS(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "c"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, "getKeys"),
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getAllKeys()")),
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getAllKeys()"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "keySet()")),
    // FIXME ?!?
-    LISTCOMPOUND_GET_KEYS(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "c"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, "getKeys"),
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getAllKeys()")),
+//    LISTCOMPOUND_GET_KEYS(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
+//            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "c"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, "getKeys"),
+//            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getAllKeys()")),
    LIST_REMOVE_KEY(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGLIST, new Class[] { int.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "a"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "remove"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "remove(int)")),
@@ -156,7 +170,7 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, "get"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "get(int)")),

    ITEMSTACK_SET_TAG(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "setTag"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "setTag"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "setTag(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    ITEMSTACK_NMSCOPY(ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ItemStack.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "asNMSCopy")),
@@ -168,10 +182,6 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    NMS_WORLD_GET_TILEENTITY(ClassWrapper.NMS_WORLDSERVER, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_BLOCKPOSITION.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "getTileEntity"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getBlockEntity(net.minecraft.core.BlockPos)")),
-    NMS_WORLD_SET_TILEENTITY(ClassWrapper.NMS_WORLDSERVER,
-            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_BLOCKPOSITION.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3,
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "setTileEntity")),
    NMS_WORLD_REMOVE_TILEENTITY(ClassWrapper.NMS_WORLDSERVER, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_BLOCKPOSITION.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "t"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "s"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, "n"),
@@ -180,11 +190,9 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    NMS_WORLD_GET_TILEENTITY_1_7_10(ClassWrapper.NMS_WORLDSERVER, new Class[] { int.class, int.class, int.class },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getTileEntity")),
-    // FIXME: No Spigot mapping!
    TILEENTITY_LOAD_LEGACY191(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY,
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_MINECRAFTSERVER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "a")),
-    // FIXME: No Spigot mapping!
    TILEENTITY_LOAD_LEGACY183(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R2, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "c"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "a"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R2, "c")),
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    TILEENTITY_GET_NBT(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "b"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_9_R1, "save")),
-    TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1181(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1,
+    TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1181(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "saveWithId()")),
    TILEENTITY_SET_NBT_LEGACY1151(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY,
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
@@ -211,7 +219,7 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_IBLOCKDATA.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "load")),
    TILEENTITY_SET_NBT(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "load"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "load"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "load(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    TILEENTITY_GET_BLOCKDATA(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "getBlock"),
@@ -220,19 +228,30 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
    CRAFT_ENTITY_GET_HANDLE(ClassWrapper.CRAFT_ENTITY, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "getHandle")),
    NMS_ENTITY_SET_NBT(ClassWrapper.NMS_ENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "f"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "f"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1, "load"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "load(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    NMS_ENTITY_GET_NBT(ClassWrapper.NMS_ENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "e"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "e"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_12_R1, "save"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "saveWithoutId(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    NMS_ENTITY_GETSAVEID(ClassWrapper.NMS_ENTITY, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, "getSaveID"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "getEncodeId()")),

    NBTFILE_READ(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTCOMPRESSEDSTREAMTOOLS, new Class[] { InputStream.class },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "a"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R2, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "a"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "readCompressed(java.io.InputStream)")),
+
+    NBTFILE_READV2(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTCOMPRESSEDSTREAMTOOLS,
+            new Class[] { InputStream.class, ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTACCOUNTER.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
+                    "readCompressed(java.io.InputStream,net.minecraft.nbt.NbtAccounter)")),
+    
+    NBTACCOUNTER_CREATE_UNLIMITED(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTACCOUNTER,
+            new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
+                    "unlimitedHeap()")),
+    
    NBTFILE_WRITE(ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTCOMPRESSEDSTREAMTOOLS,
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz(), OutputStream.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "a"),
@@ -241,15 +260,13 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {

    PARSE_NBT(ClassWrapper.NMS_MOJANGSONPARSER, new Class[] { String.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "parse"),
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "parseTag(java.lang.String)")),
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "parseTag(java.lang.String)"), new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "parseCompoundFully(java.lang.String)")),
    REGISTRY_KEYSET(ClassWrapper.NMS_REGISTRYSIMPLE, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1,
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, "keySet")),
    REGISTRY_GET(ClassWrapper.NMS_REGISTRYSIMPLE, new Class[] { Object.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1,
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, "get")),
-    // FIXME: No Spigot mapping!
    REGISTRY_SET(ClassWrapper.NMS_REGISTRYSIMPLE, new Class[] { Object.class, Object.class },
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, "a")),
-    // FIXME: No Spigot mapping!
    REGISTRY_GET_INVERSE(ClassWrapper.NMS_REGISTRYMATERIALS, new Class[] { Object.class }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1,
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_11_R1, "b")),
    REGISTRYMATERIALS_KEYSET(ClassWrapper.NMS_REGISTRYMATERIALS, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R1,
@@ -260,12 +277,12 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R2, MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_13_R2, "getKey")),

    GAMEPROFILE_DESERIALIZE(ClassWrapper.NMS_GAMEPROFILESERIALIZER,
-            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4,
+            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3,
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4, "deserialize"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1, "readGameProfile(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
    GAMEPROFILE_SERIALIZE(ClassWrapper.NMS_GAMEPROFILESERIALIZER,
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.GAMEPROFILE.getClazz() },
-            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "serialize"),
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3, "serialize"),
            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_18_R1,
                    "writeGameProfile(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag,com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile)")),

@@ -275,7 +292,51 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, "getRaw")),
    CRAFT_PERSISTENT_DATA_CONTAINER_PUT_ALL(ClassWrapper.CRAFT_PERSISTENTDATACONTAINER,
            new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1,
-            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, "putAll")),;
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1, "putAll")),
+    // 1.20.5+ Stuff
+    NMSDATACOMPONENTHOLDER_GET(ClassWrapper.NMS_DATACOMPONENTHOLDER, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_DATACOMPONENTTYPE.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "get(net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType)")),
+    NMSCUSTOMDATA_GETCOPY(ClassWrapper.NMS_CUSTOMDATA, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "copyTag()")),
+    NMSITEM_SET(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_DATACOMPONENTTYPE.getClazz(), Object.class}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "set(net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponentType,java.lang.Object)")),
+    NMSITEM_SAVE_MODERN(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz() },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "save(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)")),
+    NMSITEM_LOAD(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz() },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R3, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "parseOptional(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
+    NMSITEM_LOAD_MODERN(ClassWrapper.NMS_ITEMSTACK, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTBASE.getClazz() },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4,  MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "parse(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.Tag)")),
+    NMSSERVER_GETREGISTRYACCESS(ClassWrapper.NMS_SERVER, new Class[] {},
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "registryAccess()")),
+    NMSSERVER_GETSERVER(ClassWrapper.CRAFT_SERVER, new Class[] {},
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "getServer()")),
+    TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1205(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "saveWithId(net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)")),
+    TILEENTITY_SET_NBT_1205(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz() },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4, new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "loadWithComponents(net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)")),
+    GET_DATAFIXER(ClassWrapper.NMS_DATAFIXERS, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4, "getDataFixer()")),
+    // 1.21.6 Stuff
+    GET_SERIALIZATION_CONTEXT(ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_DYNAMICOPS.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "createSerializationContext(com.mojang.serialization.DynamicOps)")),
+    NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_INPUT(ClassWrapper.NMS_TAG_VALUE_INPUT, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_PROBLEM_REPORTER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_NBTTAGCOMPOUND.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "create(net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider,net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag)")),
+    NMS_GET_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT(ClassWrapper.NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_PROBLEM_REPORTER.getClazz(), ClassWrapper.NMS_PROVIDER.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "createWithContext(net.minecraft.util.ProblemReporter,net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup$Provider)")),
+    NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT_TO_TAG_COMPOUND(ClassWrapper.NMS_TAG_VALUE_OUTPUT, new Class[] {}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "buildResult()")),
+    NMS_ENTITY_SET_NBT_1216(ClassWrapper.NMS_ENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_VALUE_INPUT.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "load(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput)")
+    ),
+    NMS_ENTITY_GET_NBT_1216(ClassWrapper.NMS_ENTITY, new Class[] { ClassWrapper.NMS_VALUE_OUTPUT.getClazz() }, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "saveWithoutId(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput)")),
+
+    TILEENTITY_GET_NBT_1216(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_VALUE_OUTPUT.getClazz()}, MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "saveWithId(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput)")),
+    TILEENTITY_SET_NBT_1216(ClassWrapper.NMS_TILEENTITY, new Class[] {ClassWrapper.NMS_VALUE_INPUT.getClazz() },
+            MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5,
+            new Since(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R5, "loadWithComponents(net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput)")),
+    ;

    private MinecraftVersion removedAfter;
    private Since targetVersion;
@@ -310,6 +371,17 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            if (MinecraftVersion.isForgePresent() && MinecraftVersion.getVersion() == MinecraftVersion.MC1_7_R4) {
                targetMethodName = Forge1710Mappings.getMethodMapping().getOrDefault(this.name(), targetMethodName);
            } else if (targetVersion.version.isMojangMapping()) {
+                try {
+                    // check for mojang mapped method
+                    String name = targetVersion.name.split("\\(")[0];
+                    method = targetClass.getClazz().getMethod(name, args);
+                    method.setAccessible(true);
+                    loaded = true;
+                    methodName = name;
+                    return;
+                } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignore) {
+                    // not mojang mapped
+                }
                targetMethodName = MojangToMapping.getMapping().getOrDefault(
                        targetClass.getMojangName() + "#" + targetVersion.name, "Unmapped" + targetVersion.name);
            }
@@ -355,7 +427,8 @@ public enum ReflectionMethod {
            return method.invoke(target, args);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Error while calling the method '" + methodName + "', loaded: " + loaded
-                    + ", Enum: " + this + ", Passed Class: " + (target == null ? "null" : target.getClass()), ex);
+                    + ", Enum: " + this + ", Passed Class: " + (target == null ? "null" : target.getClass()) + " Args: " + (args == null ? "null" : Arrays.toString(args)) + 
+                    " Classes: " + (args == null ? "null" : Arrays.asList(args).stream().map(a -> a == null ? "NULL" : a.getClass().getName()).collect(Collectors.toList())), ex);
        }
    }

