Implement new compressed json import/export format

The old "command list" style is now only supported for import.

bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/BukkitSenderFactory.java

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.bukkit.compat.CraftBukkitUtil;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.SenderFactory;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.text.adapter.bukkit.TextAdapter;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class BukkitSenderFactory extends SenderFactory<CommandSender> {
             TextAdapter.sendComponent(sender, message);
         } else {
             // Fallback to legacy format
-            sendMessage(sender, TextUtils.toLegacy(message));
+            sendMessage(sender, LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(message));
         }
     }
 

bungee/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bungee/BungeeSenderFactory.java

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.bungee.event.TristateCheckEvent;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.SenderFactory;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.text.adapter.bungeecord.TextAdapter;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.CommandSender;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.ProxiedPlayer;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class BungeeSenderFactory extends SenderFactory<CommandSender> {
 
     @Override
     protected void sendMessage(CommandSender sender, String s) {
-        sendMessage(sender, TextUtils.fromLegacy(s));
+        sendMessage(sender, LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s));
     }
 
     @Override

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/backup/Exporter.java

@@ -25,32 +25,36 @@
 
 package me.lucko.luckperms.common.backup;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Group;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.HolderType;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Track;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.User;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.manager.group.GroupManager;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeCommandFactory;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.utils.NodeJsonSerializer;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.storage.Storage;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.ProgressLogger;
-
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.GsonProvider;
-import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JArray;
-import net.luckperms.api.node.NodeType;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JObject;
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -60,9 +64,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 /**
  * Handles export operations
@@ -70,15 +73,6 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 public class Exporter implements Runnable {
     private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
 
-    private static void write(BufferedWriter writer, String s) {
-        try {
-            writer.write(s);
-            writer.newLine();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
     private final LuckPermsPlugin plugin;
     private final Sender executor;
     private final Path filePath;
@@ -98,150 +92,98 @@ public class Exporter implements Runnable {
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-        try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(this.filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+        JsonObject file = new JsonObject();
-            this.log.log("Starting.");
+        file.add("metadata", new JObject()
+                .add("generatedBy", this.executor.getNameWithLocation())
+                .add("generatedAt", DATE_FORMAT.format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis())))
+                .toJson());
 
-            write(writer, "# LuckPerms Export File");
+        this.log.log("Gathering group data...");
-            write(writer, "# Generated by " + this.executor.getNameWithLocation() + " at " + DATE_FORMAT.format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis())));
+        file.add("groups", exportGroups());
-            write(writer, "");
 
-            // Export Groups
+        this.log.log("Gathering track data...");
-            this.log.log("Starting group export.");
+        file.add("tracks", exportTracks());
 
-            // Create the actual groups first
+        if (this.includeUsers) {
-            write(writer, "# Create groups");
+            this.log.log("Gathering user data...");
+            file.add("users", exportUsers());
+        }
 
-            AtomicInteger groupCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        this.log.log("Finished gathering data, writing file...");
 
-            List<? extends Group> groups = this.plugin.getGroupManager().getAll().values().stream()
+        try (BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new GZIPOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(this.filePath)), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-                    // export groups in order of weight
+            GsonProvider.prettyPrinting().toJson(file, out);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        this.log.getListeners().forEach(l -> Message.LOG_EXPORT_SUCCESS.send(l, this.filePath.toFile().getAbsolutePath()));
+    }
+
+    private JsonObject exportGroups() {
+        JsonObject out = new JsonObject();
+        List<Group> groups = this.plugin.getGroupManager().getAll().values().stream()
                 .sorted((o1, o2) -> {
                     int i = Integer.compare(o2.getWeight().orElse(0), o1.getWeight().orElse(0));
                     return i != 0 ? i : o1.getName().compareToIgnoreCase(o2.getName());
                 }).collect(Collectors.toList());
 
         for (Group group : groups) {
-                if (!group.getName().equals(GroupManager.DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME)) {
+            out.add(group.getName(), new JObject()
-                    write(writer, "/lp creategroup " + group.getName());
+                    .add("nodes", NodeJsonSerializer.serializeNodes(group.normalData().asSet()))
+                    .toJson());
         }
+        return out;
     }
 
-            for (Group group : groups) {
+    private JsonObject exportTracks() {
-                if (groupCount.get() == 0) {
+        JsonObject out = new JsonObject();
-                    write(writer, "");
-                }
-
-                write(writer, "# Export group: " + group.getName());
-                for (Node node : group.normalData().immutable().values()) {
-                    write(writer, "/lp " + NodeCommandFactory.generateCommand(node, group.getName(), HolderType.GROUP, true, false));
-                }
-                write(writer, "");
-                this.log.logAllProgress("Exported {} groups so far.", groupCount.incrementAndGet());
-            }
-
-            this.log.log("Exported " + groupCount.get() + " groups.");
-
-            write(writer, "");
-            write(writer, "");
-
-            // Export tracks
-            this.log.log("Starting track export.");
-
         Collection<? extends Track> tracks = this.plugin.getTrackManager().getAll().values();
-            if (!tracks.isEmpty()) {
 
