From 17a1e1a760a6a3d8dc9951b1ec7967e4f13e415a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: md_5 <git@md-5.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:58:22 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecation on some player lookup methods

Most of these methods still have plenty of use given that only one player with each name can exist at a time. Deprecating these methods renders even basic functionality such as /msg <name> impossible without causing compiler warnings. We will maintain this API and it should be considered safe and appropriate for most use cases.

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
index af5fe07..2ab17db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
@@ -372,12 +372,9 @@ public final class Bukkit {
      * <p>
      * This method may not return objects for offline players.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name the name to look up
      * @return a player if one was found, null otherwise
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public static Player getPlayer(String name) {
         return server.getPlayer(name);
     }
@@ -385,12 +382,9 @@ public final class Bukkit {
     /**
      * Gets the player with the exact given name, case insensitive.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name Exact name of the player to retrieve
      * @return a player object if one was found, null otherwise
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public static Player getPlayerExact(String name) {
         return server.getPlayerExact(name);
     }
@@ -402,12 +396,9 @@ public final class Bukkit {
      * This list is not sorted in any particular order. If an exact match is
      * found, the returned list will only contain a single result.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name the (partial) name to match
      * @return list of all possible players
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public static List<Player> matchPlayer(String name) {
         return server.matchPlayer(name);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
index a57d506..57b2794 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
@@ -308,23 +308,17 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient {
      * <p>
      * This method may not return objects for offline players.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name the name to look up
      * @return a player if one was found, null otherwise
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public Player getPlayer(String name);
 
     /**
      * Gets the player with the exact given name, case insensitive.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name Exact name of the player to retrieve
      * @return a player object if one was found, null otherwise
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public Player getPlayerExact(String name);
 
     /**
@@ -334,12 +328,9 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient {
      * This list is not sorted in any particular order. If an exact match is
      * found, the returned list will only contain a single result.
      *
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #getPlayer(UUID)} as player names are no longer
-     *     guaranteed to be unique
      * @param name the (partial) name to match
      * @return list of all possible players
      */
-    @Deprecated
     public List<Player> matchPlayer(String name);
 
     /**
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