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
+
+public enum Casing {
+    camelCase(s -> {
+        if (s.length() < 2) {
+            return s.toLowerCase();
+        }
+        return Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(0)) + s.substring(1);
+    }), snake_case(s -> {
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        // Convert the first letter to lowercase
+        result.append(Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(0)));
+        // Iterate through the rest of the string
+        for (int i = 1; i < s.length(); i++) {
+            char currentChar = s.charAt(i);
+            // Convert uppercase letters to lowercase and add underscore
+            if (Character.isUpperCase(currentChar)) {
+                result.append('_').append(Character.toLowerCase(currentChar));
+            } else {
+                result.append(currentChar);
+            }
+        }
+        return result.toString();
+    }), PascalCase(s -> {
+        if (s.length() < 2) {
+            return s.toUpperCase();
+        }
+        return Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(0)) + s.substring(1);
+    }), lowercase(String::toLowerCase), UPPERCASE(String::toUpperCase);
+
+    private UnaryOperator<String> convert;
+
+    Casing(UnaryOperator<String> function) {
+        this.convert = function;
+    }
+
+    public String convertString(String str) {
+        return convert.apply(str);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+
+class DefaultMethodInvoker {
+
+    private static Method invokeDefaultMethod;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            invokeDefaultMethod = InvocationHandler.class.getDeclaredMethod("invokeDefault",
+                    new Class[] { Object.class, Method.class, Object[].class });
+            invokeDefaultMethod.setAccessible(true);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+            // we are in java 8, use the fallback
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Using reflections to access reflections, since some are still on java 8.
+     * 
+     * @param target
+     * @param method
+     * @param args
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Object invokeDefault(Class<?> srcInt, Object target, Method method, Object[] args) {
+        if (invokeDefaultMethod != null) { // java 9+
+            try {
+                return invokeDefaultMethod.invoke(null, target, method, args);
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Error while trying to invoke a default method for Java 9+. " + target + " "
+                        + method + " " + Arrays.toString(args), e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            try {
+                Constructor<Lookup> constructor = Lookup.class.getDeclaredConstructor(Class.class);
+                constructor.setAccessible(true);
+                return constructor.newInstance(srcInt).in(srcInt).unreflectSpecial(method, srcInt).bindTo(target)
+                        .invokeWithArguments(args);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Error while trying to invoke a default method for Java 8. " + target + " "
+                        + method + " " + Arrays.toString(args), e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTHandler;
+
+public interface NBTProxy {
+
+    final Map<Class<?>, NBTHandler<Object>> handlers = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public default void init() {
+
+    }
+    
+    public default Casing getCasing() {
+        return Casing.PascalCase;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public default <T> NBTHandler<T> getHandler(Class<T> clazz) {
+        return (NBTHandler<T>) handlers.get(clazz);
+    }
+
+    public default Collection<NBTHandler<Object>> getHandlers() {
+        return handlers.values();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public default <T> void registerHandler(Class<T> clazz, NBTHandler<T> handler) {
+        handlers.put(clazz, (NBTHandler<Object>) handler);
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target(METHOD)
+public @interface NBTTarget {
+    public String value();
+
+    public Type type() default Type.AUTOMATIC;
+    
+    public enum Type {
+        AUTOMATIC, GET, SET, HAS
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTCompoundList;
+
+class ProxiedList<E extends NBTProxy> implements ProxyList<E> {
+
+    private final ReadWriteNBTCompoundList nbt;
+    private final Class<E> proxy;
+
+    public ProxiedList(ReadWriteNBTCompoundList nbt, Class<E> proxyClass) {
+        this.nbt = nbt;
+        this.proxy = proxyClass;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public E get(int index) {
+        ReadWriteNBT tag = nbt.get(index);
+        return new ProxyBuilder<E>(tag,proxy).build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int size() {
+        return nbt.size();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void remove(int index) {
+        nbt.remove(index);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
+        return new Itr();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public E addCompound() {
+        ReadWriteNBT tag = nbt.addCompound();
+        return new ProxyBuilder<E>(tag,proxy).build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return nbt.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    private class Itr implements Iterator<E> {
+        /**
+         * Index of element to be returned by subsequent call to next.
+         */
+        int cursor = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Index of element returned by most recent call to next or
+         * previous.  Reset to -1 if this element is deleted by a call
+         * to remove.
+         */
+        int lastRet = -1;
+
+        public boolean hasNext() {
+            return cursor != size();
+        }
+
+        public E next() {
+            try {
+                int i = cursor;
+                E next = get(i);
+                lastRet = i;
+                cursor = i + 1;
+                return next;
+            } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                throw new NoSuchElementException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void remove() {
+            if (lastRet < 0)
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+
+            try {
+                ProxiedList.this.remove(lastRet);
+                if (lastRet < cursor)
+                    cursor--;
+                lastRet = -1;
+            } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTHandler;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.NBTTarget.Type;
+
+public class ProxyBuilder<T extends NBTProxy> implements InvocationHandler {
+
+    private static final Map<Method, Function<Arguments, Object>> METHOD_CACHE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private final Class<T> target;
+    private final ReadWriteNBT nbt;
+    private boolean readOnly;
+
+    public ProxyBuilder(ReadWriteNBT nbt, Class<T> target) {
+        if (!target.isInterface()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("A proxy can only be built from an interface! Check the wiki for examples.");
+        }
+        this.target = target;
+        this.nbt = nbt;
+    }
+
+    public ProxyBuilder<T> readOnly() {
+        this.readOnly = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public T build() {
+        T inst = (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), new Class[] { target }, this);
+        inst.init();
+        return inst;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
+        METHOD_CACHE.computeIfAbsent(method, m -> ProxyBuilder.createFunction((NBTProxy) proxy, m));
+        return METHOD_CACHE.get(method).apply(new Arguments(target, (NBTProxy) proxy, readOnly, nbt, args));
+    }
+
+    private static class Arguments {
+        Class<?> target;
+        NBTProxy proxy;
+        ReadWriteNBT nbt;
+        Object[] args;
+        boolean readOnly;
+
+        public Arguments(Class<?> target, NBTProxy proxy, boolean readOnly, ReadWriteNBT nbt, Object[] args) {
+            this.target = target;
+            this.proxy = proxy;
+            this.nbt = nbt;
+            this.args = args;
+            this.readOnly = readOnly;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+    private static Function<Arguments, Object> createFunction(NBTProxy proxy, Method method) {
+        if ("toString".equals(method.getName()) && method.getParameterCount() == 0
+                && method.getReturnType() == String.class) {
+            return (arguments) -> arguments.nbt.toString();
+        }
+        if (method.isDefault()) {
+            return (arguments) -> DefaultMethodInvoker.invokeDefault(arguments.target, arguments.proxy, method,
+                    arguments.args);
+        }
+        Type action = getAction(method);
+        if (action == Type.SET) {
+            String fieldName = getNBTName(proxy.getCasing(), method);
+            return (arguments) -> {
+                if (arguments.readOnly) {
+                    throw new NbtApiException("Tried calling a set method on a read only object.");
+                }
+                return setNBT(arguments.nbt, arguments.proxy, fieldName, arguments.args[0]);
+            };
+        }
+        if (action == Type.GET) {
+            Class<?> retType = method.getReturnType();
+            String fieldName = getNBTName(proxy.getCasing(), method);
+            // Allow stacking of proxies
+            if (retType.isInterface() && NBTProxy.class.isAssignableFrom(retType)) {
+                return (arguments) -> {
+                    if (arguments.nbt.hasTag(fieldName) && arguments.nbt.getType(fieldName) != NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
+                        throw new NbtApiException("Tried getting a '" + retType + "' proxy from the field '" + fieldName
+                                + "', but it's not a TagCompound!");
+                    }
+                    return new ProxyBuilder<NBTProxy>(arguments.nbt.getOrCreateCompound(fieldName),
+                            (Class<NBTProxy>) retType).build();
+                };
+            }
+            if (retType == ProxyList.class) {
+                
+                Class<?> parameterType = (Class<?>) ((ParameterizedType) method.getGenericReturnType())
+                        .getActualTypeArguments()[0];
+                if (parameterType != null && parameterType.isInterface()
+                        && NBTProxy.class.isAssignableFrom(parameterType)) {
+                    return (arguments) -> {
+                      return new ProxiedList(arguments.nbt.getCompoundList(fieldName), parameterType);  
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            NBTHandler<Object> handler = (NBTHandler<Object>) proxy.getHandler(retType);
+            if (handler != null) {
+                return (arguments) -> handler.get(arguments.nbt, fieldName);
+            }
+            return (arguments) -> arguments.nbt.getOrNull(fieldName, retType);
+        }
+        if (action == Type.HAS) {
+            String fieldName = getNBTName(proxy.getCasing(), method);
+            return (arguments) -> arguments.nbt.hasTag(fieldName);
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "The method '" + method.getName() + "' in '" + method.getDeclaringClass().getName()
+                        + "' can not be handled by the NBT-API. Please check the Wiki for examples!");
+    }
+
+    private static Type getAction(Method method) {
+        NBTTarget target = method.getAnnotation(NBTTarget.class);
+        if (target != null) {
+            if (target.type() == Type.HAS && method.getParameterCount() == 0
+                    && method.getReturnType() == boolean.class) {
+                return Type.HAS;
+            }
+            if (target.type() == Type.GET && method.getParameterCount() == 0) {
+                return Type.GET;
+            }
+            if (target.type() == Type.SET && method.getParameterCount() == 1) {
+                return Type.SET;
+            }
+        }
+        if (method.getName().startsWith("set") && method.getParameterCount() == 1) {
+            return Type.SET;
+        }
+        if (method.getName().startsWith("get") && method.getParameterCount() == 0) {
+            return Type.GET;
+        }
+        if (method.getName().startsWith("has") && method.getParameterCount() == 0
+                && method.getReturnType() == boolean.class) {
+            return Type.HAS;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static String getNBTName(Casing casing, Method method) {
+        NBTTarget target = method.getAnnotation(NBTTarget.class);
+        if (target != null) {
+            return target.value();
+        }
+        return casing.convertString(method.getName().substring(3));
+    }
+
+    private static Object setNBT(ReadWriteNBT nbt, NBTProxy proxy, String key, Object value) {
+        // welcome to the "I wish we all could use java 17" method. Thanks, legacy mc
+        // versions
+        if (value == null) {
+            nbt.removeKey(key);
+        } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
+            nbt.setBoolean(key, (Boolean) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Byte) {
+            nbt.setByte(key, (Byte) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Short) {
+            nbt.setShort(key, (Short) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
+            nbt.setInteger(key, (Integer) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Long) {
+            nbt.setLong(key, (Long) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Float) {
+            nbt.setFloat(key, (Float) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof Double) {
+            nbt.setDouble(key, (Double) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof byte[]) {
+            nbt.setByteArray(key, (byte[]) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof int[]) {
+            nbt.setIntArray(key, (int[]) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof long[]) {
+            nbt.setLongArray(key, (long[]) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof String) {
+            nbt.setString(key, (String) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof UUID) {
+            nbt.setUUID(key, (UUID) value);
+        } else if (value.getClass().isEnum()) {
+            nbt.setEnum(key, (Enum<?>) value);
+        } else {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            NBTHandler<Object> handler = (NBTHandler<Object>) proxy.getHandler(value.getClass());
+            if (handler != null) {
+                handler.set(nbt, key, value);
+            } else {
+                for (NBTHandler<Object> nbth : proxy.getHandlers()) {
+                    if (nbth.fuzzyMatch(value)) {
+                        nbth.set(nbt, key, value);
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tried setting an object of type '" + value.getClass().getName()
+                        + "'. This is not a supported NBT value. Please check the Wiki for examples!");
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper;
+
+public interface ProxyList<T extends NBTProxy> extends Iterable<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new compound tag to the current compound tag
+     * 
+     * @return A new instance of the class.
+     */
+    T addCompound();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of elements in this collection. If this collection
+     * contains more than Integer.MAX_VALUE elements, returns Integer.MAX_VALUE.
+     *
+     * @return the number of elements in this collection
+     */
+    int size();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this collection contains no elements.
+     *
+     * @return true if this collection contains no elements
+     */
+    boolean isEmpty();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the object with the given id.
+     * 
+     * @param id The id of the object to get.
+     * @return The object with the given id.
+     */
+    T get(int id);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the element at the specified position in this list
+     * 
+     * @param i The index of the element to remove.
+     */
+    void remove(int i);
+
+}
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  <parent>
    <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
    <artifactId>item-nbt-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>item-nbt-api-plugin</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -12,21 +12,22 @@
    <dependency>
      <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
      <artifactId>item-nbt-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
-      <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
-      <artifactId>nbt-injector</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
-      <artifactId>nbt-data-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
+	    <groupId>com.mojang</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>datafixerupper</artifactId>
+	    <version>4.0.26</version>
+	    <scope>provided</scope>
+	</dependency>
+  <dependency>
+	  <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
+	  <version>3.2.1</version>
+    <!-- Overwrite to provided -->
+	  <scope>provided</scope>
+	</dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <resources>
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.1</version>
+        <version>3.6.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
          <relocations>
@@ -47,14 +48,6 @@
              <pattern>de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi</pattern>
              <shadedPattern>de.tr7zw.nbtapi</shadedPattern>
            </relocation>
-            <relocation>
-              <pattern>javassist</pattern>
-              <shadedPattern>de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.javassist</shadedPattern>
-            </relocation>
-            <relocation>
-              <pattern>de.tr7zw.annotations</pattern>
-              <shadedPattern>de.tr7zw.nbtapi.utils.annotations</shadedPattern>
-            </relocation>
          </relocations>
          <transformers>
            <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.logging.Level;