-                // Create the actual tracks first
-                write(writer, "# Create tracks");
         for (Track track : tracks) {
-                    write(writer, "/lp createtrack " + track.getName());
+            out.add(track.getName(), new JObject()
+                    .add("groups", new JArray().consume(arr -> track.getGroups().forEach(arr::add)))
+                    .toJson());
+        }
+        return out;
     }
 
-                write(writer, "");
+    private JsonObject exportUsers() {
-
-                AtomicInteger trackCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
-                for (Track track : this.plugin.getTrackManager().getAll().values()) {
-                    write(writer, "# Export track: " + track.getName());
-                    for (String group : track.getGroups()) {
-                        write(writer, "/lp track " + track.getName() + " append " + group);
-                    }
-                    write(writer, "");
-                    this.log.logAllProgress("Exported {} tracks so far.", trackCount.incrementAndGet());
-                }
-
-                write(writer, "");
-                write(writer, "");
-            }
-
-            this.log.log("Exported " + tracks.size() + " tracks.");
-
-            if (this.includeUsers) {
         // Users are migrated in separate threads.
         // This is because there are likely to be a lot of them, and because we can.
         // It's a big speed improvement, since the database/files are split up and can handle concurrent reads.
 
-                this.log.log("Starting user export. Finding a list of unique users to export.");
+        this.log.log("Finding a list of unique users to export.");
 
         // Find all of the unique users we need to export
         Storage ds = this.plugin.getStorage();
         Set<UUID> users = ds.getUniqueUsers().join();
         this.log.log("Found " + users.size() + " unique users to export.");
 
-                write(writer, "# Export users");
-
         // create a threadpool to process the users concurrently
         ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(32);
 
-                // Setup a file writing lock. We don't want multiple threads writing at the same time.
-                // The write function accepts a list of strings, as we want a user's data to be grouped together.
-                // This means it can be processed and added in one go.
-                ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
-                Consumer<List<String>> writeFunction = strings -> {
-                    lock.lock();
-                    try {
-                        for (String s : strings) {
-                            write(writer, s);
-                        }
-                    } finally {
-                        lock.unlock();
-                    }
-                };
-
         // A set of futures, which are really just the processes we need to wait for.
         Set<CompletableFuture<Void>> futures = new HashSet<>();
 
         AtomicInteger userCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        Map<UUID, JsonObject> out = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<>());
 
         // iterate through each user.
         for (UUID uuid : users) {
             // register a task for the user, and schedule it's execution with the pool
             futures.add(CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
-                        // actually export the user. this output will be fed to the writing function when we have all of the user's data.
-                        List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
-
                 User user = this.plugin.getStorage().loadUser(uuid, null).join();
-                        output.add("# Export user: " + user.getUniqueId().toString() + " - " + user.getUsername().orElse("unknown username"));
+                out.put(user.getUniqueId(), new JObject()
-
+                        .consume(obj -> {
-                        boolean inDefault = false;
+                            user.getUsername().ifPresent(username -> obj.add("username", username));
-                        for (Node node : user.normalData().immutable().values()) {
-                            if (NodeType.INHERITANCE.tryCast(node).map(n -> n.getGroupName().equalsIgnoreCase(GroupManager.DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME)).orElse(false)) {
-                                inDefault = true;
-                                continue;
-                            }
-
-                            output.add("/lp " + NodeCommandFactory.generateCommand(node, user.getUniqueId().toString(), HolderType.USER, true, false));
-                        }
-
                             if (!user.getPrimaryGroup().getStoredValue().orElse(GroupManager.DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME).equalsIgnoreCase(GroupManager.DEFAULT_GROUP_NAME)) {
-                            output.add("/lp user " + user.getUniqueId().toString() + " switchprimarygroup " + user.getPrimaryGroup().getStoredValue().get());
+                                obj.add("primaryGroup", user.getPrimaryGroup().getStoredValue().get());
                             }
-
+                        })
-                        if (!inDefault) {
+                        .add("nodes", NodeJsonSerializer.serializeNodes(user.normalData().asSet()))
-                            output.add("/lp user " + user.getUniqueId().toString() + " parent remove default");
+                        .toJson());
-                        }
-
                 this.plugin.getUserManager().cleanup(user);
-                        writeFunction.accept(output);
-
                 userCount.incrementAndGet();
             }, executor));
         }
@@ -267,15 +209,11 @@ public class Exporter implements Runnable {
         }
 
         executor.shutdown();
-                this.log.log("Exported " + userCount.get() + " users.");
-            }
 
-
+        JsonObject outJson = new JsonObject();
-            writer.flush();
+        for (Map.Entry<UUID, JsonObject> entry : out.entrySet()) {
-            this.log.getListeners().forEach(l -> Message.LOG_EXPORT_SUCCESS.send(l, this.filePath.toFile().getAbsolutePath()));
+            outJson.add(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue());
-
+        }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        return outJson;
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
     }
 }

