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proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendConnectionPhase.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.forge.legacy.LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 
 /**
  * Provides connection phase specific actions.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public interface BackendConnectionPhase {
    */
   default boolean handle(VelocityServerConnection server,
                          ConnectedPlayer player,
-                         PluginMessagePacket message) {
+                         AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     return false;
   }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendConnectionPhases.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.forge.legacy.LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 
 /**
  * Contains Vanilla {@link BackendConnectionPhase}s.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public final class BackendConnectionPhases {
     @Override
     public boolean handle(VelocityServerConnection serverConn,
                           ConnectedPlayer player,
-                          PluginMessagePacket message) {
+                          AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
       // The connection may be legacy forge. If so, the Forge handler will deal with this
       // for us. Otherwise, we have nothing to do.
       return LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase.NOT_STARTED.handle(serverConn, player, message);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java

@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ClientPlaySessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionMessages;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundBossBarPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     serverConn.getServer().addPlayer(serverConn.getPlayer());
     MinecraftConnection serverMc = serverConn.ensureConnected();
     serverMc.write(PluginMessageUtil.constructChannelsPacket(serverMc.getProtocolVersion(),
-        ImmutableList.of(getBungeeCordChannel(serverMc.getProtocolVersion()))
+        ImmutableList.of(getBungeeCordChannel(serverMc.getProtocolVersion())), ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.FACTORY
     ));
   }
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean handle(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+  public boolean handle(ClientboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
     if (bungeecordMessageResponder.process(packet)) {
       return true;
     }
@@ -123,8 +124,8 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     }
 
     if (PluginMessageUtil.isMcBrand(packet)) {
-      PluginMessagePacket rewritten = PluginMessageUtil.rewriteMinecraftBrand(packet,
+      AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> rewritten = PluginMessageUtil.rewriteMinecraftBrand(packet,
-          server.getVersion(), playerConnection.getProtocolVersion());
+          server.getVersion(), playerConnection.getProtocolVersion(), ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.FACTORY);
       playerConnection.write(rewritten);
       return true;
     }
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     server.getEventManager().fire(event)
         .thenAcceptAsync(pme -> {
           if (pme.getResult().isAllowed() && !playerConnection.isClosed()) {
-            PluginMessagePacket copied = new PluginMessagePacket(packet.getChannel(),
+            ClientboundPluginMessagePacket copied = new ClientboundPluginMessagePacket(packet.getChannel(),
                 Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(copy));
             playerConnection.write(copied);
           }
@@ -244,8 +245,8 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void handleGeneric(Packet packet) {
-    if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket) {
+    if (packet instanceof AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?>) {
-      ((PluginMessagePacket) packet).retain();
+      ((AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?>) packet).retain();
     }
     playerConnection.delayedWrite(packet);
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BungeeCordMessageResponder.java

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.buffer.ByteBufDataInput;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.buffer.ByteBufDataOutput;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.server.VelocityRegisteredServer;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class BungeeCordMessageResponder {
     this.player = player;
   }
 
-  public static boolean isBungeeCordMessage(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isBungeeCordMessage(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     return MODERN_CHANNEL.getId().equals(message.getChannel()) || LEGACY_CHANNEL.getId()
         .equals(message.getChannel());
   }
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ public class BungeeCordMessageResponder {
     MinecraftConnection serverConnection = player.ensureAndGetCurrentServer().ensureConnected();
     String chan = getBungeeCordChannel(serverConnection.getProtocolVersion());
 
-    PluginMessagePacket msg = null;
+    ServerboundPluginMessagePacket msg = null;
     boolean released = false;
 
     try {
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ public class BungeeCordMessageResponder {
       }
 
       MinecraftConnection serverConn = vsc.ensureConnected();
-      msg = new PluginMessagePacket(chan, buf);
+      msg = new ServerboundPluginMessagePacket(chan, buf);
       serverConn.write(msg);
       released = true;
     } finally {
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ public class BungeeCordMessageResponder {
     }
   }
 
-  boolean process(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  boolean process(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     if (!proxy.getConfiguration().isBungeePluginChannelEnabled()) {
       return false;
     }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults.Impl;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundSetCompressionPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.except.QuietRuntimeException;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionMessages;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults.Impl;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundKeepAlivePacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean handle(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+  public boolean handle(ClientboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
     if (!serverConn.getPlayer().canForwardPluginMessage(serverConn.ensureConnected()
         .getProtocolVersion(), packet)) {
       return true;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/VelocityServerConnection.java

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults.Impl;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.StateRegistry;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundServerLoginPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.server.VelocityRegisteredServer;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class VelocityServerConnection implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation,
 
     MinecraftConnection mc = ensureConnected();
 
-    PluginMessagePacket message = new PluginMessagePacket(identifier.getId(), data);
+    ServerboundPluginMessagePacket message = new ServerboundPluginMessagePacket(identifier.getId(), data);
     mc.write(message);
     return true;
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ClientConnectionPhase.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.forge.legacy.LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 
 /**
  * Provides connection phase specific actions.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public interface ClientConnectionPhase {
    * @return true if handled, false otherwise.
    */
   default boolean handle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-      PluginMessagePacket message,
+      AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
       VelocityServerConnection server) {
     return false;
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ClientPlaySessionHandler.java