-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.GameprofileTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.NBTFileTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.blocks.BlockNBTTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.chunks.ChunkNBTPersistentTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.CompoundDifferenceTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.EnumTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.EqualsTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.ForEachTest;
@@ -26,28 +26,31 @@ import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.GetterSetterTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.InterfaceTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.IteratorTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.ListTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.LongArrayTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.MergeTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.ModernSubCompoundsTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.RemovingKeys;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.ResolveTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.StreamTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.SubCompoundsTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds.TypeTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.data.WorldDataTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.entities.EntityCustomNbtPersistentTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.entities.EntityTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector.EntityCustomNbtInjectorTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector.MergeTileSubCompoundTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector.SpawnEntityCustomNbtInjectorTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector.TilesCustomNBTInjectorTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.ComponentsTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.DirectApplyMetaTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.DirectApplyTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.EmptyItemTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.ItemConversionTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.tiles.TileTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.tiles.TilesCustomNBTPersistentTest;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.ItemJsonTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.ItemMergingTest;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.ItemStackConversionTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.LegacyItemTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.MetaTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.NBTModifyItemTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items.SmuggleTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.proxy.SimpleProxyTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.tiles.TileTest;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.tiles.TilesCustomNBTPersistentTest;

 public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {

@@ -64,7 +67,6 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
    public void onLoad() {

        getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
-        getConfig().addDefault("nbtInjector.enabled", false);
        getConfig().addDefault("bStats.enabled", true);
        getConfig().addDefault("updateCheck.enabled", true);
        getConfig().addDefault("silentquickstart", false);
@@ -82,25 +84,13 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
            MinecraftVersion.enableUpdateCheck();
        }

-        // Disabled by default since 2.1. Enable it yourself by calling
-        // NBTInjector.inject(); during onLoad/config
-        if (getConfig().getBoolean("nbtInjector.enabled")) {
-            getLogger().info("Injecting custom NBT");
-            try {
-                NBTInjector.inject();
-                getLogger().info("Injected!");
-            } catch (Throwable ex) { // NOSONAR
-                getLogger().log(Level.SEVERE, "Error while Injecting custom Tile/Entity classes!", ex);
-                compatible = false;
-            }
-        }
-
        // NBTCompounds
        apiTests.add(new GetterSetterTest());
        apiTests.add(new TypeTest());
        apiTests.add(new RemovingKeys());
        apiTests.add(new EnumTest());
        apiTests.add(new InterfaceTest());
+        apiTests.add(new ResolveTest());
        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3)) // 1.7.10 list support is not complete at all
            apiTests.add(new ListTest());
        apiTests.add(new SubCompoundsTest());
@@ -110,20 +100,35 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
        apiTests.add(new ForEachTest());
        apiTests.add(new StreamTest());
        apiTests.add(new EqualsTest());
+        apiTests.add(new CompoundDifferenceTest());
        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3)) // 1.7.10 list support is not complete at all
            apiTests.add(new IteratorTest());
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1))
+            apiTests.add(new LongArrayTest());

        // Items
        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3)) { // 1.7.10 not a thing
            apiTests.add(new ItemConversionTest());
            apiTests.add(new ItemStackConversionTest());
        }
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            apiTests.add(new LegacyItemTest());
+        }
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4) && !MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+            apiTests.add(new ItemJsonTest());
+        }
+        apiTests.add(new ComponentsTest());
        apiTests.add(new EmptyItemTest());
+        apiTests.add(new SmuggleTest());
+        apiTests.add(new MetaTest());
        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3)) { // 1.7.10 not a thing
            apiTests.add(new ItemMergingTest());
            apiTests.add(new DirectApplyTest());
            apiTests.add(new DirectApplyMetaTest());
+            apiTests.add(new NBTModifyItemTest());
        }
+        // Proxies
+        apiTests.add(new SimpleProxyTest());

        // Entity
        apiTests.add(new EntityTest());
@@ -142,15 +147,6 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
        // Files
        apiTests.add(new NBTFileTest());

-        // Data
-        apiTests.add(new WorldDataTest());
-
-        // Injector
-        apiTests.add(new TilesCustomNBTInjectorTest());
-        apiTests.add(new MergeTileSubCompoundTest());
-        apiTests.add(new EntityCustomNbtInjectorTest());
-        apiTests.add(new SpawnEntityCustomNbtInjectorTest());
-
        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_8_R3))
            apiTests.add(new GameprofileTest());

@@ -165,10 +161,7 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
            VersionChecker.hideOk = true;
            return;
        }
-        getLogger().info("Adding listeners...");
-        Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(new ReloadListener(), this);
-        getLogger().info("Gson:");
-        MinecraftVersion.hasGsonSupport();
+        MinecraftVersion.hasGsonSupport(); // init gson(if it hasn't already)
        getLogger().info("Checking bindings...");
        MinecraftVersion.getVersion();

@@ -207,7 +200,7 @@ public class NBTAPI extends JavaPlugin {
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                results.put(test, ex);
                getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Error during '" + test.getClass().getSimpleName() + "' test!", ex);
-            } catch (NoSuchFieldError th) { // NOSONAR
+            } catch (Throwable th) { // NOSONAR
                getLogger().log(Level.SEVERE, "Servere error during '" + test.getClass().getSimpleName() + "' test!");
                getLogger().warning(
                        "WARNING! This version of Item-NBT-API seems to be broken with your Spigot version! Canceled the other tests!");
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin;
-
-import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
-import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
-
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
-
-/**
- * This listener class tries to prevent people from reloading while the
- * NBTInjector is enabled.
- * 
- * @author tr7zw
- *
- */
-public class ReloadListener implements Listener {
-
-    /**
-     * Console handler
-     * 
-     * @param event
-     */
-    @EventHandler
-    public void onCommand(org.bukkit.event.server.ServerCommandEvent event) {
-        if (event.getCommand().toLowerCase().startsWith("reload") && NBTInjector.isInjected()) {
-            event.setCancelled(true);
-            event.getSender().sendMessage(
-                    "[NBTAPI] The NBTInjector is currently enabled. Reloading will turn the server into an unstable state and data-loss may accure. Please do a clean restart. Canceled reload!");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Player handler
-     * 
-     * @param event
-     */
-    @EventHandler
-    public void onCommand(org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event) {
-        if (event.getMessage().toLowerCase().startsWith("/reload") && NBTInjector.isInjected()) {
-            event.setCancelled(true);
-            event.getPlayer().sendMessage(
-                    "[NBTAPI] The NBTInjector is currently enabled. Reloading will turn the server into an unstable state and data-loss may accure. Please do a clean restart. Canceled reload!");
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import java.util.UUID;

 import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTGameProfile;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;

 public class GameprofileTest implements Test {

@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ public class GameprofileTest implements Test {
    public void test() throws Exception {
        UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
        GameProfile profile = new GameProfile(uuid, "random");
-        NBTCompound nbt = NBTGameProfile.toNBT(profile);
-        profile = null;
-        profile = NBTGameProfile.fromNBT(nbt);
-        if (profile == null || !profile.getId().equals(uuid)) {
+        ReadWriteNBT nbt = NBT.gameProfileToNBT(profile);
+        GameProfile profile2 = NBT.gameProfileFromNBT(nbt);
+        if (profile == null || !profile.equals(profile2)) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Error when converting a GameProfile from/to NBT!");
        }
    }
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTFile;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.NBTFileHandle;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.NBTAPI;

 public class NBTFileTest implements Test {
@@ -16,15 +16,18 @@ public class NBTFileTest implements Test {
        NBTAPI.getInstance().getDataFolder().mkdirs();
        File testFile = new File(NBTAPI.getInstance().getDataFolder(), "test.nbt");
        Files.deleteIfExists(testFile.toPath());
-        NBTFile file = new NBTFile(testFile);
-        file.addCompound("testcomp").setString("test1", "ok");
-        NBTCompound comp = file.getCompound("testcomp");
+        NBTFileHandle file = NBT.getFileHandle(testFile);
+        file.getOrCreateCompound("testcomp").setString("test1", "ok");
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = file.getOrCreateCompound("testcomp");
+        if (comp == null) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Error getting compound!");
+        }
        comp.setString("test2", "ok");
        file.setLong("time", System.currentTimeMillis());
        file.setString("test", "test");
-        NBTCompound chunks = file.addCompound("chunks");
-        NBTCompound chunk = chunks.addCompound("somechunk");
-        NBTCompound block = chunk.addCompound("someblock");
+        ReadWriteNBT chunks = file.getOrCreateCompound("chunks");
+        ReadWriteNBT chunk = chunks.getOrCreateCompound("somechunk");
+        ReadWriteNBT block = chunk.getOrCreateCompound("someblock");
        block.setString("type", "wool");
        file.save();

