3D

3D

Performance overhaul — fire-and-forget calls, msgpack wire protocol, field cache invalidation, and reduced serialization payload.

Changes

Fire-and-Forget Calls

• Added call_fire_forget() to BridgeConnection — sends calls with no_response: true, skipping Future creation and await
• Added _call_ff() to ProxyBase — convenience wrapper for fire-and-forget bridge calls
• Java handleCall() checks no_response flag and skips result serialization + response sending
• Java executeBatchCalls() supports no_response per-call in both atomic and non-atomic batch paths
• Converted ~80+ void/setter methods on Entity and Player to fire-and-forget:
  • Entity: teleport, remove, velocity setter, fire_ticks setter, add_passenger/remove_passenger, custom_name setter, gravity/glowing/invisible/invulnerable/silent/persistent/collidable setters, portal_cooldown/freeze_ticks setters, eject, leave_vehicle, set_rotation
  • Entity (Mob): target setter, is_aware setter, stop_pathfinding, remove_all_goals
  • Player: damage, send_message, chat, kick, give_exp, add_effect/remove_effect, set_game_mode, set_scoreboard, set_op, play_sound, send_action_bar, send_title, tab list setters, health/food/level/exp setters, flying/sneaking/sprinting setters, walk/fly speed setters, send_resource_pack, absorption/saturation/exhaustion setters, allow_flight setter, hide_player/show_player, open_book, send_block_change, send_particle, set_cooldown, set_statistic, max_health setter, bed_spawn_location/compass_target setters, set_persistent_data

Field Cache Invalidation

• Added _invalidate_field() to ProxyBase — removes cached field values so next access fetches fresh data from Java
• Setters that modify cached values call _invalidate_field() before sending the fire-and-forget call, preventing desync:
  • teleport → invalidates location, world
  • give_exp → invalidates exp, level
  • set_game_mode → invalidates gameMode, game_mode
  • set_health → invalidates health
  • set_food_level → invalidates foodLevel, food_level
  • level setter → invalidates level
  • exp setter → invalidates exp
  • max_health setter → invalidates health

Reduced Serialization Payload

• Removed inventory from Player auto-serialization in BridgeSerializer — inventory is now fetched on demand instead of included in every Player object

Msgpack Wire Protocol

• Python: 3-tier serialization import chain — msgpack → orjson → stdlib json
• Python: handshake message sent as JSON on connect to negotiate format with Java
• Java: handleHandshake() switches useMsgpack flag on format negotiation
• Java: serializePayload()/deserializePayload() helper methods convert JsonObject ↔ msgpack at IPC boundaries
• Java: full msgpack ↔ Gson JsonElement tree conversion (unpackValue, packJsonElement) handling all types (nil, bool, int, float, string, binary, array, map)
• Java: bridgeLoop(), send(), sendAll(), sendWithTiming() all route through format-aware helpers
• Build: added com.gradleup.shadow plugin, org.msgpack:msgpack-core:0.9.8 shaded and relocated to com.pyjavabridge.libs.msgpack
• copyPluginJar and copyReleaseJar tasks updated to depend on shadowJar

Bug Fixes

• Fixed stray return self._call_sync(method) in _invalidate_field that would have crashed on every call

3C

3C

Plugging some old holes in the API. Full codebase cleanup. New extensions.

Changes

New Extensions

• LootTable: weighted loot pools with conditional entries, rolls, bonus rolls, and stacked item generation
• PlaceholderRegistry: register %placeholder% expansions with per-player context and batch resolve_many()
• TabList: full tab-list customization with header/footer templates, fake entries, groups with prefix/priority sorting
• Scheduler: cron-like real-world-time scheduling with @every() / @after() decorators and cancellation
• StateMachine: per-entity/player state machines with on_enter/on_exit/on_tick callbacks and event-driven transitions
• Schematic: extracted from Dungeon into standalone module (SchematicCapture.java + schematic.py)

New APIs

• @preserve decorator: hot-reload state persistence — caches return value to JSON and restores across /pjb reload
• Custom events: fire_event(event_name, data) — scripts can fire and listen to custom events across scripts
• Villager trade API: Villager.recipes (get/set), recipe_count, add_recipe(), clear_recipes()
• Entity subtypes: ArmorStand, Villager, ItemFrame, FallingBlock, AreaEffectCloud proxy classes
• Entity properties: velocity, fire_ticks, custom_name, gravity, glowing, invisible, invulnerable, silent, persistent, collidable, bounding_box, metadata
• Entity AI goals: goal_types, remove_goal(), remove_all_goals()
• Player: hidePlayer/showPlayer/canSee, openBook, sendBlockChange, sendParticle, cooldown management, statistics, getMaxHealth/setMaxHealth, bed spawn, compass target, PersistentDataContainer access
• Block: getDrops, getHardness, getBlastResistance, PersistentDataContainer for tile entities
• Item: durability, enchantments, item flags, isUnbreakable/setUnbreakable
• World: game rules, world border, getHighestBlockAt, generateTree, getNearbyEntities, batchSpawn, structure API (save/load/delete/list), createWorld/deleteWorld
• Entity.__bool__() via isValid()