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.BungeeCordMessageResponder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundBossBarPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGamePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundRespawnPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket.Offer;
@@ -31,9 +33,9 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundTitlePack
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundChatPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundKeepAlivePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   private final ConnectedPlayer player;
   private boolean spawned = false;
   private final List<UUID> serverBossBars = new ArrayList<>();
-  private final Queue<PluginMessagePacket> loginPluginMessages = new ArrayDeque<>();
+  private final Queue<ServerboundPluginMessagePacket> loginPluginMessages = new ArrayDeque<>();
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private @Nullable ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket outstandingTabComplete;
 
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     Collection<String> channels = server.getChannelRegistrar().getChannelsForProtocol(player
         .getProtocolVersion());
     if (!channels.isEmpty()) {
-      PluginMessagePacket register = constructChannelsPacket(player.getProtocolVersion(), channels);
+      AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> register = constructChannelsPacket(player.getProtocolVersion(),
+          channels, ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.FACTORY);
       player.getConnection().write(register);
       player.getKnownChannels().addAll(channels);
     }
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void deactivated() {
-    for (PluginMessagePacket message : loginPluginMessages) {
+    for (ServerboundPluginMessagePacket message : loginPluginMessages) {
       ReferenceCountUtil.release(message);
     }
   }
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean handle(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+  public boolean handle(ServerboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
     VelocityServerConnection serverConn = player.getConnectedServer();
     MinecraftConnection backendConn = serverConn != null ? serverConn.getConnection() : null;
     if (serverConn != null && backendConn != null) {
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         backendConn.write(packet.retain());
       } else if (PluginMessageUtil.isMcBrand(packet)) {
         backendConn.write(PluginMessageUtil
-            .rewriteMinecraftBrand(packet, server.getVersion(), player.getProtocolVersion()));
+            .rewriteMinecraftBrand(packet, server.getVersion(), player.getProtocolVersion(), ServerboundPluginMessagePacket.FACTORY));
       } else if (BungeeCordMessageResponder.isBungeeCordMessage(packet)) {
         return true;
       } else {
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
                   ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content()));
               server.getEventManager().fire(event).thenAcceptAsync(pme -> {
                 if (pme.getResult().isAllowed()) {
-                  PluginMessagePacket message = new PluginMessagePacket(packet.getChannel(),
+                  ServerboundPluginMessagePacket message = new ServerboundPluginMessagePacket(packet.getChannel(),
                       Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(copy));
                   backendConn.write(message);
                 }
@@ -265,8 +268,8 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
     MinecraftConnection smc = serverConnection.getConnection();
     if (smc != null && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()) {
-      if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket) {
+      if (packet instanceof AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?>) {
-        ((PluginMessagePacket) packet).retain();
+        ((AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?>) packet).retain();
       }
       smc.write(packet);
     }
@@ -356,11 +359,11 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     // Tell the server about this client's plugin message channels.
     ProtocolVersion serverVersion = serverMc.getProtocolVersion();
     if (!player.getKnownChannels().isEmpty()) {
-      serverMc.delayedWrite(constructChannelsPacket(serverVersion, player.getKnownChannels()));
+      serverMc.delayedWrite(constructChannelsPacket(serverVersion, player.getKnownChannels(), ServerboundPluginMessagePacket.FACTORY));
     }
 
     // If we had plugin messages queued during login/FML handshake, send them now.
-    PluginMessagePacket pm;
+    ServerboundPluginMessagePacket pm;
     while ((pm = loginPluginMessages.poll()) != null) {
       serverMc.delayedWrite(pm);
     }
@@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     if (serverConnection != null) {
       MinecraftConnection connection = serverConnection.getConnection();
       if (connection != null) {
-        PluginMessagePacket pm;
+        ServerboundPluginMessagePacket pm;
         while ((pm = loginPluginMessages.poll()) != null) {
           connection.write(pm);
         }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java

@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults.Impl;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundChatPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundKeepAlivePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundTitlePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundChatPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundClientSettingsPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.server.VelocityRegisteredServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.tablist.VelocityTabList;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.tablist.VelocityTabListLegacy;
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
   public boolean sendPluginMessage(ChannelIdentifier identifier, byte[] data) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(identifier, "identifier");
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(data, "data");
-    PluginMessagePacket message = new PluginMessagePacket(identifier.getId(),
+    ClientboundPluginMessagePacket message = new ClientboundPluginMessagePacket(identifier.getId(),
         Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(data));
     connection.write(message);
     return true;
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
    * @param message the plugin message to forward to the client
    * @return {@code true} if the message can be forwarded, {@code false} otherwise
    */
-  public boolean canForwardPluginMessage(ProtocolVersion version, PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public boolean canForwardPluginMessage(ProtocolVersion version, AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     boolean minecraftOrFmlMessage;
 
     // By default, all internal Minecraft and Forge channels are forwarded from the server.

