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common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/data/UserConnection.java

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.exception.CancelException;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.exception.InformativeException;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.packets.Direction;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.base.ProtocolInfo;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.ChatColorUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.PipelineUtil;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public class UserConnection {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param channel
      * @see #UserConnection(Channel, boolean)
      */
     public UserConnection(@Nullable Channel channel) {
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ public class UserConnection {
 
         pendingDisconnect = true;
         Via.getPlatform().runSync(() -> {
-            if (!Via.getPlatform().disconnect(this, ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', reason))) {
+            if (!Via.getPlatform().disconnect(this, ChatColorUtil.translateAlternateColorCodes(reason))) {
                 channel.close(); // =)
             }
         });

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/commands/ViaCommandHandler.java

@@ -1,14 +1,30 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.commands;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaCommandSender;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaSubCommand;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaVersionCommand;
-import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.*;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.AutoTeamSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.DebugSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.DisplayLeaksSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.DontBugMeSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.DumpSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.HelpSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.ListSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.PPSSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs.ReloadSubCmd;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.ChatColorUtil;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 public abstract class ViaCommandHandler implements ViaVersionCommand {
     private final Map<String, ViaSubCommand> commandMap;
@@ -148,11 +164,7 @@ public abstract class ViaCommandHandler implements ViaVersionCommand {
      * @return The output String
      */
     public static String color(String string) {
-        try {
+        return ChatColorUtil.translateAlternateColorCodes(string);
-            string = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', string); //Dont replace all & with $ like we did before.
-        } catch (Exception ignored) {
-        }
-        return string;
     }
 
     /**

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/commands/defaultsubs/DumpSubCmd.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.defaultsubs;
 
 import com.google.common.io.CharStreams;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.ViaManager;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaCommandSender;
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public class DumpSubCmd extends ViaSubCommand {
                 try {
                     con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL("https://dump.viaversion.com/documents").openConnection();
                 } catch (IOException e) {
-                    sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "Failed to dump, please check the console for more information");
+                    sender.sendMessage("§4Failed to dump, please check the console for more information");
                     Via.getPlatform().getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Could not paste ViaVersion dump to ViaVersion Dump", e);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ public class DumpSubCmd extends ViaSubCommand {
                     out.close();
 
                     if (con.getResponseCode() == 429) {
-                        sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "You can only paste ones every minute to protect our systems.");
+                        sender.sendMessage("§4You can only paste ones every minute to protect our systems.");
                         return;
                     }
 
@@ -87,9 +86,9 @@ public class DumpSubCmd extends ViaSubCommand {
                     if (!output.has("key"))
                         throw new InvalidObjectException("Key is not given in Hastebin output");
 
-                    sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.GREEN + "We've made a dump with useful information, report your issue and provide this url: " + getUrl(output.get("key").getAsString()));
+                    sender.sendMessage("§2We've made a dump with useful information, report your issue and provide this url: " + getUrl(output.get("key").getAsString()));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    sender.sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "Failed to dump, please check the console for more information");
+                    sender.sendMessage("§4Failed to dump, please check the console for more information");
                     Via.getPlatform().getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "Could not paste ViaVersion dump to Hastebin", e);
                     try {
                         if (con.getResponseCode() < 200 || con.getResponseCode() > 400) {

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/base/BaseProtocol1_7.java

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Pair;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.remapper.PacketRemapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.type.Type;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.packets.State;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_9to1_8.Protocol1_9To1_8;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.ChatColorUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class BaseProtocol1_7 extends SimpleProtocol {
                             if (!wrapper.user().shouldApplyBlockProtocol()) return;
 
                             PacketWrapper disconnectPacket = new PacketWrapper(0x00, null, wrapper.user()); // Disconnect Packet
-                            Protocol1_9To1_8.FIX_JSON.write(disconnectPacket, ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', Via.getConfig().getBlockedDisconnectMsg()));
+                            Protocol1_9To1_8.FIX_JSON.write(disconnectPacket, ChatColorUtil.translateAlternateColorCodes(Via.getConfig().getBlockedDisconnectMsg()));
                             wrapper.cancel(); // cancel current
 
                             // Send and close

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/ChatRewriter.java

@@ -1,96 +1,43 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.rewriters.ComponentRewriter;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.data.ComponentRewriter1_13;
-import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 
 public class ChatRewriter {
     private static final ComponentRewriter COMPONENT_REWRITER = new ComponentRewriter1_13();
 