@@ -32,25 +35,25 @@ public class NBTFileTest implements Test {
            throw new NbtApiException("SubCompounds did not work!");
        }

-        NBTFile fileLoaded = new NBTFile(testFile);
+        NBTFileHandle fileLoaded = NBT.getFileHandle(testFile);
        if (!fileLoaded.getString("test").equals("test")) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to load NBT File with the correct content!");
        }
        Files.deleteIfExists(fileLoaded.getFile().toPath());
        // String
        String str = fileLoaded.toString();
-        NBTContainer rebuild = new NBTContainer(str);
+        ReadWriteNBT rebuild = NBT.parseNBT(str);
        if (!str.equals(rebuild.toString())) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to parse NBT from a String!");
        }

-        NBTCompound dummy = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT dummy = NBT.createNBTObject();
        dummy.setString("test1", "key1");
-        NBTFile.saveTo(testFile, dummy);
-        dummy = new NBTContainer();
+        NBT.writeFile(testFile, dummy);
+        dummy = NBT.createNBTObject();
        dummy.setString("test2", "key2");
-        NBTFile.saveTo(testFile, dummy);
-        dummy = NBTFile.readFrom(testFile);
+        NBT.writeFile(testFile, dummy);
+        dummy = NBT.readFile(testFile);
        if (dummy.hasTag("test1") || !dummy.getString("test2").equals("key2")) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to save NBT File with the correct content!");
        }
@@ -1,40 +1,77 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.blocks;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Chunk;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTBlock;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

+import java.util.List;
+
 public class BlockNBTTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
        if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() < MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3.getVersionId())
            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                if (world.getLoadedChunks().length > 1) {
-                    Chunk chunk = world.getLoadedChunks()[0];
-                    Block block = chunk.getBlock(0, 254, 0);
-                    NBTBlock comp = new NBTBlock(block);
-                    comp.getData().removeKey("Too");
-                    if (comp.getData().hasTag("Too")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Unable to remove key from Block!");
-                    }
-                    comp.getData().setString("Too", "Bar");
-                    if (!new NBTBlock(block).getData().getString("Too").equals("Bar")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to a Block!");
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTBlocks!", ex);
+
+        List<World> loadedWorlds = Bukkit.getWorlds();
+        if (loadedWorlds.isEmpty())
+            return;
+
+        World world = loadedWorlds.get(0);
+        Chunk[] loadedChunks = world.getLoadedChunks();
+        if (loadedChunks.length == 0)
+            return;
+
+        try {
+            Chunk chunk = loadedChunks[0];
+            Block block = chunk.getBlock(0, 254, 0);
+            String blockKey = block.getX() + "_" + block.getY() + "_" + block.getZ();
+
+            NBT.modifyChunkPDC(block, nbt -> nbt.setString("Too", "Bar"));
+            boolean storedDataPresent = NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> {
+                if (!nbt.hasTag("blocks", NBTType.NBTTagCompound)) return false;
+
+                ReadableNBT blocksNbt = nbt.getCompound("blocks");
+                if (blocksNbt == null || !blocksNbt.hasTag(blockKey,  NBTType.NBTTagCompound)) return false;
+
+                ReadableNBT blockNbt =  blocksNbt.getCompound(blockKey);
+                return blockNbt != null && blockNbt.hasTag("Too", NBTType.NBTTagString) && "Bar".equals(blockNbt.getString("Too"));
+            });
+            if (!storedDataPresent) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to a Block!");
            }
+            if (!NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(block, nbt -> nbt.hasTag("Too"))) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to a Block!");
+            }
+
+            boolean blockHadOnlyTestKey = NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(block, nbt -> nbt.getKeys().size() == 1);
+            boolean chunkHadOnlyOneBlock = NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.getCompound("blocks").getKeys().size() == 1);
+
+            NBT.modifyChunkPDC(block, nbt -> nbt.removeKey("Too"));
+
+            if (NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(block, nbt -> nbt.hasTag("Too"))) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Unable to remove key from Block!");
+            }
+
+            if (chunkHadOnlyOneBlock) {
+               if (NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.hasTag("blocks"))) {
+                    throw new NbtApiException("Chunk data wasn't cleaned up (hanging \"blocks\" compound)!");
+                }
+            } else if (blockHadOnlyTestKey) {
+                if (NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.getCompound("blocks").hasTag(blockKey))) {
+                    throw new NbtApiException("Chunk data wasn't cleaned up (hanging block location compound)!");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTBlocks!", ex);
        }
    }

@@ -1,40 +1,46 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.chunks;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Chunk;
 import org.bukkit.World;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTChunk;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

+import java.util.List;
+
 public class ChunkNBTPersistentTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
        if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() < MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R3.getVersionId())
            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                if (world.getLoadedChunks().length > 1) {
-                    Chunk chunk = world.getLoadedChunks()[0];
-                    NBTChunk comp = new NBTChunk(chunk);
-                    NBTCompound persistentData = comp.getPersistentDataContainer();
-                    persistentData.removeKey("Foo");
-                    if (persistentData.hasTag("Foo")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Unable to remove key from Chunk!");
-                    }
-                    persistentData.setString("Foo", "Bar");
-                    if (!new NBTChunk(chunk).getPersistentDataContainer().getString("Foo").equals("Bar")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Chunk!");
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTChunks!", ex);
+
+        List<World> loadedWorlds = Bukkit.getWorlds();
+        if (loadedWorlds.isEmpty())
+            return;
+
+        World world = loadedWorlds.get(0);
+        Chunk[] loadedChunks = world.getLoadedChunks();
+        if (loadedChunks.length == 0)
+            return;
+
+        Chunk chunk = loadedChunks[0];
+        try {
+            NBT.modifyChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.setString("Foo", "Bar"));
+            if (!NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.hasTag("Foo", NBTType.NBTTagString) && "Bar".equals(nbt.getString("Foo")))) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Chunk!");
            }
+
+            NBT.modifyChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.removeKey("Foo"));
+            if (NBT.readAndGetChunkPDC(chunk, nbt -> nbt.hasTag("Foo"))) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Unable to remove key from Chunk!");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTChunks!", ex);
        }
    }

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class CompoundDifferenceTest implements Test {
+
+	@Override
+	public void test() throws Exception {
+		ReadWriteNBT nbt1 = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		nbt1.setInteger("intTag", 1);
+		ReadWriteNBT tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setInteger("foo", 1);
+		nbt1.getCompoundList("compoundList1").addCompound(tmp);
+		nbt1.setIntArray("intArray", new int[]{1, 2, 3});
+		tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setIntArray("foo", new int[]{1, 2, 3});
+		nbt1.getCompoundList("compoundList2").addCompound(tmp);
+		nbt1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setFloat("floatTag", 20F);
+		nbt1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setBoolean("booleanTag", true);
+		nbt1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getDoubleList("doubleList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1D, 2D, 3D));
+		nbt1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getFloatList("floatList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1F, 2F));
+		nbt1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTagTwo").setString("stringTag", "string");
+		ReadWriteNBT nbt2 = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		nbt2.setInteger("intTag", 1);
+		tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setInteger("foo", 1);
+		nbt2.getCompoundList("compoundList1").addCompound(tmp);
+		nbt2.setInteger("alsoIntTag", 2);
+		tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setInteger("foo", 2);
+		nbt2.getCompoundList("compoundList2").addCompound(tmp);
+		nbt2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setFloat("floatTag", 20F);
+		nbt2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setBoolean("booleanTag", false);
+		nbt2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getDoubleList("doubleList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1D, 2D, 3D, 4D));
+		nbt2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getFloatList("floatList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1F, 2F));
+		nbt2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTagTwo").setString("stringTag", "string");
+
+		ReadWriteNBT expectedDiff1 = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setIntArray("foo", new int[]{1, 2, 3});
+		expectedDiff1.getCompoundList("compoundList2").addCompound(tmp);
+		expectedDiff1.setIntArray("intArray", new int[]{1, 2, 3});
+		expectedDiff1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setBoolean("booleanTag", true);
+		expectedDiff1.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getDoubleList("doubleList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1D, 2D, 3D));
+		ReadWriteNBT expectedDiff2 = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp = NBT.createNBTObject();
+		tmp.setInteger("foo", 2);
+		expectedDiff2.getCompoundList("compoundList2").addCompound(tmp);
+		expectedDiff2.setInteger("alsoIntTag", 2);
+		expectedDiff2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").setBoolean("booleanTag", false);
+		expectedDiff2.getOrCreateCompound("compoundTag").getDoubleList("doubleList").addAll(Arrays.asList(1D, 2D, 3D, 4D));
+
+		ReadWriteNBT diff1 = nbt1.extractDifference(nbt2);
+		ReadWriteNBT diff2 = nbt2.extractDifference(nbt1);
+
+		if (!expectedDiff1.equals(diff1)) {
+			throw new NbtApiException("Diff1: Compounds did not match! " + expectedDiff1 + " " + diff1);
+		}
+		if (!expectedDiff2.equals(diff2)) {
+			throw new NbtApiException("Diff2: Compounds did not match! " + expectedDiff2 + " " + diff2);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class EnumTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTCompound comp = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = NBT.createNBTObject();
        comp.setEnum("test", NBTType.NBTTagEnd);
        NBTType type = comp.getEnum("test", NBTType.class);
        NBTType typeNonNull = comp.getOrNull("test", NBTType.class);
@@ -5,44 +5,44 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class EqualsTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT cont = NBT.createNBTObject();
        cont.setString("hello", "world");
        cont.setInteger("theAnswer", 42);
-        cont.addCompound("sub").setString("me", "too");
+        cont.getOrCreateCompound("sub").setString("me", "too");
        cont.getStringList("somelist").addAll(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"));
        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
-        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item);
-        NBTCompound customData = nbti.addCompound("customData");
-        // reverse order
-        customData.addCompound("sub").setString("me", "too");
-        customData.setInteger("theAnswer", 42);
-        customData.setString("hello", "world");
-        customData.getStringList("somelist").addAll(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"));
-        if (!customData.equals(cont)) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("Compounds did not match! " + customData + " " + cont);
-        }
+        NBT.modify(item, nbti -> {
+            ReadWriteNBT customData = nbti.getOrCreateCompound("customData");
+            // reverse order
+            customData.getOrCreateCompound("sub").setString("me", "too");
+            customData.setInteger("theAnswer", 42);
+            customData.setString("hello", "world");
+            customData.getStringList("somelist").addAll(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"));
+            if (!customData.equals(cont)) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Compounds did not match! " + customData + " " + cont);
+            }
+        });