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/backup/Importer.java

@@ -25,24 +25,31 @@
 
 package me.lucko.luckperms.common.backup;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
-import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandManager;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandResult;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.DummySender;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Group;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Track;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.User;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.utils.NodeJsonSerializer;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 
+import net.luckperms.api.event.cause.CreationCause;
+import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
+import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -50,35 +57,59 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * Handles import operations
  */
 public class Importer implements Runnable {
 
-    private final CommandManager commandManager;
+    private final LuckPermsPlugin plugin;
     private final Set<Sender> notify;
-    private final List<String> commandList;
+    private final JsonObject data;
-    private final List<ImportCommand> commands;
 
-    public Importer(CommandManager commandManager, Sender executor, List<String> commands) {
+    public Importer(LuckPermsPlugin plugin, Sender executor, JsonObject data) {
-        this.commandManager = commandManager;
+        this.plugin = plugin;
 
         if (executor.isConsole()) {
             this.notify = ImmutableSet.of(executor);
         } else {
-            this.notify = ImmutableSet.of(executor, commandManager.getPlugin().getConsoleSender());
+            this.notify = ImmutableSet.of(executor, plugin.getConsoleSender());
         }
-        this.commandList = commands.stream()
+        this.data = data;
-                .map(String::trim)
+    }
-                .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty())
+
-                .filter(s -> !s.startsWith("#"))
+    private static final class UserData {
-                .filter(s -> !s.startsWith("//"))
+        private final String username;
-                .map(s -> s.startsWith("/luckperms ") ? s.substring("/luckperms ".length()) : s)
+        private final String primaryGroup;
-                .map(s -> s.startsWith("/lp ") ? s.substring("/lp ".length()) : s)
+        private final Set<Node> nodes;
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
-        this.commands = new ArrayList<>();
+        UserData(String username, String primaryGroup, Set<Node> nodes) {
+            this.username = username;
+            this.primaryGroup = primaryGroup;
+            this.nodes = nodes;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processGroup(String groupName, Set<Node> nodes) {
+        Group group = this.plugin.getStorage().createAndLoadGroup(groupName, CreationCause.INTERNAL).join();
+        group.setNodes(DataType.NORMAL, nodes);
+        this.plugin.getStorage().saveGroup(group);
+    }
+
+    private void processTrack(String trackName, List<String> groups) {
+        Track track = this.plugin.getStorage().createAndLoadTrack(trackName, CreationCause.INTERNAL).join();
+        track.setGroups(groups);
+        this.plugin.getStorage().saveTrack(track).join();
+    }
+
+    private void processUser(UUID uuid, UserData userData) {
+        User user = this.plugin.getStorage().loadUser(uuid, userData.username).join();
+        if (userData.primaryGroup != null) {
+            user.getPrimaryGroup().setStoredValue(userData.primaryGroup);
+        }
+        user.setNodes(DataType.NORMAL, userData.nodes);
+        this.plugin.getStorage().saveUser(user).join();
+        this.plugin.getUserManager().cleanup(user);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -87,28 +118,39 @@ public class Importer implements Runnable {
         this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_START.send(s));
 
         // start an update task in the background - we'll #join this later
-        CompletableFuture<Void> updateTask = CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> this.commandManager.getPlugin().getSyncTaskBuffer().requestDirectly());
+        CompletableFuture<Void> updateTask = CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> this.plugin.getSyncTaskBuffer().requestDirectly());
 
-        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Processing commands..."));
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Reading data..."));
 
-        // form instances for all commands, and register them
+        Map<String, Set<Node>> groups = new HashMap<>();
-        int index = 1;
+        Map<String, List<String>> tracks = new HashMap<>();
-        for (String command : this.commandList) {
+        Map<UUID, UserData> users = new HashMap<>();
-            ImportCommand cmd = new ImportCommand(this.commandManager, index, command);
-            this.commands.add(cmd);
 
-            if (cmd.getCommand().startsWith("creategroup ") || cmd.getCommand().startsWith("createtrack ")) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> group : this.data.get("groups").getAsJsonObject().entrySet()) {
-                cmd.process(); // process immediately
+            groups.put(group.getKey(), NodeJsonSerializer.deserializeNodes(group.getValue().getAsJsonObject().get("nodes").getAsJsonArray()));
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> track : this.data.get("tracks").getAsJsonObject().entrySet()) {
+            JsonArray trackGroups = track.getValue().getAsJsonObject().get("groups").getAsJsonArray();
+            List<String> trackGroupsList = new ArrayList<>();
+            trackGroups.forEach(g -> trackGroupsList.add(g.getAsString()));
+            tracks.put(track.getKey(), trackGroupsList);
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> user : this.data.get("users").getAsJsonObject().entrySet()) {
+            JsonObject jsonData = user.getValue().getAsJsonObject();
+
+            UUID uuid = UUID.fromString(user.getKey());
+            String username = null;
+            String primaryGroup = null;
+            Set<Node> nodes = NodeJsonSerializer.deserializeNodes(jsonData.get("nodes").getAsJsonArray());
+
+            if (jsonData.has("username")) {
+                username = jsonData.get("username").getAsString();
+            }
+            if (jsonData.has("primaryGroup")) {
+                primaryGroup = jsonData.get("primaryGroup").getAsString();
             }
 