-    // Based on https://github.com/SpigotMC/BungeeCord/blob/master/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
+    public static String legacyTextToJsonString(String message, boolean itemData) {
-    public static String fromLegacyTextAsString(String message, ChatColor defaultColor, boolean itemData) {
+        Component component = Component.text(builder -> {
-        TextComponent headComponent = new TextComponent();
-        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
             if (itemData) {
-            // Workaround for all italic lore
+                builder.decoration(TextDecoration.ITALIC, false);
-            headComponent.setItalic(false);
-            //TODO set first child to italics if it doesn't have a color
             }
-
+            builder.append(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(message));
-        for (int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++) {
+        });
-            char c = message.charAt(i);
+        return GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serialize(component);
-            if (c == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) {
-                if (++i >= message.length()) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                c = message.charAt(i);
-                if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
-                    c += 32;
-                }
-                ChatColor format = ChatColor.getByChar(c);
-                if (format == null) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if (builder.length() > 0) {
-                    TextComponent old = component;
-                    component = new TextComponent(old);
-                    old.setText(builder.toString());
-                    builder = new StringBuilder();
-                    headComponent.addExtra(old);
-                }
-                if (ChatColor.BOLD.equals(format)) {
-                    component.setBold(true);
-                } else if (ChatColor.ITALIC.equals(format)) {
-                    component.setItalic(true);
-                } else if (ChatColor.UNDERLINE.equals(format)) {
-                    component.setUnderlined(true);
-                } else if (ChatColor.STRIKETHROUGH.equals(format)) {
-                    component.setStrikethrough(true);
-                } else if (ChatColor.MAGIC.equals(format)) {
-                    component.setObfuscated(true);
-                } else if (ChatColor.RESET.equals(format)) {
-                    format = defaultColor;
-
-                    component = new TextComponent();
-                    component.setColor(format);
-                } else {
-                    component = new TextComponent();
-                    component.setColor(format);
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            builder.append(c);
-        }
-
-        component.setText(builder.toString());
-        headComponent.addExtra(component);
-
-        return ComponentSerializer.toString(headComponent);
-    }
-
-    public static JsonElement fromLegacyText(String message, ChatColor defaultColor) {
-        return GsonUtil.getJsonParser().parse(fromLegacyTextAsString(message, defaultColor, false));
-    }
-
-    public static JsonElement legacyTextToJson(String legacyText) {
-        return fromLegacyText(legacyText, ChatColor.WHITE);
     }
 
     public static String legacyTextToJsonString(String legacyText) {
-        return fromLegacyTextAsString(legacyText, ChatColor.WHITE, false);
+        return legacyTextToJsonString(legacyText, false);
     }
 
-    public static String jsonTextToLegacy(String value) {
+    public static JsonElement legacyTextToJson(String legacyText) {
+        return JsonParser.parseString(legacyTextToJsonString(legacyText, false));
+    }
+
+    public static String jsonToLegacyText(String value) {
         try {
-            return TextComponent.toLegacyText(ComponentSerializer.parse(value));
+            Component component = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(value);
+            return LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(component);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Via.getPlatform().getLogger().warning("Error converting json text to legacy: " + value);
+            e.printStackTrace();
             return "";
         }
     }

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/Protocol1_13To1_12_2.java

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.data.UserConnection;
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.storage.BlockStorage;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.storage.EntityTracker1_13;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.storage.TabCompleteTracker;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_9_3to1_9_1_2.storage.ClientWorld;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.ChatColorUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class Protocol1_13To1_12_2 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_12_1, ClientboundPackets1_13, ServerboundPackets1_12_1, ServerboundPackets1_13> {
 
     public static final MappingData MAPPINGS = new MappingData();
+    // These are arbitrary rewrite values, it just needs an invalid color code character.
+    private static final Map<Character, Character> SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Set<Character> FORMATTING_CODES = Sets.newHashSet('k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'r');
+
+    static {
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('0', 'g');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('1', 'h');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('2', 'i');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('3', 'j');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('4', 'p');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('5', 'q');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('6', 's');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('7', 't');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('8', 'u');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('9', 'v');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('a', 'w');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('b', 'x');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('c', 'y');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('d', 'z');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('e', '!');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('f', '?');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('k', '#');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('l', '(');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('m', ')');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('n', ':');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('o', ';');
+        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put('r', '/');
+    }
 
     public Protocol1_13To1_12_2() {
         super(ClientboundPackets1_12_1.class, ClientboundPackets1_13.class, ServerboundPackets1_12_1.class, ServerboundPackets1_13.class);
@@ -115,36 +143,6 @@ public class Protocol1_13To1_12_2 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_12_1, Cli
                 }).send(Protocol1_13To1_12_2.class);
             };
 