        // empty test

-        if (!new NBTContainer().equals(new NBTContainer())) {
+        if (!NBT.createNBTObject().equals(NBT.createNBTObject())) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Two empty tags did not match!");
        }

        // not equal test
-        NBTContainer part1 = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT part1 = NBT.createNBTObject();
        part1.setString("a", "a");
        part1.setString("b", "b");
-        NBTContainer part2 = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT part2 = NBT.createNBTObject();
        part2.setString("a", "a");
        part2.setString("b", "a");
        if (part1.equals(part2)) {
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class GetterSetterTest implements Test {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public class GetterSetterTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTContainer comp = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = NBT.createNBTObject();

        comp.setString(STRING_TEST_KEY, STRING_TEST_VALUE);
        comp.setInteger(INT_TEST_KEY, INT_TEST_VALUE);
@@ -46,13 +47,15 @@ public class GetterSetterTest implements Test {
        if (!comp.hasTag(STRING_TEST_KEY)) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to check a key! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
        }
+        int[] intArray = comp.getIntArray(INTARRAY_TEST_KEY);
+        byte[] byteArray = comp.getByteArray(BYTEARRAY_TEST_KEY);
        if (!(STRING_TEST_VALUE).equals(comp.getString(STRING_TEST_KEY))
                || comp.getInteger(INT_TEST_KEY) != INT_TEST_VALUE
                || comp.getDouble(DOUBLE_TEST_KEY) != DOUBLE_TEST_VALUE
                || comp.getByte(BYTE_TEST_KEY) != BYTE_TEST_VALUE || comp.getShort(SHORT_TEST_KEY) != SHORT_TEST_VALUE
                || comp.getFloat(FLOAT_TEST_KEY) != FLOAT_TEST_VALUE || comp.getLong(LONG_TEST_KEY) != LONG_TEST_VALUE
-                || comp.getIntArray(INTARRAY_TEST_KEY).length != (INTARRAY_TEST_VALUE).length
-                || comp.getByteArray(BYTEARRAY_TEST_KEY).length != (BYTEARRAY_TEST_VALUE).length
+                || (intArray != null && intArray.length != (INTARRAY_TEST_VALUE).length)
+                || (byteArray != null && byteArray.length != (BYTEARRAY_TEST_VALUE).length)
                || !comp.getBoolean(BOOLEAN_TEST_KEY).equals(BOOLEAN_TEST_VALUE)) {
            throw new NbtApiException("One key does not equal the original value! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
        }
@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@ package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.UUID;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompoundList;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTList;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTListCompound;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTCompoundList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTList;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class ListTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTContainer comp = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = NBT.createNBTObject();

        // Strings
-        NBTList<String> list = comp.getStringList("testlist");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<String> list = comp.getStringList("testlist");
        list.add("test1");
        list.add("test2");
        list.add("test3");
@@ -31,14 +30,14 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // Compound
-        NBTCompoundList taglist = comp.getCompoundList("complist");
-        NBTListCompound lcomp = taglist.addCompound();
+        ReadWriteNBTCompoundList taglist = comp.getCompoundList("complist");
+        ReadWriteNBT lcomp = taglist.addCompound();
        lcomp.setDouble("double1", 0.3333);
        lcomp.setInteger("int1", 42);
        lcomp.setString("test1", "test1");
        lcomp.setString("test2", "test2");
        lcomp.removeKey("test1");
-        NBTCompound subsubcomp = lcomp.addCompound("listsubkey");
+        ReadWriteNBT subsubcomp = lcomp.getOrCreateCompound("listsubkey");
        subsubcomp.setString("deep", "String");
        subsubcomp.getCompoundList("deeplist").addCompound().setString("test", "test");
        subsubcomp.getCompoundList("clonelist").addCompound(comp);
@@ -50,31 +49,33 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        taglist = comp.getCompoundList("complist");
        if (taglist.size() == 1) {
            lcomp = taglist.get(0);
+            ReadWriteNBT sublist = lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey");
            if (lcomp.getKeys().size() != 4) {
                throw new NbtApiException("Wrong key amount in Taglist (" + lcomp.getKeys().size() + ")!");
+            } else if (sublist == null) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The sublist is null! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
            } else if (!(lcomp.getDouble("double1") == 0.3333 && lcomp.getInteger("int1") == 42
                    && lcomp.getString("test2").equals("test2") && !lcomp.hasTag("test1"))) {
                throw new NbtApiException("One key in the Taglist changed! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
-            } else if (lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey") == null
-                    || !"String".equals(lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey").getString("deep"))) {
+            } else if (!"String".equals(sublist.getString("deep"))) {
                throw new NbtApiException(
                        "The Compound nested in the listcompound was not correct! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
-            } else if (lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey").getType("deep") != NBTType.NBTTagString) {
+            } else if (sublist.getType("deep") != NBTType.NBTTagString) {
                throw new NbtApiException("The nested key's type wasn't correct! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
-            } else if (lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey").getType("deeplist") != NBTType.NBTTagList) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("The nested list's type wasn't correct '"
-                        + lcomp.getCompound("listsubkey").getType("deeplist") + "'! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+            } else if (sublist.getType("deeplist") != NBTType.NBTTagList) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The nested list's type wasn't correct '" + sublist.getType("deeplist")
+                        + "'! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
            }
        } else {
            throw new NbtApiException("Taglist is empty! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
        }

        if (comp.getListType("complist") != NBTType.NBTTagCompound) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("complist had the wrong type! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+            throw new NbtApiException("complist had the wrong type(" + comp.getListType("complist") + ")! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
        }

        // Integer
-        NBTList<Integer> intlist = comp.getIntegerList("inttest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<Integer> intlist = comp.getIntegerList("inttest");
        intlist.add(42);
        intlist.add(69);
        if (intlist.size() == 2 && intlist.get(0) == 42 && intlist.get(1) == 69) {
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // Double
-        NBTList<Double> doublelist = comp.getDoubleList("doubletest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<Double> doublelist = comp.getDoubleList("doubletest");
        doublelist.add(42.23d);
        doublelist.add(69.69d);
        if (doublelist.size() == 2 && doublelist.get(0) == 42.23d && doublelist.get(1) == 69.69d) {
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // Float
-        NBTList<Float> floatlist = comp.getFloatList("floattest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<Float> floatlist = comp.getFloatList("floattest");
        floatlist.add(42.23f);
        floatlist.add(69.69f);
        if (floatlist.size() == 2 && floatlist.get(0) == 42.23f && floatlist.get(1) == 69.69f) {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // Long
-        NBTList<Long> longlist = comp.getLongList("longtest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<Long> longlist = comp.getLongList("longtest");
        longlist.add(1241234124124l);
        longlist.add(1231454321312l);
        if (longlist.size() == 2 && longlist.get(0) == 1241234124124l && longlist.get(1) == 1231454321312l) {
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // int[]
-        NBTList<int[]> intArrayList = comp.getIntArrayList("intatest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<int[]> intArrayList = comp.getIntArrayList("intatest");
        intArrayList.add(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 });
        intArrayList.add(new int[] { 4, 2, 0 });
        if (intArrayList.size() == 2 && Arrays.equals(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }, intArrayList.get(0))
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public class ListTest implements Test {
        }

        // UUID
-        NBTList<UUID> uuidList = comp.getUUIDList("uuidtest");
+        ReadWriteNBTList<UUID> uuidList = comp.getUUIDList("uuidtest");
        uuidList.add(UUID.fromString("fce0323d-7f50-4317-9720-5f6b14cf78ea"));
        uuidList.add(UUID.fromString("853c80ef-3c37-49fd-aa49-938b674adae6"));
        if (uuidList.size() == 2 && UUID.fromString("fce0323d-7f50-4317-9720-5f6b14cf78ea").equals(uuidList.get(0))
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class LongArrayTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        NBTContainer comp = new NBTContainer();
+
+        comp.setLongArray("test", new long[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, Long.MAX_VALUE });
+
+        if (!comp.hasTag("test")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to check a key! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        if (!Arrays.equals(comp.getLongArray("test"), new long[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, Long.MAX_VALUE })) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The long key does not equal the original value! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTCompoundList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class ResolveTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ReadWriteNBT src = NBT.createNBTObject();
+        src.resolveOrCreateCompound("foo.bar.baz").setInteger("test", 42);
+        if (src.resolveOrDefault("foo.bar.baz.test", 0) != 42) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to check the value! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        if (!Integer.valueOf(42).equals(src.resolveOrNull("foo.bar.baz.test", Integer.class))) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to check the value! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        src.resolveOrCreateCompound("foo.some\\.key.baz").setInteger("other", 123);
+        if (src.getOrCreateCompound("foo").getOrCreateCompound("some.key").getOrCreateCompound("baz")
+                .getInteger("other") != 123) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to check the value! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = src.resolveOrCreateCompound("foo.bar.baz");
+        comp.setIntArray("intarray", new int[] {1,2,3,4,5,6});
+        comp.getStringList("strlist").addAll(Arrays.asList("Hello", "World!"));
+        ReadWriteNBTCompoundList list = comp.getCompoundList("somelist");
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 1);
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 2);
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 3);
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 4);
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 5);
+        list.addCompound().setInteger("id", 6);
+        ReadableNBT listEntry = src.resolveCompound("foo.bar.baz.somelist[0]");
+        if(listEntry == null || listEntry.getInteger("id") != 1) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The value is not what was expected! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        ReadableNBT lastEntry = src.resolveOrCreateCompound("foo.bar.baz.somelist[-1]");
+        if(lastEntry == null || lastEntry.getInteger("id") != 6) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The value is not what was expected! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        if(src.resolveOrDefault("foo.bar.baz.intarray[1]", 0) != 2) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The value is not what was expected! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        if(src.resolveOrNull("foo.bar.baz.intarray[2]", Integer.class) != (Integer)3) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The value is not what was expected! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        }
+        if(!"World!".equals(src.resolveOrNull("foo.bar.baz.strlist[1]", String.class))) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The value is not what was expected! The Item-NBT-API may not work!");
+        } 
+    }
+
+}
@@ -3,24 +3,33 @@ package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class StreamTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTContainer base = new NBTContainer();
-        base.addCompound("sub").setString("hello", "world");
+        ReadWriteNBT base = NBT.createNBTObject();
+        base.getOrCreateCompound("sub").setString("hello", "world");
        ByteArrayOutputStream outStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        base.getCompound("sub").writeCompound(outStream);
+        base.getOrCreateCompound("sub").writeCompound(outStream);
        byte[] data = outStream.toByteArray();
        ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
-        NBTContainer container = new NBTContainer(inputStream);
-        if (!container.toString().equals(base.getCompound("sub").toString())) {
+        ReadWriteNBT container = NBT.readNBT(inputStream);
+        if (!container.toString().equals(base.getOrCreateCompound("sub").toString())) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Component content did not match! " + base.getCompound("sub") + " " + container);
        }
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STICK);
+        
+        NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+            nbt.writeCompound(outStream);
+        });
    }