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/InitialConnectSessionHandler.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.BungeeCordMessageResponder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 
 public class InitialConnectSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class InitialConnectSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean handle(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+  public boolean handle(ServerboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
     VelocityServerConnection serverConn = player.getConnectionInFlight();
     if (serverConn != null) {
       if (player.getPhase().handle(player, packet, serverConn)) {

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/InitialInboundConnection.java

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.connection.InboundConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnectionAssociation;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/LoginSessionHandler.java

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundSetCompressionPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundServerLoginPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/forge/legacy/LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.BackendConnectionPhase;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.BackendConnectionPhases;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase implements BackendConnectionPhase {
   @Override
   public final boolean handle(VelocityServerConnection serverConnection,
                               ConnectedPlayer player,
-                              PluginMessagePacket message) {
+                              AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     if (message.getChannel().equals(LegacyForgeConstants.FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_CHANNEL)) {
       // Get the phase and check if we need to start the next phase.
       LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase newPhase = getNewPhase(serverConnection, message);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase implements BackendConnectionPhase {
    * @return The phase to transition to, which may be the same as before.
    */
   private LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase getNewPhase(VelocityServerConnection serverConnection,
-                                                       PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+                                                       AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> packet) {
     if (packetToAdvanceOn != null
         && LegacyForgeUtil.getHandshakePacketDiscriminator(packet) == packetToAdvanceOn) {
       LegacyForgeHandshakeBackendPhase phaseToTransitionTo = nextPhase();

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/forge/legacy/LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ClientConnectionPhase;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ClientPlaySessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import java.util.List;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
 
     @Override
     boolean onHandle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-        PluginMessagePacket message,
+        AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
         MinecraftConnection backendConn) {
       // If we stay in this phase, we do nothing because it means the packet wasn't handled.
       // Returning false indicates this
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
 
     @Override
     boolean onHandle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-        PluginMessagePacket message,
+        AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
         MinecraftConnection backendConn) {
       // Read the mod list if we haven't already.
       if (!player.getModInfo().isPresent()) {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
 
     @Override
     boolean onHandle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-        PluginMessagePacket message,
+        AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
         MinecraftConnection backendConn) {
       super.onHandle(player, message, backendConn);
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
 
   @Override
   public final boolean handle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-      PluginMessagePacket message,
+      AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
       VelocityServerConnection server) {
     if (server != null) {
       MinecraftConnection backendConn = server.getConnection();
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
    * @return true if handled, false otherwise.
    */
   boolean onHandle(ConnectedPlayer player,
-      PluginMessagePacket message,
+      AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
       MinecraftConnection backendConn) {
     // Send the packet on to the server.
     backendConn.write(message.retain());
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public enum LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase implements ClientConnectionPhase {
    * @param packet The packet
    * @return The phase to transition to, which may be the same as before.
    */
-  private LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase getNewPhase(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+  private LegacyForgeHandshakeClientPhase getNewPhase(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> packet) {
     if (packetToAdvanceOn != null
         && LegacyForgeUtil.getHandshakePacketDiscriminator(packet) == packetToAdvanceOn) {
       return nextPhase();

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/forge/legacy/LegacyForgeUtil.java

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.util.ModInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class LegacyForgeUtil {
    * @param message The message to analyse
    * @return The discriminator
    */
-  static byte getHandshakePacketDiscriminator(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  static byte getHandshakePacketDiscriminator(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     Preconditions.checkArgument(message.getChannel().equals(FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_CHANNEL));
     Preconditions.checkArgument(message.content().isReadable());
     return message.content().getByte(0);
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class LegacyForgeUtil {
    * @param message The message
    * @return The list of mods. May be empty.
    */
-  static List<ModInfo.Mod> readModList(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  static List<ModInfo.Mod> readModList(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(message, "message");
     Preconditions
         .checkArgument(message.getChannel().equals(FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_CHANNEL),
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ class LegacyForgeUtil {
    *
    * @return A copy of the reset packet
    */
-  static PluginMessagePacket resetPacket() {
+  static AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> resetPacket() {
-    return new PluginMessagePacket(
+    return new ClientboundPluginMessagePacket(
         FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_CHANNEL,
         Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_RESET_DATA.clone())
     );

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/PluginMessageUtil.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.util.ProxyVersion;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the plugin message
    * @return whether or not this is a brand plugin message
    */
-  public static boolean isMcBrand(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isMcBrand(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     return message.getChannel().equals(BRAND_CHANNEL_LEGACY) || message.getChannel()
         .equals(BRAND_CHANNEL);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the plugin message
    * @return whether we are registering plugin channels or not
    */
-  public static boolean isRegister(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isRegister(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     return message.getChannel().equals(REGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY) || message.getChannel()
         .equals(REGISTER_CHANNEL);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the plugin message
    * @return whether we are unregistering plugin channels or not
    */
-  public static boolean isUnregister(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isUnregister(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     return message.getChannel().equals(UNREGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY) || message.getChannel()
         .equals(UNREGISTER_CHANNEL);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the plugin message
    * @return whether this is a legacy register message
    */
-  public static boolean isLegacyRegister(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isLegacyRegister(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     return message.getChannel().equals(REGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY);
   }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the plugin message
    * @return whether this is a legacy unregister message
    */
-  public static boolean isLegacyUnregister(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static boolean isLegacyUnregister(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     return message.getChannel().equals(UNREGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY);
   }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param message the message to get the channels from
    * @return the channels, as an immutable list
    */
-  public static List<String> getChannels(PluginMessagePacket message) {
+  public static List<String> getChannels(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     checkArgument(isRegister(message) || isUnregister(message), "Unknown channel type %s",
             message.getChannel());
@@ -106,15 +106,16 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param channels the channels to register
    * @return the plugin message to send
    */
-  public static PluginMessagePacket constructChannelsPacket(ProtocolVersion protocolVersion,
+  public static AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> constructChannelsPacket(ProtocolVersion protocolVersion,
-                                                            Collection<String> channels) {
+                                                            Collection<String> channels,
+                                                            AbstractPluginMessagePacket.Factory<?> factory) {
     checkNotNull(channels, "channels");
     checkArgument(!channels.isEmpty(), "no channels specified");
     String channelName = protocolVersion.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_13)
         ? REGISTER_CHANNEL : REGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY;
     ByteBuf contents = Unpooled.buffer();
     contents.writeCharSequence(String.join("\0", channels), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    return new PluginMessagePacket(channelName, contents);
+    return factory.create(channelName, contents);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -123,9 +124,10 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
    * @param version the proxy version
    * @return the rewritten plugin message
    */
-  public static PluginMessagePacket rewriteMinecraftBrand(PluginMessagePacket message,
+  public static AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> rewriteMinecraftBrand(AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> message,
                                                           ProxyVersion version,
-                                                          ProtocolVersion protocolVersion) {
+                                                          ProtocolVersion protocolVersion,
+                                                          AbstractPluginMessagePacket.Factory<?> factory) {
     checkNotNull(message, "message");
     checkNotNull(version, "version");
     checkArgument(isMcBrand(message), "message is not a brand plugin message");
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
       rewrittenBuf.writeCharSequence(rewrittenBrand, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
 
