From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MeFisto94 <MeFisto94@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 01:41:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Expose the Entity Counter to allow plugins to use valid and
 non-conflicting Entity Ids


diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
index 601d7171d182f56442b1dcea8429737ef3909e84..460b94538a990a5d136c0c07166887940347c6e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
@@ -170,5 +170,12 @@ public interface UnsafeValues {
     byte[] serializeItem(ItemStack item);
 
     ItemStack deserializeItem(byte[] data);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns the next EntityId available.
+     * <p>
+     * Use this when sending custom packets, so that there are no collisions on the client or server.
+     */
+    public int nextEntityId();
     // Paper end
 }