 }
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class SubCompoundsTest implements Test {
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ public class SubCompoundsTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT cont = NBT.createNBTObject();

-        NBTCompound comp = cont.addCompound(COMP_TEST_KEY);
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = cont.getOrCreateCompound(COMP_TEST_KEY);
        comp.setString(STRING_TEST_KEY, STRING_TEST_VALUE + "2");
        comp.setInteger(INT_TEST_KEY, INT_TEST_VALUE * 2);
        comp.setDouble(DOUBLE_TEST_KEY, DOUBLE_TEST_VALUE * 2);
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.compounds;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class TypeTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
-        NBTCompound comp = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = NBT.createNBTObject();
        comp.setString("s", "test");
        comp.setInteger("i", 42);
-        comp.addCompound("c");
+        comp.getOrCreateCompound("c");
        if (comp.getType("s") != NBTType.NBTTagString || comp.getType("i") != NBTType.NBTTagInt
                || comp.getType("c") != NBTType.NBTTagCompound)
            throw new NbtApiException("One parsed type did not match what it should have been!");
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.data;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.World;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.data.NBTData;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.data.WorldData;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
-
-public class WorldDataTest implements Test {
-
-    @Override
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        for (World world : Bukkit.getWorlds()) {
-            if (!new File(world.getWorldFolder(), "level.dat").exists())
-                continue;
-            WorldData data = NBTData.getWorldData(world);
-            if (data.getWorldName() == null || data.getSpawnPosition() == null)
-                throw new NbtApiException("Got Null");
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import org.bukkit.entity.Animals;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Monster;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTEntity;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
@@ -23,14 +22,16 @@ public class EntityCustomNbtPersistentTest implements Test {
            try {
                if (!world.getEntitiesByClasses(Animals.class, Monster.class).isEmpty()) {
                    Entity ent = world.getEntitiesByClasses(Animals.class, Monster.class).iterator().next();
-                    NBTEntity nbtEnt = new NBTEntity(ent);
-                    NBTCompound comp = nbtEnt.getPersistentDataContainer();
-                    comp.setString("Hello", "World");
-                    NBTEntity nbtent = new NBTEntity(ent);
-                    if (!nbtent.toString().contains("Hello:\"World\"")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Entity!");
-                    }
-                    comp.removeKey("Hello");
+                    NBT.modifyPersistentData(ent, comp -> {
+                        comp.setString("Hello", "World");
+                    });
+                    
+                    NBT.modifyPersistentData(ent, comp -> {
+                        if (!comp.toString().contains("Hello:\"World\"")) {
+                            throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Entity!");
+                        }
+                        comp.removeKey("Hello");
+                    });

                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector;
-
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.World;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Animals;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Monster;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTEntity;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
-
-public class EntityCustomNbtInjectorTest implements Test {
-
-    @Override
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        if (!NBTInjector.isInjected())
-            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                if (!world.getEntitiesByClasses(Animals.class, Monster.class).isEmpty()) {
-                    Entity ent = world.getEntitiesByClasses(Animals.class, Monster.class).iterator().next();
-                    ent = NBTInjector.patchEntity(ent);
-                    NBTCompound comp = NBTInjector.getNbtData(ent);
-                    comp.setString("Hello", "World");
-                    NBTEntity nbtent = new NBTEntity(ent);
-                    if (!nbtent.toString().contains("__extraData:{Hello:\"World\"}")) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Entity!");
-                    }
-                    comp.removeKey("Hello");
-
-                }
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTEntities!", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector;
-
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.Material;
-import org.bukkit.World;
-import org.bukkit.block.Block;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
-
-public class MergeTileSubCompoundTest implements Test {
-
-    @Override
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        if (!NBTInjector.isInjected())
-            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                boolean failed = false;
-                Block block = world.getBlockAt(world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockX(), 255,
-                        world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockZ());
-                if (block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
-                    block.setType(Material.CHEST);
-                    NBTCompound comp = NBTInjector.getNbtData(block.getState());
-                    comp.addCompound("subcomp").setString("hello", "world");
-                    NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer();
-                    cont.mergeCompound(comp.getCompound("subcomp"));
-                    if (!(cont.hasTag("hello") && "world".equals(cont.getString("hello")))) {
-                        failed = true;
-                    }
-                    block.setType(Material.AIR);
-                    if (failed) {
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Data was not correct! " + cont);
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTTiles!", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector;
-
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.Location;
-import org.bukkit.World;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
-import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTEntity;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
-
-public class SpawnEntityCustomNbtInjectorTest implements Test {
-
-    @Override
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        if (!NBTInjector.isInjected())
-            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                Entity entity = world.spawnEntity(new Location(world, 0, 0, 0), EntityType.ARMOR_STAND);
-                entity = NBTInjector.patchEntity(entity);
-                NBTCompound comp = NBTInjector.getNbtData(entity);
-                comp.setString("Hello", "World");
-                NBTEntity nbtent = new NBTEntity(entity);
-                if (!nbtent.toString().contains("__extraData:{Hello:\"World\"}")) {
-                    throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Entity!");
-                }
-                comp.removeKey("Hello");
-                entity.remove();
-
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTEntities!", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.injector;
-
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.Material;
-import org.bukkit.World;
-import org.bukkit.block.Block;
-
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTTileEntity;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
-import de.tr7zw.nbtinjector.NBTInjector;
-
-public class TilesCustomNBTInjectorTest implements Test {
-
-    @Override
-    public void test() throws Exception {
-        if (!NBTInjector.isInjected())
-            return;
-        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
-            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
-            try {
-                Block block = world.getBlockAt(world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockX(), 255,
-                        world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockZ());
-                if (block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
-                    block.setType(Material.CHEST);
-                    NBTCompound comp = NBTInjector.getNbtData(block.getState());
-                    comp.setString("Foo", "Bar");
-                    if (!new NBTTileEntity(block.getState()).toString().contains("__extraData:{Foo:\"Bar\"}")) {
-                        block.setType(Material.AIR);
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Tile!");
-                    }
-                    block.setType(Material.AIR);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                throw new NbtApiException("Wasn't able to use NBTTiles!", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class ComponentsTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        if(!MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STICK);
+        ItemMeta meta = item.getItemMeta();
+        meta.setDisplayName("test");
+        item.setItemMeta(meta);
+        String comp = NBT.modifyComponents(item, n -> {
+           return n.toString();
+        });
+        if(!comp.contains("test")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("ReadComponent didn't work!");
+        }
+        NBT.modifyComponents(item, nbt -> {
+            if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R4)) {
+                nbt.mergeCompound(NBT.parseNBT("{\"minecraft:custom_name\":[{\"text\":\"foobar\",\"italic\":false}]}"));
+            } else {
+                nbt.setString("minecraft:custom_name", "{\"extra\":[\"foobar\"],\"text\":\"\"}");
+            }
+        });
+        if(!item.getItemMeta().getDisplayName().equals("foobar")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("ModifyComponent didn't work!");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@ import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class DirectApplyMetaTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return; // skip
+        }
        ItemStack baseItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(baseItem, true);
        nbti.setString("SomeKey", "SomeValue");
        nbti.modifyMeta(this::modifyMeta);

        if (!new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("SomeKey") || !"SomeValue".equals(baseItem.getItemMeta().getDisplayName())) {
-            throw new NbtApiException("The item was not modified correctly!");
+            throw new NbtApiException("The item was not modified correctly! " + NBT.itemStackToNBT(baseItem));
        }

    }
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ public class DirectApplyTest implements Test {
        });
        baseItem = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(NBT.itemStackToNBT(baseItem)); // trick to force the item to be "real", not a
                                                                       // Spigot only item
-        String outside = NBT.get(baseItem, nbt -> nbt.getString("SomeKey"));
+        String outside = NBT.get(baseItem, nbt -> {
+            return nbt.getString("SomeKey");
+        });
        if (!new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("SomeKey")) {
            throw new NbtApiException("The data was not applied!");
        }
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
@@ -13,8 +14,27 @@ public class EmptyItemTest implements Test {
    public void test() throws Exception {
        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
        NBTItem nbti = new NBTItem(item);
-        if (nbti.getBoolean("test") == null || nbti.getString("test") == null)
+        if (nbti.hasNBTData()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have data");
+        }
+        if (nbti.getBoolean("test") == null || nbti.getString("test") == null || nbti.getFloatList("test") == null) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Getters return null instead of the default value");
+        }
+        if (!nbti.getKeys().isEmpty()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("getKeys() returned keys!");
+        }
+        nbti.removeKey("test");
+        if (nbti.hasNBTData()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have data after remove");
+        }
+        nbti.setString("test", "test");
+        if (!nbti.hasNBTData()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have no data");
+        }
+        nbti.removeKey("test");
+        if (nbti.hasNBTData()) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have data after deletion");
+        }

        try {
            Material barrel = Material.valueOf("BARREL");
@@ -23,6 +43,31 @@ public class EmptyItemTest implements Test {
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            // old version
        }
+
+        item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+            nbt.setString("test", "test");
+        });
+        NBT.get(item, nbt -> {
+            if (!nbt.hasNBTData()) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have no data");
+            }
+            return nbt.hasNBTData();
+        });
+        NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+            nbt.removeKey("test");
+        });
+        NBT.get(item, nbt -> {
+            if (nbt.hasNBTData()) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have data after deletion");
+            }
+            return nbt.hasNBTData();
+        });
+
+        ItemStack testItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBTItem nbt = new NBTItem(testItem, true);
+        nbt.removeKey("not there");
+        nbt.setBoolean("test", true);
    }