-    return new PluginMessagePacket(message.getChannel(), rewrittenBuf);
+    return factory.create(message.getChannel(), rewrittenBuf);
   }
 
   private static String readBrandMessage(ByteBuf content) {

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/StateRegistry.java

@@ -18,15 +18,18 @@ import static com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion.SUPPORTED_VERSIONS
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundBossBarPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundChatPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundRespawnPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket;
@@ -41,13 +44,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundEncryptio
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundServerLoginPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundStatusPingPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundStatusRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundDisconnectPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.util.collection.IntObjectHashMap;
 import io.netty.util.collection.IntObjectMap;
@@ -58,7 +60,6 @@ import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public enum StateRegistry {
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
           map(0x05, MINECRAFT_1_14, false)
       );
       serverbound.register(
-          PluginMessagePacket.class,
+          ServerboundPluginMessagePacket.class,
-          PluginMessagePacket.DECODER,
+          ServerboundPluginMessagePacket.DECODER,
           map(0x17, MINECRAFT_1_7_2, false),
           map(0x09, MINECRAFT_1_9, false),
           map(0x0A, MINECRAFT_1_12, false),
@@ -195,8 +196,8 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
           map(0x10, MINECRAFT_1_16_2, false)
       );
       clientbound.register(
-          PluginMessagePacket.class,
+          ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.class,
-          PluginMessagePacket.DECODER,
+          ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.DECODER,
           map(0x3F, MINECRAFT_1_7_2, false),
           map(0x18, MINECRAFT_1_9, false),
           map(0x19, MINECRAFT_1_13, false),
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
       return registry;
     }
 
-    <P extends Packet> void register(Class<P> clazz, Packet.Decoder<P> decoder,
+    <P extends Packet> void register(Class<P> clazz, PacketReader<P> decoder,
                                      PacketMapping... mappings) {
       if (mappings.length == 0) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("At least one mapping must be provided.");
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
                 + current.protocolVersion);
           }
 
-          if (registry.packetIdToSupplier.containsKey(current.id)) {
+          if (registry.packetIdToReader.containsKey(current.id)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can not register class " + clazz.getSimpleName()
                 + " with id " + current.id + " for " + registry.version
                 + " because another packet is already registered");
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
           }
 
           if (!current.encodeOnly) {
-            registry.packetIdToDecoder.put(current.id, decoder);
+            registry.packetIdToReader.put(current.id, decoder);
           }
           registry.packetClassToId.put(clazz, current.id);
         }
@@ -449,10 +450,7 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
     public class ProtocolRegistry {
 
       public final ProtocolVersion version;
-      @Deprecated
+      final IntObjectMap<PacketReader<? extends Packet>> packetIdToReader =
-      final IntObjectMap<Supplier<? extends Packet>> packetIdToSupplier =
-          new IntObjectHashMap<>(16, 0.5f);
-      final IntObjectMap<Packet.Decoder<? extends Packet>> packetIdToDecoder =
           new IntObjectHashMap<>(16, 0.5f);
       final Object2IntMap<Class<? extends Packet>> packetClassToId =
           new Object2IntOpenHashMap<>(16, 0.5f);
@@ -462,21 +460,6 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
         this.packetClassToId.defaultReturnValue(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
       }
 
-      /**
-       * Attempts to create a packet from the specified {@code id}.
-       *
-       * @param id the packet ID
-       * @return the packet instance, or {@code null} if the ID is not registered
-       */
-      @Deprecated
-      @Nullable Packet createPacket(final int id) {
-        final Supplier<? extends Packet> supplier = this.packetIdToSupplier.get(id);
-        if (supplier == null) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        return supplier.get();
-      }
-
       /**
        * Attempts to create a packet from the specified {@code id}.
        *
@@ -486,13 +469,13 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
        * @param version the protocol version
        * @return the packet instance, or {@code null} if the ID is not registered
        */
-      public @Nullable Packet decodePacket(final int id, ByteBuf buf, PacketDirection direction,
+      public @Nullable Packet readPacket(final int id, ByteBuf buf, PacketDirection direction,
-                                           ProtocolVersion version) {
+                                         ProtocolVersion version) {
-        final Packet.Decoder<? extends Packet> decoder = this.packetIdToDecoder.get(id);
+        final PacketReader<? extends Packet> decoder = this.packetIdToReader.get(id);
         if (decoder == null) {
           return null;
         }
-        return decoder.decode(buf, direction, version);
+        return decoder.read(buf, direction, version);
       }
 