-    // These are arbitrary rewrite values, it just needs an invalid color code character.
-    protected static final Map<ChatColor, Character> SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE = new HashMap<>();
-    private static final Set<ChatColor> FORMATTING_CODES = Sets.newHashSet(ChatColor.MAGIC, ChatColor.BOLD, ChatColor.STRIKETHROUGH,
-            ChatColor.UNDERLINE, ChatColor.ITALIC, ChatColor.RESET);
-
-    static {
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.BLACK, 'g');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE, 'h');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_GREEN, 'i');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_AQUA, 'j');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_RED, 'p');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_PURPLE, 'q');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.GOLD, 's');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.GRAY, 't');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.DARK_GRAY, 'u');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.BLUE, 'v');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.GREEN, 'w');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.AQUA, 'x');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.RED, 'y');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE, 'z');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.YELLOW, '!');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.WHITE, '?');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.MAGIC, '#');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.BOLD, '(');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.STRIKETHROUGH, ')');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.UNDERLINE, ':');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.ITALIC, ';');
-        SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.put(ChatColor.RESET, '/');
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void registerPackets() {
         MetadataRewriter metadataRewriter = new MetadataRewriter1_13To1_12_2(this);
@@ -625,9 +623,9 @@ public class Protocol1_13To1_12_2 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_12_1, Cli
                             }
 
                             if (Via.getConfig().is1_13TeamColourFix()) {
-                                ChatColor lastColor = getLastColor(prefix);
+                                char lastColorChar = getLastColorChar(prefix);
-                                colour = lastColor.ordinal();
+                                colour = ChatColorUtil.getColorOrdinal(lastColorChar);
-                                suffix = lastColor.toString() + suffix;
+                                suffix = ChatColorUtil.COLOR_CHAR + Character.toString(lastColorChar) + suffix;
                             }
 
                             wrapper.write(Type.VAR_INT, colour);
@@ -1049,36 +1047,33 @@ public class Protocol1_13To1_12_2 extends Protocol<ClientboundPackets1_12_1, Cli
     }
 
     // Based on method from https://github.com/Bukkit/Bukkit/blob/master/src/main/java/org/bukkit/ChatColor.java
-    public ChatColor getLastColor(String input) {
+    public char getLastColorChar(String input) {
         int length = input.length();
-
         for (int index = length - 1; index > -1; index--) {
             char section = input.charAt(index);
-            if (section == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR && index < length - 1) {
+            if (section == ChatColorUtil.COLOR_CHAR && index < length - 1) {
                 char c = input.charAt(index + 1);
-                ChatColor color = ChatColor.getByChar(c);
+                if (ChatColorUtil.isColorCode(c) && !FORMATTING_CODES.contains(c)) {
-                if (color != null && !FORMATTING_CODES.contains(color)) {
+                    return c;
-                    return color;
                 }
             }
         }
-
+        return 'r';
-        return ChatColor.RESET;
     }
 
     protected String rewriteTeamMemberName(String name) {
         // The Display Name is just colours which overwrites the suffix
         // It also overwrites for ANY colour in name but most plugins
         // will just send colour as 'invisible' character
-        if (ChatColor.stripColor(name).isEmpty()) {
+        if (ChatColorUtil.stripColor(name).isEmpty()) {
             StringBuilder newName = new StringBuilder();
             for (int i = 1; i < name.length(); i += 2) {
                 char colorChar = name.charAt(i);
-                Character rewrite = SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.get(ChatColor.getByChar(colorChar));
+                Character rewrite = SCOREBOARD_TEAM_NAME_REWRITE.get(colorChar);
                 if (rewrite == null) {
                     rewrite = colorChar;
                 }
-                newName.append(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR).append(rewrite);
+                newName.append(ChatColorUtil.COLOR_CHAR).append(rewrite);
             }
             name = newName.toString();
         }

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
 import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.minecraft.item.Item;
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ public class InventoryPackets {
                 if (display.get("Name") instanceof StringTag) {
                     StringTag name = display.get("Name");
                     display.put(new StringTag(NBT_TAG_NAME + "|Name", name.getValue()));
-                    name.setValue(ChatRewriter.fromLegacyTextAsString(name.getValue(), ChatColor.WHITE, true));
+                    name.setValue(ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(name.getValue(), true));
                 }
             }
             // ench is now Enchantments and now uses identifiers
@@ -561,7 +560,7 @@ public class InventoryPackets {
                 if (display.get("Name") instanceof StringTag) {
                     StringTag name = display.get("Name");
                     StringTag via = display.remove(NBT_TAG_NAME + "|Name");
-                    name.setValue(via != null ? via.getValue() : ChatRewriter.jsonTextToLegacy(name.getValue()));
+                    name.setValue(via != null ? via.getValue() : ChatRewriter.jsonToLegacyText(name.getValue()));
                 }
             }
 