Refactoring & Code Quality

• Comprehensive docstrings added across all Python modules and extensions
• Whitespace normalization and consistent spacing across Python source
• Type annotations tightened: lazy imports, Optional callables, assertion guards
• str.removeprefix() modernization replacing startswith() + slice
• server.players de-awaited in guild, leaderboard, npc, region (was incorrectly awaited)
• @preserve event handlers fixed: lambdas replaced with proper async def functions
• Gradle deprecation linting enabled: -Xlint:deprecation
• Gradle wrapper (8.5) added and committed

Optimizations — Java

• BridgeInstance: 24 pre-sized ArrayList/HashMap allocations (completions, handles, release ids, batch calls, responses, args, tab complete results, merchant recipe ingredients, sign lines, goal types, recipes, lore, item flags, structures, enchantments, spawn batches, tab list setter, process command)
• BridgeInstance: getDrops → List.copyOf(), clearRecipes → List.of()
• BridgeSerializer: stream→manual loop for list serialization, 6 pre-sized ArrayList/HashMap allocations, early List.of() return for null modifiers
• SchematicCapture: 11 pre-sized collections (HashMap, LinkedHashMap, ArrayList, HashSet), 3 stream→manual loop conversions (sum, sort)
• EventDispatcher: simplified getCachedMethod(), pre-sized lists in dispatchBlockMulti()
• ScriptCommand, PermissionsFacade, RaycastFacade, RegionFacade, EntitySpawner: pre-sized result collections

Optimizations — Python

• _ENUM_TYPE_MAPPING moved to module-level constant (was recreated on every enum deserialization)
• _JSON_SEPARATORS, _RESERVED_KWARGS frozenset, _MINECRAFT_PREFIXES tuple: module-level constants
• event_batch handler inlined: avoids temp dict creation and full re-dispatch per payload
• XYZ key check: direct "x" in d instead of frozenset.issubset(d.keys())
• import math / import logging moved to module-level
• __slots__ added to 27 classes across helpers and extensions
• NPC: squared distance comparison, cached NPC coords outside player loop
• Region: batch-fetch all player locations once per tick, inline bounds check
• Mana: cached instance attributes as locals in regen loop
• Bank: inlined transfer() to avoid double _save()
• Levels: eliminated double xp lookup in add_xp, xp_to_next/progress avoid redundant bridge call
• Ability: inlined remaining_cooldown to avoid double time.time() + double dict lookup
• Leaderboard: tuple-based medal lookup
• Quest: cached locals in async task loops
• Guild: cached member set reference and pre-formatted message
• Cooldown: single .get() lookup instead of in + []
• _toml_write_table(): single-pass scalar/sub-table separation
• UUID cache eviction: indexed deletion instead of slice allocation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed server.players incorrectly awaited in guild, leaderboard, npc, region
• Fixed @preserve event handler signature (lambda → async def)
• Fixed setLore NPE when argument is not a list (added else branch with List.of())

Documentation & Tooling

• Docs updated for all new extensions (LootTable, Placeholder, TabList, Scheduler, StateMachine)
• Villager trade API documented
• Type stubs updated for all new APIs and extensions
• Gradle wrapper committed

3B - Optimization update

3B

Performance optimization pass — caching, data structures, and hot-path improvements across Java and Python.