       /**
@@ -517,9 +500,9 @@ public enum StateRegistry {
 
   public static final class PacketMapping {
 
-    private final int id;
+    final int id;
-    private final ProtocolVersion protocolVersion;
+    final ProtocolVersion protocolVersion;
-    private final boolean encodeOnly;
+    final boolean encodeOnly;
 
     PacketMapping(int id, ProtocolVersion protocolVersion, boolean packetDecoding) {
       this.id = id;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/buffer/DeferredByteBufHolder.java

@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.buffer;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufHolder;
-import io.netty.util.IllegalReferenceCountException;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
-
-/**
- * A special-purpose implementation of {@code ByteBufHolder} that can defer accepting its buffer.
- * This is required because Velocity packets are, for better or worse, mutable.
- */
-public class DeferredByteBufHolder implements ByteBufHolder {
-
-  @MonotonicNonNull
-  private ByteBuf backing;
-
-  public DeferredByteBufHolder(
-      @MonotonicNonNull ByteBuf backing) {
-    this.backing = backing;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBuf content() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    if (backing.refCnt() <= 0) {
-      throw new IllegalReferenceCountException(backing.refCnt());
-    }
-    return backing;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder copy() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return new DeferredByteBufHolder(backing.copy());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder duplicate() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return new DeferredByteBufHolder(backing.duplicate());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder retainedDuplicate() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return new DeferredByteBufHolder(backing.retainedDuplicate());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder replace(ByteBuf content) {
-    if (content == null) {
-      throw new NullPointerException("content");
-    }
-    this.backing = content;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public int refCnt() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return backing.refCnt();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder retain() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    backing.retain();
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder retain(int increment) {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    backing.retain(increment);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder touch() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    backing.touch();
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ByteBufHolder touch(Object hint) {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    backing.touch(hint);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean release() {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return backing.release();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean release(int decrement) {
-    if (backing == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Trying to obtain contents of holder with a null buffer");
-    }
-    return backing.release(decrement);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    String str = "DeferredByteBufHolder[";
-    if (backing == null) {
-      str += "null";
-    } else {
-      str += backing.toString();
-    }
-    return str + "]";
-  }
-}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/buffer/TypedDefaultByteBufHolder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.buffer;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.DefaultByteBufHolder;
+
+public abstract class TypedDefaultByteBufHolder<S extends TypedDefaultByteBufHolder<S>> extends DefaultByteBufHolder {
+  protected TypedDefaultByteBufHolder(final ByteBuf data) {
+    super(data);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public abstract S replace(final ByteBuf content);
+
+  @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public S retain() {
+    return (S) super.retain();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public S retain(final int increment) {
+    return (S) super.retain(increment);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public S touch() {
+    return (S) super.touch();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public S touch(final Object hint) {
+    return (S) super.touch(hint);
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/AbstractKeepAlivePacket.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.function.LongFunction;
 
 public abstract class AbstractKeepAlivePacket implements Packet {
-  protected static <P extends AbstractKeepAlivePacket> Decoder<P> decoder(final LongFunction<P> factory) {
+  protected static <P extends AbstractKeepAlivePacket> PacketReader<P> decoder(final LongFunction<P> factory) {
     return (buf, direction, version) -> {
       final long randomId;
       if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_12_2)) {

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/AbstractPluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -1,38 +1,37 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared;
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet;
 
 import static com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.PluginMessageUtil.transformLegacyToModernChannel;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.buffer.TypedDefaultByteBufHolder;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.DefaultByteBufHolder;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
-public class PluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet {
+public abstract class AbstractPluginMessagePacket<S extends AbstractPluginMessagePacket<S>> extends TypedDefaultByteBufHolder<S> implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<PluginMessagePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  protected static <P extends AbstractPluginMessagePacket<P>> PacketReader<P> decoder(final Factory<P> factory) {
-    String channel = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
+    return (buf, direction, version) -> {
-    if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_13)) {
+      String channel = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
-      channel = transformLegacyToModernChannel(channel);
+      if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_13)) {
-    }
+        channel = transformLegacyToModernChannel(channel);
-    final ByteBuf data;
+      }
-    if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_8)) {
+      final ByteBuf data;
-      data = buf.readRetainedSlice(buf.readableBytes());
+      if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_8)) {
-    } else {
+        data = buf.readRetainedSlice(buf.readableBytes());
-      data = ProtocolUtils.readRetainedByteBufSlice17(buf);
+      } else {
-    }
+        data = ProtocolUtils.readRetainedByteBufSlice17(buf);
-    return new PluginMessagePacket(channel, data);
+      }
-  };
+      return factory.create(channel, data);
+    };
+  }
 
-  private final @Nullable String channel;
+  protected final @Nullable String channel;
 