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_14to1_13_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.*;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.minecraft.item.Item;
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ public class InventoryPackets {
                 display.put(new ListTag(NBT_TAG_NAME + "|Lore", lore.clone().getValue())); // Save old lore
                 for (Tag loreEntry : lore) {
                     if (loreEntry instanceof StringTag) {
-                        String jsonText = ChatRewriter.fromLegacyTextAsString(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue(), ChatColor.WHITE, true);
+                        String jsonText = ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue(), true);
                         ((StringTag) loreEntry).setValue(jsonText);
                     }
                 }
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ public class InventoryPackets {
                 } else {
                     for (Tag loreEntry : lore) {
                         if (loreEntry instanceof StringTag) {
-                            ((StringTag) loreEntry).setValue(ChatRewriter.jsonTextToLegacy(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue()));
+                            ((StringTag) loreEntry).setValue(ChatRewriter.jsonToLegacyText(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue()));
                         }
                     }
                 }

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/update/UpdateUtil.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package us.myles.ViaVersion.update;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class UpdateUtil {
 
-    public static final String PREFIX = ChatColor.GREEN + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "[ViaVersion] " + ChatColor.GREEN;
+    public static final String PREFIX = "§a§l[ViaVersion] §a";
     private static final String URL = "https://api.spiget.org/v2/resources/";
     private static final int PLUGIN = 19254;
     private static final String LATEST_VERSION = "/versions/latest";

common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/util/ChatColorUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package us.myles.ViaVersion.util;
+
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntMap;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2IntOpenHashMap;
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+// Based on https://github.com/SpigotMC/BungeeCord/blob/master/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
+public class ChatColorUtil {
+
+    public static final String ALL_CODES = "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfKkLlMmNnOoRrXx";
+    public static final char COLOR_CHAR = '§';
+    public static final Pattern STRIP_COLOR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?i)" + COLOR_CHAR + "[0-9A-FK-ORX]");
+    private static final Int2IntMap COLOR_ORDINALS = new Int2IntOpenHashMap();
+    private static int ordinalCounter;
+
+    static {
+        addColorOrindal('0', '9');
+        addColorOrindal('a', 'f');
+        addColorOrindal('k', 'o');
+        addColorOrindal('r');
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isColorCode(char c) {
+        return COLOR_ORDINALS.containsKey(c);
+    }
+
+    public static int getColorOrdinal(char c) {
+        return COLOR_ORDINALS.getOrDefault(c, -1);
+    }
+
+    public static String translateAlternateColorCodes(String s) {
+        char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
+        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length - 1; i++) {
+            if (chars[i] == '&' && ALL_CODES.indexOf(chars[i + 1]) > -1) {
+                chars[i] = COLOR_CHAR;
+                chars[i + 1] = Character.toLowerCase(chars[i + 1]);
+            }
+        }
+        return new String(chars);
+    }
+
+    public static String stripColor(final String input) {
+        return STRIP_COLOR_PATTERN.matcher(input).replaceAll("");
+    }
+
+    private static void addColorOrindal(int from, int to) {
+        for (int c = from; c <= to; c++) {
+            addColorOrindal(c);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void addColorOrindal(int colorChar) {
+        COLOR_ORDINALS.put(colorChar, ordinalCounter++);
+    }
+}

sponge/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/SpongePlugin.java

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ package us.myles.ViaVersion;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
-import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import org.spongepowered.api.Game;
 import org.spongepowered.api.config.DefaultConfig;
 import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.Player;
@@ -25,13 +24,19 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.platform.ViaPlatform;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.dump.PluginInfo;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.commands.SpongeCommandHandler;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.commands.SpongeCommandSender;
-import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.*;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.SpongeTaskId;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.SpongeViaAPI;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.SpongeViaConfig;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.SpongeViaInjector;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.platform.SpongeViaLoader;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.util.LoggerWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.VersionInfo;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 @Plugin(id = "viaversion",
@@ -164,16 +169,8 @@ public class SpongePlugin implements ViaPlatform<Player> {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(UUID uuid, String message) {
-        game.getServer().getPlayer(uuid)
+        String serialized = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(message));
-                .ifPresent(player ->
+        game.getServer().getPlayer(uuid).ifPresent(player -> player.sendMessage(TextSerializers.JSON.deserialize(serialized))); // Hacky way to fix links //TODO ??
-                        player.sendMessage(
-                                TextSerializers.JSON.deserialize(
-                                        ComponentSerializer.toString(
-                                                TextComponent.fromLegacyText(message) // Hacky way to fix links
-                                        )
-                                )
-                        )
-                );
     }
 