-            index++;
+            users.put(uuid, new UserData(username, primaryGroup, nodes));
-        }
-
-        // split data up into sections for each holder
-        // holder id --> commands
-        ListMultimap<String, ImportCommand> sections = MultimapBuilder.linkedHashKeys().arrayListValues().build();
-        for (ImportCommand cmd : this.commands) {
-            sections.put(Strings.nullToEmpty(cmd.getTarget()), cmd);
         }
 
         this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Waiting for initial update task to complete..."));
@@ -116,34 +158,43 @@ public class Importer implements Runnable {
         // join the update task future before scheduling command executions
         updateTask.join();
 
-        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Setting up command executor..."));
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Setting up data processor..."));
 
         // create a threadpool for the processing
-        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(128, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("luckperms-importer-%d").build());
+        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(16, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("luckperms-importer-%d").build());
 
         // A set of futures, which are really just the processes we need to wait for.
         Set<CompletableFuture<Void>> futures = new HashSet<>();
 
+        int total = 0;
         AtomicInteger processedCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
-        // iterate through each user sublist.
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Set<Node>> group : groups.entrySet()) {
-        for (Collection<ImportCommand> subList : sections.asMap().values()) {
+            futures.add(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(group).thenAcceptAsync(ent -> {
-
+                processGroup(ent.getKey(), ent.getValue());
-            // register and start a new thread to process the sublist
-            futures.add(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(subList).thenAcceptAsync(sl -> {
-
-                // iterate through each user in the sublist, and grab their data.
-                for (ImportCommand cmd : sl) {
-                    cmd.process();
                 processedCount.incrementAndGet();
-                }
             }, executor));
+            total++;
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> track : tracks.entrySet()) {
+            futures.add(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(track).thenAcceptAsync(ent -> {
+                processTrack(ent.getKey(), ent.getValue());
+                processedCount.incrementAndGet();
+            }, executor));
+            total++;
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<UUID, UserData> user : users.entrySet()) {
+            futures.add(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(user).thenAcceptAsync(ent -> {
+                processUser(ent.getKey(), ent.getValue());
+                processedCount.incrementAndGet();
+            }, executor));
+            total++;
         }
 
         // all of the threads have been scheduled now and are running. we just need to wait for them all to complete
         CompletableFuture<Void> overallFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(futures.toArray(new CompletableFuture[0]));
 
-        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "All commands have been processed and scheduled - now waiting for the execution to complete."));
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "All data entries have been processed and scheduled for import - now waiting for the execution to complete."));
 
         while (true) {
             try {
@@ -154,7 +205,7 @@ public class Importer implements Runnable {
                 break;
             } catch (TimeoutException e) {
                 // still executing - send a progress report and continue waiting
-                sendProgress(processedCount.get());
+                sendProgress(processedCount.get(), total);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -167,166 +218,12 @@ public class Importer implements Runnable {
         long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         double seconds = (endTime - startTime) / 1000.0;
 
-        int errors = (int) this.commands.stream().filter(v -> v.getResult().wasFailure()).count();
-
-        switch (errors) {
-            case 0:
         this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE.send(s, seconds));
-                break;
-            case 1:
-                this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE_ERR_SIN.send(s, seconds, errors));
-                break;
-            default:
-                this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE_ERR.send(s, seconds, errors));
-                break;
     }
 
