Paper/patches/api/0391-Block-Ticking-API.patch

From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen1212055 <23108066+Owen1212055@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:23:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Block Ticking API


diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/Block.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/Block.java
index 0b02bfce9ee01c6beb14348129ab86c751c01e54..aba40431c5a1ae43106a678445483e0653e130d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/Block.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/Block.java
@@ -588,6 +588,21 @@ public interface Block extends Metadatable, net.kyori.adventure.translation.Tran
      * @return true if the block was destroyed
      */
     boolean breakNaturally(@NotNull ItemStack tool, boolean triggerEffect, boolean dropExperience);
+
+    /**
+     * Causes the block to be ticked, this is different from {@link Block#randomTick()},
+     * in that it is usually scheduled to occur, for example
+     * redstone components being activated, sand falling, etc.
+     */
+    void tick();
+
+    /**
+     * Causes the block to be ticked randomly.
+     * This has a chance to execute naturally if {@link BlockData#isRandomlyTicked()} is true.
+     * <p>
+     * For certain blocks, this behavior may be the same as {@link Block#tick()}.
+     */
+    void randomTick();
     // Paper end
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/data/BlockData.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/data/BlockData.java
index 62273e32e87b0dbc568747a67156366d4d4972bd..bd987bd0a29618dfe07de50b194fd6fa694628ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/data/BlockData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/block/data/BlockData.java
@@ -151,4 +151,14 @@ public interface BlockData extends Cloneable {
      * @return true if the face is sturdy and can support a block, false otherwise
      */
     boolean isFaceSturdy(@NotNull BlockFace face, @NotNull BlockSupport support);
+
+    // Paper start - Tick API
+    /**
+     * Gets if this block is ticked randomly in the world.
+     * The blocks current state may change this value.
+     *
+     * @return is ticked randomly
+     */
+    boolean isRandomlyTicked();
+    // Paper end
 }