 }
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTType;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;

 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTContainer;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

@@ -19,16 +21,23 @@ public class ItemConversionTest implements Test {
        ItemMeta meta = item.getItemMeta();
        meta.setLore(Lists.newArrayList("Firest Line", "Second Line"));
        item.setItemMeta(meta);
-        String nbt = NBTItem.convertItemtoNBT(item).toString();
-        if (!nbt.contains("Firest Line") || !nbt.contains("Second Line"))
-            throw new NbtApiException("The Item nbt '" + nbt + "' didn't contain the lore");
-        ItemStack rebuild = NBTItem.convertNBTtoItem(new NBTContainer(nbt));
+
+        ReadWriteNBT nbt = NBT.itemStackToNBT(item);
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_12_R1)
+                && !nbt.hasTag("DataVersion", NBTType.NBTTagInt)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The item nbt '" + nbt + "' didn't contain the data version");
+        }
+
+        String nbtString = nbt.toString();
+        if (!nbtString.contains("Firest Line") || !nbtString.contains("Second Line"))
+            throw new NbtApiException("The Item nbt '" + nbtString + "' didn't contain the lore");
+        ItemStack rebuild = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(NBT.parseNBT(nbtString));
        if (!item.isSimilar(rebuild))
            throw new NbtApiException("Rebuilt item did not match the original!");

-        NBTContainer cont = new NBTContainer();
+        ReadWriteNBT cont = NBT.createNBTObject();
        cont.setItemStack("testItem", item);
-        if (!cont.getItemStack("testItem").isSimilar(item))
+        if (!item.isSimilar(cont.getItemStack("testItem")))
            throw new NbtApiException("Rebuilt item did not match the original!");
    }

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.NBTJsonUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class ItemJsonTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        ItemMeta meta = item.getItemMeta();
+        meta.setDisplayName("test");
+        meta.setUnbreakable(true);
+        item.setItemMeta(meta);
+        JsonElement elem = NBTJsonUtil.itemStackToJson(item);
+        if (elem == null) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Getting the Json didn't work correctly! " + item);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.BookMeta;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class ItemMergingTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return; // skip, there is no vanilla nbt
+        }
        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.WRITTEN_BOOK);
        BookMeta bookMeta = (BookMeta) item.getItemMeta();
        bookMeta.setAuthor("Author");
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;

 public class ItemStackConversionTest implements Test {
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ public class ItemStackConversionTest implements Test {
    public void test() throws Exception {
        ItemStack[] src = new ItemStack[] { new ItemStack(Material.STONE), new ItemStack(Material.STICK),
                new ItemStack(Material.AIR), new ItemStack(Material.STONE) };
-        NBTCompound comp = NBTItem.convertItemArraytoNBT(src);
-        ItemStack[] recreated = NBTItem.convertNBTtoItemArray(comp);
-        if (src.length != recreated.length) {
+        ReadWriteNBT comp = NBT.itemStackArrayToNBT(src);
+        ItemStack[] recreated = NBT.itemStackArrayFromNBT(comp);
+        if (recreated == null || src.length != recreated.length) {
            throw new NbtApiException("Size did not match!");
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < src.length; i++) {
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.enchantments.Enchantment;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.DataFixerUtil;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class LegacyItemTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ItemStack item = NBT
+                .itemStackFromNBT(NBT.parseNBT("{id:cobblestone,Count:42,tag:{Enchantments:[{lvl:3,id:unbreaking}]}}"));
+        if (item.getType() != Material.COBBLESTONE || item.getAmount() != 42
+                || item.getEnchantmentLevel(Enchantment.DURABILITY) != 3) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("1.20 item didn't load correctly! " + item);
+        }
+        ReadWriteNBT nbt = NBT
+                .parseNBT("{id:cobblestone,Count:42,tag:{display:{Name:\"test\"},ench:[{lvl:3,id:34}]}}");
+        nbt = DataFixerUtil.fixUpItemData(nbt, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_12_2, DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion());
+        item = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(nbt);
+        if (item.getType() != Material.COBBLESTONE || item.getAmount() != 42
+                || item.getEnchantmentLevel(Enchantment.DURABILITY) != 3
+                || !"test".equals(item.getItemMeta().getDisplayName())) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("1.12.2 item didn't load correctly! " + item);
+        }
+
+        ItemStack item2 = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(NBT.parseNBT("{DataVersion:" + DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_12_2 + ",id:cobblestone,Count:42,tag:{display:{Name:\"test\"},ench:[{lvl:3,id:34}]}}"));
+        if (!item.equals(item2))
+            throw new NbtApiException("Data-fixed 1.12.2 item didn't load correctly! " + item2);
+        
+        ReadWriteNBT testNBT = NBT.parseNBT("{id:cobblestone,Count:42,tag:{display:{Name:\"test\"},ench:[{lvl:3,id:34}]},DataVersion:1343}");
+        testNBT = DataFixerUtil.fixUpItemData(testNBT, DataFixerUtil.VERSION1_12R1);
+        if (testNBT.getInteger("DataVersion") != DataFixerUtil.getCurrentVersion())
+            throw new NbtApiException("DataVersion wasn't updated correctly! " + testNBT);
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemFlag;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class MetaTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+            return; // skip
+        }
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+            nbt.setInteger("HideFlags", 1);
+            nbt.modifyMeta((rnbt, meta) -> {
+                if (!meta.hasItemFlag(ItemFlag.HIDE_ENCHANTS) || rnbt.getInteger("HideFlags") != 1) {
+                    throw new NbtApiException("The meta did not correctly update or read! " + rnbt);
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class NBTModifyItemTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ItemStack baseItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBT.modify(baseItem, nbti -> {
+            nbti.setString("SomeKey", "SomeValue");
+        });
+        if (baseItem.equals(new ItemStack(Material.STONE)) || !new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("SomeKey")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The item's where not equal!");
+        }
+        baseItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        // test using a "real" item
+        baseItem = NBT.itemStackFromNBT(NBT.itemStackToNBT(baseItem));
+        String inside = NBT.modify(baseItem, nbt -> {
+            nbt.setString("SomeKey", "SomeValue");
+            nbt.modifyMeta((r, meta) -> {
+                meta.setDisplayName("Test");
+            });
+            nbt.getOrCreateCompound("sub").setInteger("val", 42);
+            return nbt.getString("SomeKey");
+        });
+        String outside = NBT.get(baseItem, nbt -> {
+            return nbt.getString("SomeKey");
+        });
+        if (baseItem == null) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Base item was null!");
+        }
+        if (!new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("SomeKey")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The data was not applied!");
+        }
+        if (new NBTItem(baseItem).getOrCreateCompound("sub").getInteger("val") != 42) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The sub value was not applied!");
+        }
+        if (!"SomeValue".equals(inside)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Inside returned the wrong value!");
+        }
+        if (!"SomeValue".equals(outside)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Outside returned the wrong value!");
+        }
+        if (!"Test".equals(baseItem.getItemMeta().getDisplayName())) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The display name was not applied!");
+        }
+        baseItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        // test using a "fake" item
+        inside = NBT.modify(baseItem, nbt -> {
+            nbt.setString("SomeKey", "SomeValue");
+            nbt.modifyMeta((r, meta) -> {
+                meta.setDisplayName("Test");
+            });
+            nbt.getOrCreateCompound("sub").setInteger("val", 42);
+            return nbt.getString("SomeKey");
+        });
+        outside = NBT.get(baseItem, nbt -> (String) nbt.getString("SomeKey"));
+        if (!new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("SomeKey")) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The data was not applied!");
+        }
+        if (new NBTItem(baseItem).getOrCreateCompound("sub").getInteger("val") != 42) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The sub value was not applied!");
+        }
+        if (!"SomeValue".equals(inside)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Inside returned the wrong value!");
+        }
+        if (!"SomeValue".equals(outside)) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("Outside returned the wrong value!");
+        }
+        if (!"Test".equals(baseItem.getItemMeta().getDisplayName())) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The display name was not applied!");
+        }
+        // other ordering
+        baseItem = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBT.modify(baseItem, nbti -> {
+            nbti.setString("a", "SomeValue");
+        });
+        NBT.modify(baseItem, nbt -> {
+            nbt.modifyMeta((r, meta) -> {
+                meta.setDisplayName("Test");
+            });
+            nbt.setInteger("b", 12);
+        });
+        if (!new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("a") || !new NBTItem(baseItem).hasTag("b")
+                || !"Test".equals(baseItem.getItemMeta().getDisplayName())) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The data was not applied: " + new NBTItem(baseItem).toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.items;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBTList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadableNBTList;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class SmuggleTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        Exception error = null;
+        try {
+            ReadWriteNBTList<Long> list = NBT.modify(item, nbt -> {
+                nbt.getLongList("test").add(123l);
+                return nbt.getLongList("test");
+            });
+            error = new NbtApiException("Managed to smuggle nbt out of the context: " + list);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // this is the excpected behavior
+        }
+        if (error != null) {
+            throw error;
+        }
+        try {
+            ReadableNBTList<Long> list = NBT.get(item, nbt -> {
+                return nbt.getLongList("test");
+            });
+            error = new NbtApiException("Managed to smuggle nbt out of the context: " + list);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // this is the excpected behavior
+        }
+        if (error != null) {
+            throw error;
+        }
+        AtomicReference<ReadableNBTList<Long>> list = new AtomicReference<>();
+        try {
+            NBT.get(item, nbt -> {
+                list.set(nbt.getLongList("test")); // smuggling the nbt out of the context
+                return null;
+            });
+            if (list.get().size() == 1) {
+                error = new NbtApiException("Managed to smuggle nbt out of the context: " + list);
+            }
+            error = new NbtApiException("Managed to smuggle nbt out of the context: " + list);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // this is the excpected behavior
+        }
+        if (error != null) {
+            throw error;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.proxy;
+//
+//import org.bukkit.Material;
+//import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+//import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
+//
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.data.proxy.NBTItemMeta;
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.iface.ReadWriteNBT;
+//import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
+//import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+//
+//public class DataItemProxyTest implements Test {
+//
+//    @Override
+//    public void test() throws Exception {
+//        if(MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_20_R4)) {
+//            return; // skip
+//        }
+//        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+//        ItemMeta meta = item.getItemMeta();
+//        meta.setDisplayName("Test");
+//        item.setItemMeta(meta);
+//        NBT.modify(item, NBTItemMeta.class, nmeta -> {
+//            nmeta.setCustomModelData(123);
+//            nmeta.setUnbreakable(true);
+//            if (!nmeta.getDisplayData().getRawName().contains("Test")) {
+//                throw new NbtApiException("Raw name didn't containg the expected String: " + nmeta);
+//            }
+//            ReadWriteNBT container = NBT.createNBTObject();
+//            container.setString("foo", "bar");
+//            nmeta.setBlockStateTag(container);
+//            if (!container.equals(nmeta.getBlockStateTag())) {
+//                throw new NbtApiException("BlockStateTag did not match! " + nmeta);
+//            }
+//        });
+//
+//        if (MinecraftVersion.isAtLeastVersion(MinecraftVersion.MC1_16_R1)) {
+//            meta = item.getItemMeta();
+//            if (!meta.hasCustomModelData() || meta.getCustomModelData() != 123) {
+//                throw new NbtApiException("Custom Model Data did not match! " + new NBTItem(item));
+//            }
+//            if (!meta.isUnbreakable()) {
+//                throw new NbtApiException("Unbreakable did not set!");
+//            }
+//        }
+//    }
+//
+//}
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.proxy;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTItem;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.handler.NBTHandlers;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.NBTProxy;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.NBTTarget;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.ProxyList;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.wrapper.NBTTarget.Type;
+import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
+
+public class SimpleProxyTest implements Test {
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        ItemStack item = new ItemStack(Material.STONE);
+        NBT.modify(item, TestInterface.class, ti -> {
+            if (ti.hasKills()) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to have kills before setting data!");
+            }
+            ti.setKills(42);
+            ti.addKill();
+            if (!ti.hasKills()) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Item reported to not have kills after setting data!");
+            }
+            if (!"{Kills:43}".equals(ti.toString())) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("ToString returned the wrong string. " + ti.toString());
+            }
+        });
+        if (new NBTItem(item).getInteger("Kills") != 43) {
+            throw new NbtApiException("The item was not modified correctly by the proxy!");
+        }
+        NBT.modify(item, TestInterface.class, ti -> {
+            if (ti.theKillsWithADifferentMethodNameAndNoGet() != 43) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The annotation didn't work correctly!");
+            }
+            Statistic jumps = ti.getJumps();
+            jumps.setPoints(9000);
+            jumps.addPoint();
+            if (ti.getJumps().getPoints() != 9001) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The stacked proxy didn't work correctly!");
+            }
+            ItemStack stack = new ItemStack(Material.STONE, 42);
+            ti.setItem(stack);
+            if (!stack.equals(ti.getItem())) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("The handler in the proxy didn't work correctly!");
+            }
+        });
+        NBT.modify(item, TestInterface.class, ti -> {
+            Statistic a = ti.getStatistics().addCompound();
+            a.setPoints(1);
+            a.addPoint();
+            a.addPoint();
+            ti.getStatistics().addCompound();
+            if (ti.getStatistics().size() != 2) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("List size not as expected!");
+            }
+            ti.getStatistics().remove(1);
+            if (ti.getStatistics().size() != 1) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("List size not as expected!");
+            }
+            if (ti.getStatistics().iterator().next().getPoints() != 3) {
+                throw new NbtApiException("Points not as expected!");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public interface TestInterface extends NBTProxy {
+
+        @Override
+        default void init() {
+            registerHandler(ItemStack.class, NBTHandlers.ITEM_STACK);
+        }
+
+        public boolean hasKills();
+
+        public void setKills(int amount);
+
+        public int getKills();
+
+        public default void addKill() {
+            setKills(getKills() + 1);
+        }
+
+        @NBTTarget(value = "Kills", type = Type.GET)
+        public int theKillsWithADifferentMethodNameAndNoGet();
+
+        public Statistic getJumps();
+
+        public ItemStack getItem();
+
+        public void setItem(ItemStack item);
+
+        public ProxyList<Statistic> getStatistics();
+
+    }
+
+    public interface Statistic extends NBTProxy {
+        public void setPoints(int amount);
+
+        public int getPoints();
+
+        public default void addPoint() {
+            setPoints(getPoints() + 1);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;