-        AtomicInteger errIndex = new AtomicInteger(1);
+    private void sendProgress(int processedCount, int total) {
-        for (ImportCommand e : this.commands) {
+        int percent = (processedCount * 100) / total;
-            if (e.getResult() != null && e.getResult().wasFailure()) {
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_PROGRESS.send(s, percent, processedCount, total, 0));
-                for (Sender s : this.notify) {
-                    Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_HEADER.send(s, errIndex.get(), e.getId(), e.getCommand(), e.getResult().toString());
-                    e.getOutput().forEach(out -> Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_CONTENT.send(s, out));
-                    Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_FOOTER.send(s);
-                }
-
-                errIndex.incrementAndGet();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void sendProgress(int processedCount) {
-        int percent = (processedCount * 100) / this.commandList.size();
-        int errors = (int) this.commands.stream().filter(v -> v.isCompleted() && v.getResult().wasFailure()).count();
-
-        if (errors == 1) {
-            this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_PROGRESS_SIN.send(s, percent, processedCount, this.commands.size(), errors));
-        } else {
-            this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_PROGRESS.send(s, percent, processedCount, this.commands.size(), errors));
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static class ImportCommand extends DummySender {
-        private static final Splitter ARGUMENT_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(CommandManager.COMMAND_SEPARATOR_PATTERN).omitEmptyStrings();
-        private static final Splitter SPACE_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(" ");
-
-        private final CommandManager commandManager;
-        private final int id;
-        private final String command;
-
-        private final String target;
-
-        private boolean completed = false;
-
-        private final List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        private CommandResult result = CommandResult.FAILURE;
-
-        ImportCommand(CommandManager commandManager, int id, String command) {
-            super(commandManager.getPlugin());
-            this.commandManager = commandManager;
-            this.id = id;
-            this.command = command;
-            this.target = determineTarget(command);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void consumeMessage(String s) {
-            this.output.add(s);
-        }
-
-        public void process() {
-            if (isCompleted()) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            try {
-                List<String> args = CommandManager.stripQuotes(ARGUMENT_SPLITTER.splitToList(getCommand()));
-                CommandResult result = this.commandManager.onCommand(this, "lp", args, Runnable::run).get();
-                setResult(result);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                setResult(CommandResult.FAILURE);
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-
-            setCompleted(true);
-        }
-
-        private static String determineTarget(String command) {
-            if (command.startsWith("user ") && command.length() > "user ".length()) {
-                String subCmd = command.substring("user ".length());
-                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                String targetUser = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
-                return "u:" + targetUser;
-            }
-
-            if (command.startsWith("group ") && command.length() > "group ".length()) {
-                String subCmd = command.substring("group ".length());
-                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                String targetGroup = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
-                return "g:" + targetGroup;
-            }
-
-            if (command.startsWith("track ") && command.length() > "track ".length()) {
-                String subCmd = command.substring("track ".length());
-                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                String targetTrack = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
-                return "t:" + targetTrack;
-            }
-
-            if (command.startsWith("creategroup ") && command.length() > "creategroup ".length()) {
-                String targetGroup = command.substring("creategroup ".length());
-                return "g:" + targetGroup;
-            }
-
-            if (command.startsWith("createtrack ") && command.length() > "createtrack ".length()) {
-                String targetTrack = command.substring("createtrack ".length());
-                return "t:" + targetTrack;
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        public int getId() {
-            return this.id;
-        }
-
-        public String getCommand() {
-            return this.command;
-        }
-
-        public String getTarget() {
-            return this.target;
-        }
-
-        public boolean isCompleted() {
-            return this.completed;
-        }
-
-        public List<String> getOutput() {
-            return this.output;
-        }
-
-        public CommandResult getResult() {
-            return this.result;
-        }
-
-        public void setCompleted(boolean completed) {
-            this.completed = completed;
-        }
-
-        public void setResult(CommandResult result) {
-            this.result = result;
-        }
     }
 
