Added more utility methods to the stream serializer class.

It now supports the default Minecraft string encodign (UTF-16).

ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/events/NetworkMarker.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.PriorityQueue;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
+import com.comphenix.protocol.utility.StreamSerializer;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ public class NetworkMarker {
 	
 	private final ConnectionSide side;
 	
+	// Cache serializer too
+	private StreamSerializer serializer;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Construct a new network marker.
 	 * <p>
@@ -50,6 +54,16 @@ public class NetworkMarker {
 		return side;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve a utility class for serializing and deserializing Minecraft objects.
+	 * @return Serialization utility class.
+	 */
+	public StreamSerializer getSerializer() {
+		if (serializer == null)
+			serializer = new StreamSerializer();
+		return serializer;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve the serialized packet data (excluding the header) from the network input stream.
 	 * <p>

ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/StreamSerializer.java

@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.fuzzy.FuzzyMethodContract;
  */
 public class StreamSerializer {
 	// Cached methods
-	private static Method readItemMethod;
+	private static Method READ_ITEM_METHOD;
-	private static Method writeItemMethod;
+	private static Method WRITE_ITEM_METHOD;
 
+	private static Method READ_STRING_METHOD;
+	private static Method WRITE_STRING_METHOD;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Read or deserialize an item stack from an underlying input stream.
 	 * <p>
@@ -40,8 +43,8 @@ public class StreamSerializer {
 	public ItemStack deserializeItemStack(@Nonnull DataInputStream input) throws IOException {
 		if (input == null)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input stream cannot be NULL.");
-		if (readItemMethod == null) {
+		if (READ_ITEM_METHOD == null) {
-			readItemMethod = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
+			READ_ITEM_METHOD = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
 					FuzzyMethodContract.newBuilder().
 					parameterCount(1).
 					parameterDerivedOf(DataInput.class).
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ public class StreamSerializer {
 					build());
 		}
 		try {
-			Object nmsItem = readItemMethod.invoke(null, input);
+			Object nmsItem = READ_ITEM_METHOD.invoke(null, input);
 			
 			// Convert back to a Bukkit item stack
 			return MinecraftReflection.getBukkitItemStack(nmsItem);
@@ -59,6 +62,41 @@ public class StreamSerializer {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Deserialize a string using the standard Minecraft UTF-16 encoding.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Note that strings cannot exceed 32767 characters, regardless if maximum lenght.
+	 * @param input - the input stream.
+	 * @param maximumLength - the maximum lenght of the string.
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public String deserializeString(@Nonnull DataInputStream input, int maximumLength) throws IOException {
+		if (input == null)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input stream cannot be NULL.");
+		if (maximumLength > 32767)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Maximum lenght cannot exceed 32767 characters.");
+		if (maximumLength < 0)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Maximum lenght cannot be negative.");
+		
+		if (READ_STRING_METHOD == null) {
+			READ_STRING_METHOD = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
+					FuzzyMethodContract.newBuilder().
+					parameterCount(2).
+					parameterDerivedOf(DataInput.class, 0).
+					parameterExactType(int.class, 1).
+					returnTypeExact(String.class).
+					build());
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			// Convert back to a Bukkit item stack
+			return (String) READ_STRING_METHOD.invoke(null, input, maximumLength);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new IOException("Cannot read Minecraft string.", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Deserialize an item stack from a base-64 encoded string.
 	 * @param input - base-64 encoded string.
@@ -68,7 +106,6 @@ public class StreamSerializer {
 	public ItemStack deserializeItemStack(@Nonnull String input) throws IOException {
 		if (input == null)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input text cannot be NULL.");
-		
 		ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64Coder.decodeLines(input));
 		
 		return deserializeItemStack(new DataInputStream(inputStream));
@@ -93,20 +130,53 @@ public class StreamSerializer {
 		// Get the NMS version of the ItemStack
 		Object nmsItem = MinecraftReflection.getMinecraftItemStack(stack);
 		
-		if (writeItemMethod == null)
+		if (WRITE_ITEM_METHOD == null)
-			writeItemMethod = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
+			WRITE_ITEM_METHOD = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
 					FuzzyMethodContract.newBuilder().
 					parameterCount(2).
 					parameterDerivedOf(MinecraftReflection.getItemStackClass(), 0).
 					parameterDerivedOf(DataOutput.class, 1).
 					build());
 		try {
-			writeItemMethod.invoke(null, nmsItem, output);
+			WRITE_ITEM_METHOD.invoke(null, nmsItem, output);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IOException("Cannot write item stack " + stack, e);
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Deserialize a string using the standard Minecraft UTF-16 encoding.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Note that strings cannot exceed 32767 characters, regardless if maximum lenght.
+	 * @param input - the input stream.
+	 * @param maximumLength - the maximum lenght of the string.
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public void serializeString(@Nonnull DataOutputStream output, String text) throws IOException {
+		if (output == null)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("output stream cannot be NULL.");
+		if (text == null)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("text cannot be NULL.");
+		
+		if (WRITE_STRING_METHOD == null) {
+			WRITE_STRING_METHOD = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(MinecraftReflection.getPacketClass()).getMethod(
+					FuzzyMethodContract.newBuilder().
+					parameterCount(2).
+					parameterExactType(String.class, 0).
+					parameterDerivedOf(DataOutput.class, 1).
+					returnTypeVoid().
+					build());
+		}
+		
+		try {
+			// Convert back to a Bukkit item stack
+			WRITE_STRING_METHOD.invoke(null, text, output);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new IOException("Cannot read Minecraft string.", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Serialize an item stack as a base-64 encoded string.
 	 * <p>

ProtocolLib/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/StreamSerializerTest.java

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package com.comphenix.protocol.utility;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.bukkit.Material;
@@ -33,4 +37,20 @@ public class StreamSerializerTest {
 		assertEquals(before.getType(), after.getType());
 		assertEquals(before.getAmount(), after.getAmount());
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testStrings() throws IOException {
+		StreamSerializer serializer = new StreamSerializer();
+		String initial = "Hello - this is a ÆØÅ test.";
+		
+		// Buffer
+		ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		serializer.serializeString(new DataOutputStream(buffer), initial);
+		
+		DataInputStream input = new DataInputStream(
+				new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer.toByteArray()));
+		String deserialized = serializer.deserializeString(input, 50);
+		
+		assertEquals(initial, deserialized);
+	}
 }