-  public PluginMessagePacket(String channel,
+  protected AbstractPluginMessagePacket(String channel,
-                             @MonotonicNonNull ByteBuf backing) {
+                                     @MonotonicNonNull ByteBuf backing) {
     super(backing);
     this.channel = channel;
   }
@@ -54,11 +53,6 @@ public class PluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean handle(PacketHandler handler) {
-    return handler.handle(this);
-  }
-
   public String getChannel() {
     if (channel == null) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Channel is not specified.");
@@ -66,31 +60,6 @@ public class PluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet
     return channel;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public PluginMessagePacket replace(ByteBuf content) {
-    return new PluginMessagePacket(this.channel, content);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PluginMessagePacket retain() {
-    return (PluginMessagePacket) super.retain();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PluginMessagePacket retain(int increment) {
-    return (PluginMessagePacket) super.retain(increment);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PluginMessagePacket touch() {
-    return (PluginMessagePacket) super.touch();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PluginMessagePacket touch(Object hint) {
-    return (PluginMessagePacket) super.touch(hint);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean equals(final Object other) {
     if (this == other) {
@@ -99,7 +68,7 @@ public class PluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet
     if (other == null || this.getClass() != other.getClass()) {
       return false;
     }
-    final PluginMessagePacket that = (PluginMessagePacket) other;
+    final AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?> that = (AbstractPluginMessagePacket<?>) other;
     return Objects.equals(this.channel, that.channel)
       && super.equals(other);
   }
@@ -116,4 +85,8 @@ public class PluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet
       .add("data", this.contentToString())
       .toString();
   }
+
+  public interface Factory<P extends AbstractPluginMessagePacket<P>> {
+    P create(final String channel, final ByteBuf data);
+  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/AbstractStatusPingPacket.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.function.LongFunction;
 
 public abstract class AbstractStatusPingPacket implements Packet {
-  protected static <P extends AbstractStatusPingPacket> Decoder<P> decoder(final LongFunction<P> factory) {
+  protected static <P extends AbstractStatusPingPacket> PacketReader<P> decoder(final LongFunction<P> factory) {
     return (buf, direction, version) -> {
       final long randomId = buf.readLong();
       return factory.apply(randomId);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/Packet.java

@@ -15,26 +15,4 @@ public interface Packet {
 
   boolean handle(PacketHandler handler);
 
-  interface Decoder<P extends Packet> {
-    P decode(final ByteBuf buf, final PacketDirection direction, final ProtocolVersion version);
-
-    static <P extends Packet> Decoder<P> unsupported() {
-      return (buf, direction, version) -> {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-      };
-    }
-
-    static <P extends Packet> Decoder<P> instance(final P packet) {
-      return (buf, direction, version) -> packet;
-    }
-
-    @Deprecated
-    static <P extends Packet> Decoder<P> method(final Supplier<P> factory) {
-      return (buf, direction, version) -> {
-        final P packet = factory.get();
-        packet.decode(buf, direction, version);
-        return packet;
-      };
-    }
-  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/PacketHandler.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundJoinGameP
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundRespawnPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound.ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket;
@@ -26,18 +27,14 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundEncryptio
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundPluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundServerLoginPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundStatusPingPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundStatusRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.shared.PluginMessagePacket;
 
 public interface PacketHandler {
-  default boolean handle(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /*
    * Clientbound
    */
@@ -82,6 +79,10 @@ public interface PacketHandler {
     return false;
   }
 
+  default boolean handle(ClientboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   default boolean handle(ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket packet) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ public interface PacketHandler {
     return false;
   }
 
+  default boolean handle(ServerboundPluginMessagePacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   default boolean handle(ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket packet) {
     return false;
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/PacketReader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet;
+
+import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+public interface PacketReader<P extends Packet> {
+  P read(final ByteBuf buf, final PacketDirection direction, final ProtocolVersion version);
+
+  static <P extends Packet> PacketReader<P> unsupported() {
+    return (buf, direction, version) -> {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    };
+  }
+
+  static <P extends Packet> PacketReader<P> instance(final P packet) {
+    return (buf, direction, version) -> packet;
+  }
+
+  @Deprecated
+  static <P extends Packet> PacketReader<P> method(final Supplier<P> factory) {
+    return (buf, direction, version) -> {
+      final P packet = factory.get();
+      packet.decode(buf, direction, version);
+      return packet;
+    };
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.serialization.brigadier.ArgumentPropertyRegistry;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Object2IntLinkedOpenHashMap;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundAvailableCommandsPacket::new);
 
   private static final Command<CommandSource> PLACEHOLDER_COMMAND = source -> 0;
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundBossBarPacket.java

@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundBossBarPacket implements Packet {
 
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundBossBarPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundBossBarPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundBossBarPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundBossBarPacket::new);
 
   public static final int ADD = 0;
   public static final int REMOVE = 1;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundChatPacket.java

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundChatPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundChatPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundChatPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundChatPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundChatPacket::new);
 
   public static final byte CHAT_TYPE = (byte) 0;
   public static final byte SYSTEM_TYPE = (byte) 1;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundDisconnectPacket.java

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundDisconnectPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundDisconnectPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundDisconnectPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundDisconnectPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundDisconnectPacket::new);
 
   private @Nullable String reason;
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket.java

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundEncryptionRequestPacket::new);
 
   private String serverId = "";
   private byte[] publicKey = EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket.java