 }

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/backup/LegacyImporter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of LuckPerms, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) lucko (Luck) <luck@lucko.me>
+ *  Copyright (c) contributors
+ *
+ *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ *  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ *  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ *  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ *  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ *  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ *  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ *  SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package me.lucko.luckperms.common.backup;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.MultimapBuilder;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandManager;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandResult;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.DummySender;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * Handles import operations
+ */
+public class LegacyImporter implements Runnable {
+
+    private final CommandManager commandManager;
+    private final Set<Sender> notify;
+    private final List<String> commandList;
+    private final List<ImportCommand> commands;
+
+    public LegacyImporter(CommandManager commandManager, Sender executor, List<String> commands) {
+        this.commandManager = commandManager;
+
+        if (executor.isConsole()) {
+            this.notify = ImmutableSet.of(executor);
+        } else {
+            this.notify = ImmutableSet.of(executor, commandManager.getPlugin().getConsoleSender());
+        }
+        this.commandList = commands.stream()
+                .map(String::trim)
+                .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty())
+                .filter(s -> !s.startsWith("#"))
+                .filter(s -> !s.startsWith("//"))
+                .map(s -> s.startsWith("/luckperms ") ? s.substring("/luckperms ".length()) : s)
+                .map(s -> s.startsWith("/lp ") ? s.substring("/lp ".length()) : s)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        this.commands = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_START.send(s));
+
+        // start an update task in the background - we'll #join this later
+        CompletableFuture<Void> updateTask = CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> this.commandManager.getPlugin().getSyncTaskBuffer().requestDirectly());
+
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Processing commands..."));
+
+        // form instances for all commands, and register them
+        int index = 1;
+        for (String command : this.commandList) {
+            ImportCommand cmd = new ImportCommand(this.commandManager, index, command);
+            this.commands.add(cmd);
+
+            if (cmd.getCommand().startsWith("creategroup ") || cmd.getCommand().startsWith("createtrack ")) {
+                cmd.process(); // process immediately
+            }
+
+            index++;
+        }
+
+        // split data up into sections for each holder
+        // holder id --> commands
+        ListMultimap<String, ImportCommand> sections = MultimapBuilder.linkedHashKeys().arrayListValues().build();
+        for (ImportCommand cmd : this.commands) {
+            sections.put(Strings.nullToEmpty(cmd.getTarget()), cmd);
+        }
+
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Waiting for initial update task to complete..."));
+
+        // join the update task future before scheduling command executions
+        updateTask.join();
+
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "Setting up command executor..."));
+
+        // create a threadpool for the processing
+        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(128, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("luckperms-importer-%d").build());
+
+        // A set of futures, which are really just the processes we need to wait for.
+        Set<CompletableFuture<Void>> futures = new HashSet<>();
+
+        AtomicInteger processedCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+        // iterate through each user sublist.
+        for (Collection<ImportCommand> subList : sections.asMap().values()) {
+
+            // register and start a new thread to process the sublist
+            futures.add(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(subList).thenAcceptAsync(sl -> {
+
+                // iterate through each user in the sublist, and grab their data.
+                for (ImportCommand cmd : sl) {
+                    cmd.process();
+                    processedCount.incrementAndGet();
+                }
+            }, executor));
+        }
+
+        // all of the threads have been scheduled now and are running. we just need to wait for them all to complete
+        CompletableFuture<Void> overallFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(futures.toArray(new CompletableFuture[0]));
+
+        this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_INFO.send(s, "All commands have been processed and scheduled - now waiting for the execution to complete."));
+
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                overallFuture.get(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+                // abnormal error - just break
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                break;
+            } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+                // still executing - send a progress report and continue waiting
+                sendProgress(processedCount.get());
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // process is complete
+            break;
+        }
+
+        executor.shutdown();
+
+        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        double seconds = (endTime - startTime) / 1000.0;
+
+        int errors = (int) this.commands.stream().filter(v -> v.getResult().wasFailure()).count();
+
+        switch (errors) {
+            case 0:
+                this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE.send(s, seconds));
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE_ERR_SIN.send(s, seconds, errors));
+                break;
+            default:
+                this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_END_COMPLETE_ERR.send(s, seconds, errors));
+                break;
+        }
+
+        AtomicInteger errIndex = new AtomicInteger(1);
+        for (ImportCommand e : this.commands) {
+            if (e.getResult() != null && e.getResult().wasFailure()) {
+                for (Sender s : this.notify) {
+                    Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_HEADER.send(s, errIndex.get(), e.getId(), e.getCommand(), e.getResult().toString());
+                    e.getOutput().forEach(out -> Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_CONTENT.send(s, out));
+                    Message.IMPORT_END_ERROR_FOOTER.send(s);
+                }
+
+                errIndex.incrementAndGet();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void sendProgress(int processedCount) {
+        int percent = (processedCount * 100) / this.commandList.size();
+        int errors = (int) this.commands.stream().filter(v -> v.isCompleted() && v.getResult().wasFailure()).count();
+
+        if (errors == 1) {
+            this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_PROGRESS_SIN.send(s, percent, processedCount, this.commands.size(), errors));
+        } else {
+            this.notify.forEach(s -> Message.IMPORT_PROGRESS.send(s, percent, processedCount, this.commands.size(), errors));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class ImportCommand extends DummySender {
+        private static final Splitter ARGUMENT_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(CommandManager.COMMAND_SEPARATOR_PATTERN).omitEmptyStrings();
+        private static final Splitter SPACE_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(" ");
+
+        private final CommandManager commandManager;
+        private final int id;
+        private final String command;
+
+        private final String target;
+
+        private boolean completed = false;
+
+        private final List<String> output = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        private CommandResult result = CommandResult.FAILURE;
+
+        ImportCommand(CommandManager commandManager, int id, String command) {
+            super(commandManager.getPlugin());
+            this.commandManager = commandManager;
+            this.id = id;
+            this.command = command;
+            this.target = determineTarget(command);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void consumeMessage(String s) {
+            this.output.add(s);
+        }
+
+        public void process() {
+            if (isCompleted()) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                List<String> args = CommandManager.stripQuotes(ARGUMENT_SPLITTER.splitToList(getCommand()));
+                CommandResult result = this.commandManager.onCommand(this, "lp", args, Runnable::run).get();
+                setResult(result);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                setResult(CommandResult.FAILURE);
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+            setCompleted(true);
+        }
+
+        private static String determineTarget(String command) {
+            if (command.startsWith("user ") && command.length() > "user ".length()) {
+                String subCmd = command.substring("user ".length());
+                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                String targetUser = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
+                return "u:" + targetUser;
+            }
+
+            if (command.startsWith("group ") && command.length() > "group ".length()) {
+                String subCmd = command.substring("group ".length());
+                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                String targetGroup = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
+                return "g:" + targetGroup;
+            }
+
+            if (command.startsWith("track ") && command.length() > "track ".length()) {
+                String subCmd = command.substring("track ".length());
+                if (!subCmd.contains(" ")) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                String targetTrack = SPACE_SPLITTER.split(subCmd).iterator().next();
+                return "t:" + targetTrack;
+            }
+
+            if (command.startsWith("creategroup ") && command.length() > "creategroup ".length()) {
+                String targetGroup = command.substring("creategroup ".length());
+                return "g:" + targetGroup;
+            }
+
+            if (command.startsWith("createtrack ") && command.length() > "createtrack ".length()) {
+                String targetTrack = command.substring("createtrack ".length());
+                return "t:" + targetTrack;
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public int getId() {
+            return this.id;
+        }
+
+        public String getCommand() {
+            return this.command;
+        }
+
+        public String getTarget() {
+            return this.target;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isCompleted() {
+            return this.completed;
+        }
+
+        public List<String> getOutput() {
+            return this.output;
+        }
+
+        public CommandResult getResult() {
+            return this.result;
+        }
+
+        public void setCompleted(boolean completed) {
+            this.completed = completed;
+        }
+
+        public void setResult(CommandResult result) {
+            this.result = result;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/command/CommandManager.java