+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTTileEntity;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
@@ -14,13 +15,24 @@ public class TileTest implements Test {

    @Override
    public void test() throws Exception {
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isFoliaPresent()) {
+            return;
+        }
        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
            try {
                Block block = world.getBlockAt(world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockX(), 254,
                        world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockZ());
-                if (block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
+                if (world.isChunkLoaded(block.getX() >> 4, block.getZ() >> 4) && block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
                    block.setType(Material.CHEST);
+                    if (MinecraftVersion.isNewerThan(MinecraftVersion.MC1_21_R1)) {
+                        // 1.21 changed the lock logic. So just try to get/set data, dont check for now
+                        NBT.modify(block.getState(), nbt -> {
+                            nbt.setString("foo", "bar");
+                        });
+                        block.setType(Material.AIR);
+                        return;
+                    }
                    NBTTileEntity tile = new NBTTileEntity(block.getState());
                    if (!MinecraftVersion.isNewerThan(MinecraftVersion.MC1_17_R1)) {
                        if (tile.getInteger("y") != 254) {
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;

-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTCompound;
-import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBTTileEntity;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NBT;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.NbtApiException;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.MinecraftVersion;
 import de.tr7zw.nbtapi.plugin.tests.Test;
@@ -17,21 +16,26 @@ public class TilesCustomNBTPersistentTest implements Test {
    public void test() throws Exception {
        if (MinecraftVersion.getVersion().getVersionId() < MinecraftVersion.MC1_14_R1.getVersionId())
            return;
+        if (MinecraftVersion.isFoliaPresent()) {
+            return;
+        }
        if (!Bukkit.getWorlds().isEmpty()) {
            World world = Bukkit.getWorlds().get(0);
            try {
                Block block = world.getBlockAt(world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockX(), 250,
                        world.getSpawnLocation().getBlockZ());
-                if (block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
+                if (world.isChunkLoaded(block.getX() >> 4, block.getZ() >> 4) && block.getType() == Material.AIR) {
                    block.setType(Material.CHEST);
-                    NBTTileEntity comp = new NBTTileEntity(block.getState());
-                    NBTCompound persistentData = comp.getPersistentDataContainer();
-                    persistentData.setString("Foo", "Bar");
-                    if (!new NBTTileEntity(block.getState()).getPersistentDataContainer().getString("Foo")
-                            .equals("Bar")) {
-                        block.setType(Material.AIR);
-                        throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Tile!");
-                    }
+                    NBT.modifyPersistentData(block.getState(), persistentData -> {
+                        persistentData.setString("Foo", "Bar");
+                    });
+                    NBT.getPersistentData(block.getState(), persistentData -> {
+                        if (!persistentData.getString("Foo").equals("Bar")) {
+                            block.setType(Material.AIR);
+                            throw new NbtApiException("Custom Data did not save to the Tile!");
+                        }
+                        return null;
+                    });
                    block.setType(Material.AIR);
                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ name: NBTAPI
 version: ${project.version}
 author: tr7zw
 loadbefore: [ItemNBTAPI]
-api-version: 1.13
+api-version: 1.13
+folia-supported: true
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  <parent>
    <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
    <artifactId>item-nbt-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>mappings-parser</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    <dependency>
      <groupId>de.tr7zw</groupId>
      <artifactId>item-nbt-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package dev.tr7zw.mappingsparser;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;

 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ClassWrapper;
+import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.MojangToMapping;
 import de.tr7zw.changeme.nbtapi.utils.nmsmappings.ReflectionMethod;

 /**
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class MappingsParser {
    public static StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
-        File input = new File("minecraft_server.1.20.txt");
+        File input = new File("minecraft_server.1.21.9.txt");
        List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(input.toPath());

        Map<String, ClassWrapper> classes = new HashMap<>();
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public class MappingsParser {
        ClassWrapper nmsWrapper = null;
        Map<ReflectionMethod, String> mappedNames = null;
        for (String line : lines) {
+            if (line.startsWith("#")) {
+                continue;
+            }
            if (!line.startsWith(" ")) {
                if (nmsWrapper != null && mappedNames != null) {
                    proccessMapping(nmsWrapper, mappedNames);
@@ -59,17 +62,46 @@ public class MappingsParser {
            mojangName = line.trim().split(" ")[1];
            unmappedName = line.trim().split(" ")[3];
            classes.remove(currentClass);
-            for (ReflectionMethod method : mappedNames.keySet()) {
-                if (method.getSelectedVersionInfo() == null)
-                    continue;
-                if (!mojangName.contains("("))
-                    continue;
-                if (mojangName.equals(method.getSelectedVersionInfo().name)) {
-                    mappedNames.put(method, unmappedName);
+            if (mappedNames != null) {
+                for (ReflectionMethod method : mappedNames.keySet()) {
+                    if (method.getSelectedVersionInfo() == null)
+                        continue;
+                    if (!mojangName.contains("("))
+                        continue;
+                    if (mojangName.equals(method.getSelectedVersionInfo().name)) {
+                        mappedNames.put(method, unmappedName);
+                    }
                }
            }
            // System.out.println(currentClass + ": " + mojangName + " -> " + unmappedName);
        }
+        for(String type : MojangToMapping.getMapping().keySet()) {
+            if(type.contains("(")) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Field
+            String clazz = type.split("#")[0];
+            String fieldName = type.split("#")[1];
+            for (String line : lines) {
+                if (line.startsWith("#")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (!line.startsWith(" ")) {
+                    currentClass = line.split(" ")[0];
+                    continue;
+                }
+                mojangName = line.trim().split(" ")[1];
+                unmappedName = line.trim().split(" ")[3];
+                if (currentClass.equals(clazz) && mojangName.equals(fieldName)) {
+                    if (MojangToMapping.getMapping().get(type) == null) {
+                        System.out.println("Missing mapping for " + type);
+                    } else if (!MojangToMapping.getMapping().get(type)
+                            .equals(unmappedName)) {
+                        builder.append("put(\"" + type + "\", \"" + unmappedName + "\");\n");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
        System.out.println(builder);
    }

@@ -79,6 +111,8 @@ public class MappingsParser {
                System.out.println(
                        "Missing mapping in class " + nmsWrapper.getMojangName() + " method " + entry.getKey().name());
            } else {
+                if(!entry.getValue().equals(MojangToMapping.getMapping().get(nmsWrapper.getMojangName() + "#"
+                        + entry.getKey().getSelectedVersionInfo().name)))
                builder.append("put(\"" + nmsWrapper.getMojangName() + "#"
                        + entry.getKey().getSelectedVersionInfo().name + "\", \"" + entry.getValue() + "\");\n");
            }