Changes

Java — Reflection & Caching

• Cache getMethods() per class in BridgeInstance and RefFacade — avoids repeated reflection on every reflective invoke
• Cache NMS reflection handles (parseTag, getHandle, spawnNonLivingNms helpers) in EntitySpawner static fields
• Cache LuckPerms API instance and Node/InheritanceNode class objects in PermissionsFacade
• Cache resolved event classes across 13 Bukkit packages in EventSubscription — avoids repeated Class.forName() for known events
• Build static Map<String, PacketType> lookup tables in PacketBridge — O(1) packet type resolution
• Merge dual method+miss cache into single ConcurrentHashMap<String, Optional<Method>> in EventDispatcher and BridgeSerializer
• Cache getLogicalTypeName() per concrete class in BridgeSerializer — avoids repeated instanceof chains on every serialize

Java — Serialization & I/O

• ThreadLocal ByteArrayOutputStream for send() — avoids allocation per outgoing message
• ThreadLocal identity-hash set for cyclic reference detection in serialize() — reused across calls
• New sendAll() method batches multiple responses under a single lock + flush for batch/frame calls
• ItemStack meta: call displayName()/lore() once with null check instead of has*()+get*() pairs
• Shallow top-level entry copy instead of deepCopy() for per-block event payloads in EventDispatcher
• Reduce per-pixel overhead in spawnImagePixels — single get() + null check replaces has()+get() pairs

Java — Data Structures & Dispatch

• BridgeInstance.invoke(): else-if dispatch chain replaces sequential instanceof checks — first match wins
• ObjectRegistry: StampedLock replaces synchronized block — lock-free reads via ConcurrentHashMap, write lock only for register/release
• DebugManager: CopyOnWriteArraySet replaces synchronizedSet — writes are rare (toggle), reads (broadcast) are frequent
• PlayerUuidResolver: static HttpClient singleton, LRU eviction via LinkedHashMap, cached usercache.json parse with timestamp
• ScriptCommand: pre-lowercase tab completions at registration — avoids toLowerCase() on every keystroke
• EventSubscription.lastDispatchNano marked volatile for safe cross-thread reads
• Expanded thread-safe method sets for Server, OfflinePlayer, and Entity — more calls skip main-thread dispatch
• Static empty JsonObject sentinel for missing args in invoke()

Python — Connection & Dispatch

• Lazy module-level imports in connection.py — _ensure_lazy_imports() populates references once, avoids per-call import/from overhead
• Single-handler fast path in _dispatch_event — when only 1 handler, directly call+await without list/gather overhead
• _build_call_message() extracted — shared between call() and call_sync(), eliminates duplicated message construction
• Release queue changed from list to set — O(1) discard() replaces O(n) list.remove()
• _maybe_flush_releases() avoids unnecessary flushes on every call — only flushes when queue ≥ 16
• _read_exact() optimistic fast path — single os.read() often returns full message, skips bytearray accumulation
• send() writes header+data in one write() call instead of two

Python — Proxy & Types

• Lazy module-level dispatch table for _proxy_from() — suffix/contains lookup tables built once, avoids per-call dict literal and import
• Handle-first fast path in ProxyBase.__eq__ — same handle means same Java object, skip field comparison
• EnumValue.from_name() dict cache — returns cached instances for repeated enum lookups
• Bounded _player_uuid_cache (max 1000, evict oldest quarter) in both wrappers.py and utils.py
• Consolidated isinstance checks in decorators.py command wrapper — merged two separate branches into one

Python — Helpers

• State._instances uses weakref.ref — allows garbage collection of unreferenced State objects
• Shutdown handler updated to dereference weakrefs

3A - Extensions update

3A

Major expansion — extensions, tooling, networking overhaul.
Many internal changes, cleanup and optimization.

Changes

Networking

• Switched from TCP sockets to stdin/stdout pipes for faster IPC
• Java-side method resolution now supports snake_case → camelCase fallback
• Version compatibility improvements and removed slow regex

New APIs

• Entity AI: targeting, pathfinding, awareness, line of sight, look_at
• Entity tags: add_tag, remove_tag, tags, is_tagged (Python-side, UUID-keyed)
• Entity attributes: yaw, pitch, look_direction, equipment
• Player: selected_slot, freeze/unfreeze (tick-based position lock), vanish/unvanish
• Player extension shortcuts: balance, deposit, withdraw, mana, xp, player_level
• Block/tile entity API: signs, furnaces, containers
• Recipe API: shaped, shapeless, furnace recipes as a class
• Firework effects API with builder pattern
• Resource pack API on Player
• Enchantment discovery: Enchantment.all() and Enchantment.for_item()
• Packet API via ProtocolLib: on_packet_send, on_packet_receive, send_packet
• Inter-script messaging: script_send, on_script_message, get_scripts
• WorldTime class and @world.at_time() decorator for time-based events
• World: create_explosion, entities_near, blocks_near
• Location: + and - operators (with Location and Vector)
• Vector: +, -, * operators (scalar, component-wise, and reverse)
• 18 new enum types (DamageCause, Enchantment, ItemFlag, etc)
• Respawn location override (return Location from player_respawn)
• entity_target event return value handling: override target by returning Entity
• @event .unregister() method to remove event handlers at runtime