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket::new);
 
   private static final String EMPTY_COMPONENT = "{\"translate\":\"\"}";
   private static final ClientboundHeaderAndFooterPacket RESET

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundJoinGamePacket.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.BinaryTagTypes;
 import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.ListBinaryTag;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundJoinGamePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundJoinGamePacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundJoinGamePacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundJoinGamePacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundJoinGamePacket::new);
 
   private int entityId;
   private short gamemode;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundKeepAlivePacket.java

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 
 public class ClientboundKeepAlivePacket extends AbstractKeepAlivePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundKeepAlivePacket> DECODER = decoder(ClientboundKeepAlivePacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundKeepAlivePacket> DECODER = decoder(ClientboundKeepAlivePacket::new);
 
   public ClientboundKeepAlivePacket(final long randomId) {
     super(randomId);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.DefaultByteBufHolder;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundLoginPluginMessagePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final int id = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     final String channel = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
     final ByteBuf data;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundPlayerListItemPacket::new);
 
   public static final int ADD_PLAYER = 0;
   public static final int UPDATE_GAMEMODE = 1;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundPluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound;
+
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+public class ClientboundPluginMessagePacket extends AbstractPluginMessagePacket<ClientboundPluginMessagePacket> implements Packet {
+  public static final Factory<ClientboundPluginMessagePacket> FACTORY = ClientboundPluginMessagePacket::new;
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundPluginMessagePacket> DECODER = decoder(FACTORY);
+
+  public ClientboundPluginMessagePacket(final String channel, final ByteBuf backing) {
+    super(channel, backing);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(PacketHandler handler) {
+    return handler.handle(this);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ClientboundPluginMessagePacket replace(ByteBuf content) {
+    return new ClientboundPluginMessagePacket(this.channel, content);
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket.java

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final String url = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
     final String hash = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
     return new ClientboundResourcePackRequestPacket(url, hash);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundRespawnPacket.java

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
 
 public class ClientboundRespawnPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundRespawnPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundRespawnPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundRespawnPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundRespawnPacket::new);
 
   private int dimension;
   private long partialHashedSeed;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket.java

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundServerLoginSuccessPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final UUID uuid;
     if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_16)) {
       uuid = ProtocolUtils.readUuidIntArray(buf);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundSetCompressionPacket.java

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ClientboundSetCompressionPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundSetCompressionPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundSetCompressionPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final int threshold = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     return new ClientboundSetCompressionPacket(threshold);
   };

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundStatusPingPacket.java

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.clientbound;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractStatusPingPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 
 public class ClientboundStatusPingPacket extends AbstractStatusPingPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundStatusPingPacket> DECODER = decoder(ClientboundStatusPingPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundStatusPingPacket> DECODER = decoder(ClientboundStatusPingPacket::new);
 
   public ClientboundStatusPingPacket(final long randomId) {
     super(randomId);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundStatusResponsePacket.java

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundStatusResponsePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundStatusResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundStatusResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final String status = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf, Short.MAX_VALUE);
     return new ClientboundStatusResponsePacket(status);
   };

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ClientboundTabCompleteResponsePacket::new);
 
   private int transactionId;
   private int start;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/clientbound/ClientboundTitlePacket.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.DurationUtils;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ClientboundTitlePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ClientboundTitlePacket> DECODER = Decoder.unsupported();
+  public static final PacketReader<ClientboundTitlePacket> DECODER = PacketReader.unsupported();
 
   public static ClientboundTitlePacket hide(final ProtocolVersion version) {
     return version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_11)

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundChatPacket.java

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ServerboundChatPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundChatPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundChatPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final String message = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);
     return new ServerboundChatPacket(message);
   };

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundClientSettingsPacket.java

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ServerboundClientSettingsPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundClientSettingsPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ServerboundClientSettingsPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundClientSettingsPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ServerboundClientSettingsPacket::new);
 
   private @Nullable String locale;
   private byte viewDistance;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket.java

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final byte[] sharedSecret;
     final byte[] verifyToken;
     if (version.gte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_8)) {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket implements Packet {
   private final byte[] sharedSecret;
   private final byte[] verifyToken;
 
-  public ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket(final byte[] sharedSecret, final byte[] verifyToken) {
+  private ServerboundEncryptionResponsePacket(final byte[] sharedSecret, final byte[] verifyToken) {
     this.sharedSecret = sharedSecret;
     this.verifyToken = verifyToken;
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundHandshakePacket.java

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ServerboundHandshakePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundHandshakePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundHandshakePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     int realProtocolVersion = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     final ProtocolVersion protocolVersion = ProtocolVersion.getProtocolVersion(realProtocolVersion);
     final String hostname = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundKeepAlivePacket.java