@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Group;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.query.QueryOptions;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -276,16 +276,9 @@ public class CommandManager {
                 .forEach(c -> {
                     String permission = c.getPermission().map(CommandPermission::getPermission).orElse("None");
 
-                    TextComponent component = TextUtils.fromLegacy("&3> &a" + String.format(c.getUsage(), label), AMPERSAND_CHAR)
+                    TextComponent component = LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("&3> &a" + String.format(c.getUsage(), label), AMPERSAND_CHAR)
                             .toBuilder().applyDeep(comp -> {
-                                comp.hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+                                comp.hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "&bCommand: &2" + c.getName(), "&bDescription: &2" + c.getDescription(), "&bUsage: &2" + String.format(c.getUsage(), label), "&bPermission: &2" + permission, " ", "&7Click to auto-complete."), AMPERSAND_CHAR)));
-                                        "&bCommand: &2" + c.getName(),
-                                        "&bDescription: &2" + c.getDescription(),
-                                        "&bUsage: &2" + String.format(c.getUsage(), label),
-                                        "&bPermission: &2" + permission,
-                                        " ",
-                                        "&7Click to auto-complete."
-                                ), AMPERSAND_CHAR)));
                                 comp.clickEvent(ClickEvent.suggestCommand(String.format(c.getUsage(), label)));
                             }).build();
                     sender.sendMessage(component);

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaAddChatMeta.java

@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Suffix;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataMutateResult;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ public class MetaAddChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
         DataMutateResult result = holder.setNode(DataType.NORMAL, ((this.type == ChatMetaType.PREFIX ? Prefix.builder(priority, meta) : Suffix.builder(priority, meta))).withContext(context).build(), true);
         if (result.wasSuccessful()) {
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.ADD_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaAddTempChatMeta.java

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.TemporaryDataMutateResult;
@@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ public class MetaAddTempChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
             duration = ret.getMergedNode().getExpiry().getEpochSecond();
 
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.ADD_TEMP_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, DurationFormatter.LONG.formatDateDiff(duration), MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaInfo.java

@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeCommandFactory;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.NodeType;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.metadata.types.InheritanceOriginMetadata;
@@ -171,11 +171,7 @@ public class MetaInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
             }
         }
 
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "¥3> ¥a" + node.getPriority() + " ¥7- ¥r" + node.getMetaValue(), " ", "¥7Click to remove this " + node.getMetaType().name().toLowerCase() + " from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()), '¥'));
-                "¥3> ¥a" + node.getPriority() + " ¥7- ¥r" + node.getMetaValue(),
-                " ",
-                "¥7Click to remove this " + node.getMetaType().name().toLowerCase() + " from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()
-        ), '¥'));
 
         String id = holder.getType() == HolderType.GROUP ? holder.getObjectName() : holder.getFormattedDisplayName();
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !holder.getPlugin().getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();
@@ -198,11 +194,7 @@ public class MetaInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
             }
         }
 
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "¥3> ¥r" + node.getMetaKey() + " ¥7- ¥r" + node.getMetaValue(), " ", "¥7Click to remove this meta pair from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()), '¥'));
-                "¥3> ¥r" + node.getMetaKey() + " ¥7- ¥r" + node.getMetaValue(),
-                " ",
-                "¥7Click to remove this meta pair from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()
-        ), '¥'));
 
         String id = holder.getType() == HolderType.GROUP ? holder.getObjectName() : holder.getFormattedDisplayName();
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !holder.getPlugin().getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaRemoveChatMeta.java

@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Suffix;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.ImmutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataMutateResult;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ public class MetaRemoveChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
 
         if (result.wasSuccessful()) {
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.REMOVE_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaRemoveTempChatMeta.java

@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Suffix;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.ImmutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataMutateResult;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ public class MetaRemoveTempChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
 
         if (result.wasSuccessful()) {
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.REMOVE_TEMP_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaSet.java

@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Meta;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ public class MetaSet extends SharedSubCommand {
         holder.setNode(DataType.NORMAL, node, true);
 
         TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.SET_META_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), key, value, holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-        HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+        HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "¥3Raw key: ¥r" + key, "¥3Raw value: ¥r" + value), '¥'));
-                TextUtils.joinNewline("¥3Raw key: ¥r" + key, "¥3Raw value: ¥r" + value),
-                '¥'
-        ));
         builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
         sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaSetChatMeta.java