New extensions

• Paginator: multi-page menu with nav buttons
• Quest / QuestTree: objectives, bossbar timers, branching quest lines
• Dialog: branching conversations with timeouts and NPC linking
• Bank: persistent balances with transaction events
• Shop: paginated GUI with bank integration
• TradeWindow: confirm/cancel with anti-dupe delay
• Ability / ManaStore / CombatSystem / LevelSystem
• Region / Party / Guild / CustomItem
• Leaderboard / VisualEffect / PlayerDataStore
• Dungeon: procedural room generation with WFC algorithm

Decorators & commands

• @command: cmd_ prefix auto-stripping (def cmd_greet → /greet)
• @command: dynamic tab completions via @my_command.tab_complete
• @command: static tab_complete parameter with wildcard support
• Persistent State class with auto-save on shutdown

Event system

• Extended event payload: action, hand, from, to, cause, velocity, reason, message, new_slot, previous_slot, amount, slot, etc
• Event.world and Event.location now auto-derive from entity/player when not directly available
• snake_case field access auto-resolves to Java getters (getNewSlot, isPreviousSlot, etc)

Error handling

• Java stack traces included in Python exceptions
• 18 typed error subclasses (EntityGoneException, MethodNotFoundException, etc)

Helpers

• Menu: race condition fix when opening a new menu from a click handler
• ActionBarDisplay: immediate refresh on creation (no longer waits for server_boot)
• BossBarDisplay: renamed link_cooldown to linked_to (old name kept as compat alias)
• ManaStore: auto-cleanup on player disconnect, regen loop crash protection
• NPC: dialog linking, player linking, range enter/exit callbacks

Tooling

• pjb CLI tool: pjb search <query> and pjb events [filter]
• Doc site full-text search bar with Ctrl+K shortcut
• Gradle copyBridgePython task: auto-deploys bridge to server on build

Internals

• Restructured bridge.py into proper Python module (connection, wrappers, helpers, types, utils, decorators)
• Documentation for events, execution, lifecycle, and serialization internals
• Type stubs for all extensions
• Comprehensive Event stubs with all event-specific fields

Misc

• MeshDisplay helper (WIP)
• Updated wiki/docs site with all new pages

2A - First non-beta release

Feature update

Changes

Networking

• Optimized for single request latency
• Use batching to speed up multiple requests
• Now uses orjson for faster parsing
• Automatic handle management

New APIs

• Tab list API on Player
• Region utils on World: .set_block, .fill, .replace, .fill_sphere, .fill_cylinder, .fill_line
• Particle shapes on World
• Entity spawn helpers on World: spawn_at_player, spawn_projectile, spawn_with_nbt.
• Support for command execution on Server
• world.entities property
• RaycastResult.distance and .hit_face

New helpers

• Sidebar: Scoreboard helper
• Config: TOML config helper
• Cooldown: Automatically manage cooldowns
• Hologram: Show floating text
• Menu / MenuItem: Create easy chest GUIs
• ActionBarDisplay: Manage action bars easily
• BossBarDisplay: Manage boss bars easily
• BlockDisplay: Show fake blocks
• ItemDisplay: Show floating items
• ImageDisplay: Show images in the world
• ItemBuilder: Easily create items
• Shutdown event

API improvements

• Fixed type errors regarding EnumValue not matching its child classes
• EntityGoneException now extends BridgeError
• @task decorator: Run tasks on an interval
• Added event priority and throttle_ms parameters
• Added command description parameter
• Location: .add, .clone, .distance, .distance_squared are now sync
• Scoreboard, Team, Objective, and BossBar creation methods are now sync
• Config: Added support for multiple formats, toml (default), json, and properties.
• Commands can be now executes as console

Cleanup

• Entity class moved before Player
• Moved most of the code from a single file to multiple
• Improved typing across python bridge

Misc

• Added dev versioning for non-release commits
• Added wiki site (https://omena0.github.io/PyJavaBridge/)

1d-early

Damage event

Changes:

• Added damage override to damage events
• Added damage source and damager attributes to damage events
• Added shooter attribute to projectile entities
• Added owner attribute to tamed entities
• Added is_tamed attribute to entities

1c-early

API cleanup

Changes:

• Added call_sync and field_or_call_sync helpers
• Turned most attribute-like methods into attributes
• Made all attributes synchronous
• Added create classmethods to most classes
• Added optional args to world.spawn_entity
• Allowed spawning of non-living entities
• Fixed player UUID lookups
• Chat event return value is now the chat message format for that event
• Bugfixes