     @Override

sponge/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/sponge/commands/SpongeCommandSender.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.sponge.commands;
 
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
-import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandSource;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.serializer.TextSerializers;
 import org.spongepowered.api.util.Identifiable;
@@ -23,13 +22,8 @@ public class SpongeCommandSender implements ViaCommandSender {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String msg) {
-        source.sendMessage(
+        String serialized = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(msg));
-                TextSerializers.JSON.deserialize(
+        source.sendMessage(TextSerializers.JSON.deserialize(serialized)); // Hacky way to fix links //TODO ??
-                        ComponentSerializer.toString(
-                                TextComponent.fromLegacyText(msg) // Hacky way to fix links
-                        )
-                )
-        );
     }
 
     @Override

velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/VelocityPlugin.java

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginContainer;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.annotation.DataDirectory;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
-import net.kyori.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
-import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaCommandSender;
@@ -26,7 +24,11 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.VersionInfo;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.command.VelocityCommandHandler;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.command.VelocityCommandSender;
-import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.*;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.VelocityTaskId;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.VelocityViaAPI;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.VelocityViaConfig;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.VelocityViaInjector;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.platform.VelocityViaLoader;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.service.ProtocolDetectorService;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.util.LoggerWrapper;
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ public class VelocityPlugin implements ViaPlatform<Player> {
     public void onProxyInit(ProxyInitializeEvent e) {
         PROXY = proxy;
         VelocityCommandHandler commandHandler = new VelocityCommandHandler();
-        PROXY.getCommandManager().register(commandHandler, "viaver", "vvvelocity", "viaversion");
+        PROXY.getCommandManager().register("viaver", commandHandler, "vvvelocity", "viaversion");
         api = new VelocityViaAPI();
         conf = new VelocityViaConfig(configDir.toFile());
         logger = new LoggerWrapper(loggerslf4j);
@@ -152,21 +154,13 @@ public class VelocityPlugin implements ViaPlatform<Player> {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(UUID uuid, String message) {
-        PROXY.getPlayer(uuid).ifPresent(it -> it.sendMessage(
+        PROXY.getPlayer(uuid).ifPresent(it -> it.sendMessage(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(message)));
-                GsonComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(
-                        ComponentSerializer.toString(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(message)) // Fixes links
-                )
-        ));
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean kickPlayer(UUID uuid, String message) {
         return PROXY.getPlayer(uuid).map(it -> {
-            it.disconnect(
+            it.disconnect(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(message));
-                    GsonComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(
-                            ComponentSerializer.toString(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(message))
-                    )
-            );
             return true;
         }).orElse(false);
     }

velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/command/VelocityCommandHandler.java

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.command;
 
-import com.velocitypowered.api.command.Command;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.command.SimpleCommand;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.commands.ViaCommandHandler;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.command.subs.ProbeSubCmd;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class VelocityCommandHandler extends ViaCommandHandler implements Command {
+public class VelocityCommandHandler extends ViaCommandHandler implements SimpleCommand {
     public VelocityCommandHandler() {
         try {
             registerSubCommand(new ProbeSubCmd());
@@ -18,12 +16,12 @@ public class VelocityCommandHandler extends ViaCommandHandler implements Command
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void execute(@NonNull CommandSource source, String[] args) {
+    public void execute(Invocation invocation) {
-        onCommand(new VelocityCommandSender(source), args);
+        onCommand(new VelocityCommandSender(invocation.source()), invocation.arguments());
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<String> suggest(@NonNull CommandSource source, String[] currentArgs) {
+    public List<String> suggest(Invocation invocation) {
-        return onTabComplete(new VelocityCommandSender(source), currentArgs);
+        return onTabComplete(new VelocityCommandSender(invocation.source()), invocation.arguments());
     }
 }

velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/command/VelocityCommandSender.java

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package us.myles.ViaVersion.velocity.command;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
-import net.kyori.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
-import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.command.ViaCommandSender;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -23,11 +21,7 @@ public class VelocityCommandSender implements ViaCommandSender {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String msg) {
-        source.sendMessage(
+        source.sendMessage(LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(msg));
-                GsonComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(
-                        ComponentSerializer.toString(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(msg)) // Fixes links
-                )
-        );
     }
 
     @Override