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractKeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 
 public class ServerboundKeepAlivePacket extends AbstractKeepAlivePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundKeepAlivePacket> DECODER = decoder(ServerboundKeepAlivePacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundKeepAlivePacket> DECODER = decoder(ServerboundKeepAlivePacket::new);
 
   public ServerboundKeepAlivePacket(final long randomId) {
     super(randomId);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.DefaultByteBufHolder;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 
 public class ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket extends DefaultByteBufHolder implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundLoginPluginResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final int id = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     final boolean success = buf.readBoolean();
     final ByteBuf data;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundPluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound;
+
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractPluginMessagePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+public class ServerboundPluginMessagePacket extends AbstractPluginMessagePacket<ServerboundPluginMessagePacket> implements Packet {
+  public static final Factory<ServerboundPluginMessagePacket> FACTORY = ServerboundPluginMessagePacket::new;
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundPluginMessagePacket> DECODER = decoder(FACTORY);
+
+  public ServerboundPluginMessagePacket(final String channel, final ByteBuf backing) {
+    super(channel, backing);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(PacketHandler handler) {
+    return handler.handle(this);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ServerboundPluginMessagePacket replace(ByteBuf content) {
+    return new ServerboundPluginMessagePacket(this.channel, content);
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket.java

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundResourcePackResponsePacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final String hash;
     if (version.lte(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_9_4)) {
       hash = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundServerLoginPacket.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.except.QuietDecoderException;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 public class ServerboundServerLoginPacket implements Packet {
   private static final QuietDecoderException EMPTY_USERNAME = new QuietDecoderException("Empty username!");
 
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundServerLoginPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundServerLoginPacket> DECODER = (buf, direction, version) -> {
     final String username = ProtocolUtils.readString(buf, 16);
     if (username.isEmpty()) {
       throw EMPTY_USERNAME;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundStatusPingPacket.java

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.AbstractStatusPingPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 
 public class ServerboundStatusPingPacket extends AbstractStatusPingPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundStatusPingPacket> DECODER = decoder(ServerboundStatusPingPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundStatusPingPacket> DECODER = decoder(ServerboundStatusPingPacket::new);
 
   public ServerboundStatusPingPacket(final long randomId) {
     super(randomId);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundStatusRequestPacket.java

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
 public class ServerboundStatusRequestPacket implements Packet {
   public static final ServerboundStatusRequestPacket INSTANCE = new ServerboundStatusRequestPacket();
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundStatusRequestPacket> DECODER = Decoder.instance(INSTANCE);
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundStatusRequestPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.instance(INSTANCE);
 
   private ServerboundStatusRequestPacket() {
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/packet/serverbound/ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket.java

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.Packet;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketReader;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 public class ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket implements Packet {
-  public static final Decoder<ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket> DECODER = Decoder.method(ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket::new);
+  public static final PacketReader<ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket> DECODER = PacketReader.method(ServerboundTabCompleteRequestPacket::new);
 
   private static final int VANILLA_MAX_TAB_COMPLETE_LEN = 2048;
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/pipeline/MinecraftDecoder.java

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class MinecraftDecoder extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
     int packetId = ProtocolUtils.readVarInt(buf);
     Packet packet = null;
     try {
-      packet = this.registry.decodePacket(packetId, buf, direction, registry.version);
+      packet = this.registry.readPacket(packetId, buf, direction, registry.version);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw handleDecodeFailure(e, packet, packetId); // TODO: packet is always null
     }

proxy/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/PacketRegistryTest.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.PacketDirection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundHandshakePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.packet.serverbound.ServerboundStatusPingPacket;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class PacketRegistryTest {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class PacketRegistryTest {
   @Test
   void packetRegistryWorks() {
     StateRegistry.PacketRegistry registry = setupRegistry();
-    Packet packet = registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12).createPacket(0);
+    Packet packet = registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12).readPacket(0, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER, PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12);
     assertNotNull(packet, "Packet was not found in registry");
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
         packet.getClass(), "Registry returned wrong class");
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class PacketRegistryTest {
   @Test
   void packetRegistryLinkingWorks() {
     StateRegistry.PacketRegistry registry = setupRegistry();
-    Packet packet = registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_1).createPacket(0);
+    Packet packet = registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_1).readPacket(0, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER, PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12);
     assertNotNull(packet, "Packet was not found in registry");
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
         packet.getClass(), "Registry returned wrong class");
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class PacketRegistryTest {
         "Registry did not return the correct packet ID");
     assertEquals(1, registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_11).getPacketId(packet),
         "Registry did not return the correct packet ID");
-    assertNull(registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_14_2).createPacket(0x01),
+    assertNull(registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_14_2).readPacket(0x01, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER, PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12),
         "Registry should return a null");
   }
 
@@ -126,14 +127,19 @@ class PacketRegistryTest {
         new StateRegistry.PacketMapping(0x01, MINECRAFT_1_12_1, false),
         new StateRegistry.PacketMapping(0x02, MINECRAFT_1_13, false));
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
-        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12).createPacket(0x00).getClass());
+        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12).readPacket(0x00, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER,
+            PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12).getClass());
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
-        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_1).createPacket(0x01).getClass());
+        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_1).readPacket(0x01, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER,
+            PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12).getClass());
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
-        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_2).createPacket(0x01).getClass());
+        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_12_2).readPacket(0x01, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER,
+            PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12).getClass());
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
-        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_13).createPacket(0x02).getClass());
+        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_13).readPacket(0x02, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER,
+            PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12).getClass());
     assertEquals(ServerboundHandshakePacket.class,
-        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_14_2).createPacket(0x02).getClass());
+        registry.getProtocolRegistry(MINECRAFT_1_14_2).readPacket(0x02, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER,
+            PacketDirection.SERVERBOUND, MINECRAFT_1_12).getClass());
   }
 }