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Suffix;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataMutateResult;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
@@ -126,10 +126,7 @@ public class MetaSetChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
         DataMutateResult result = holder.setNode(DataType.NORMAL, ((this.type == ChatMetaType.PREFIX ? Prefix.builder(priority, meta) : Suffix.builder(priority, meta))).withContext(context).build(), true);
         if (result.wasSuccessful()) {
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.ADD_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaSetTemp.java

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.TemporaryMergeBehaviour;
@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@ public class MetaSetTemp extends SharedSubCommand {
         duration = holder.setNode(DataType.NORMAL, node, modifier).getMergedNode().getExpiry().getEpochSecond();
 
         TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.SET_META_TEMP_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), key, value, holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), DurationFormatter.LONG.formatDateDiff(duration), MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-        HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+        HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "¥3Raw key: ¥r" + key, "¥3Raw value: ¥r" + value), '¥'));
-                TextUtils.joinNewline("¥3Raw key: ¥r" + key, "¥3Raw value: ¥r" + value),
-                '¥'
-        ));
         builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
         sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/meta/MetaSetTempChatMeta.java

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.context.MutableContextSet;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.DataType;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.TemporaryDataMutateResult;
@@ -139,10 +139,7 @@ public class MetaSetTempChatMeta extends SharedSubCommand {
             duration = ret.getMergedNode().getExpiry().getEpochSecond();
 
             TextComponent.Builder builder = Message.ADD_TEMP_CHATMETA_SUCCESS.asComponent(plugin.getLocaleManager(), holder.getFormattedDisplayName(), this.type.name().toLowerCase(), meta, priority, DurationFormatter.LONG.formatDateDiff(duration), MessageUtils.contextSetToString(plugin.getLocaleManager(), context)).toBuilder();
-            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(
+            HoverEvent event = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize("¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta, '¥'));
-                    "¥3Raw " + this.type.name().toLowerCase() + ": ¥r" + meta,
-                    '¥'
-            ));
             builder.applyDeep(c -> c.hoverEvent(event));
             sender.sendMessage(builder.build());
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/parent/ParentInfo.java

@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Iterators;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.types.InheritanceNode;
 import net.luckperms.api.query.QueryOptions;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class ParentInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
                 s += "\n&2  expires in " + DurationFormatter.LONG.formatDateDiff(node.getExpiry().getEpochSecond());
             }
 
-            TextComponent message = TextUtils.fromLegacy(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(holder, label, node)).build();
+            TextComponent message = LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(holder, label, node)).build();
             sender.sendMessage(message);
         }
 
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ public class ParentInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
     };
 
     private static Consumer<ComponentBuilder<? ,?>> makeFancy(PermissionHolder holder, String label, InheritanceNode node) {
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "&3> &f" + node.getGroupName(), " ", "&7Click to remove this parent from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
-                "&3> &f" + node.getGroupName(),
-                " ",
-                "&7Click to remove this parent from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()
-        ), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
 
         String id = holder.getType() == HolderType.GROUP ? holder.getObjectName() : holder.getFormattedDisplayName();
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !holder.getPlugin().getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/generic/permission/PermissionInfo.java

@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Iterators;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.NodeType;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
                 s += "\n&2-    expires in " + DurationFormatter.LONG.formatDateDiff(node.getExpiry().getEpochSecond());
             }
 
-            TextComponent message = TextUtils.fromLegacy(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(holder, label, node)).build();
+            TextComponent message = LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(holder, label, node)).build();
             sender.sendMessage(message);
         }
 
@@ -137,11 +137,8 @@ public class PermissionInfo extends SharedSubCommand {
     };
 
     private static Consumer<ComponentBuilder<?, ?>> makeFancy(PermissionHolder holder, String label, Node node) {
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        String[] strings = new String[]{"¥3> " + (node.getValue() ? "¥a" : "¥c") + node.getKey(), " ", "¥7Click to remove this node from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()};
-                "¥3> " + (node.getValue() ? "¥a" : "¥c") + node.getKey(),
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", strings), '¥'));
-                " ",
-                "¥7Click to remove this node from " + holder.getFormattedDisplayName()
-        ), '¥'));
 
         String id = holder.getType() == HolderType.GROUP ? holder.getObjectName() : holder.getFormattedDisplayName();
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !holder.getPlugin().getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/group/GroupListMembers.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.command.CommandSpec;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Group;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.HolderType;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.comparator.HeldPermissionComparator;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.comparator.HeldNodeComparator;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeCommandFactory;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.types.Inheritance;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Iterators;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.HeldNode;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.types.InheritanceNode;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class GroupListMembers extends SubCommand<Group> {
 
     private static <T extends Comparable<T>> void sendResult(Sender sender, List<HeldNode<T>> results, Function<T, String> lookupFunction, Message headerMessage, HolderType holderType, String label, int page) {
         results = new ArrayList<>(results);
-        results.sort(HeldPermissionComparator.normal());
+        results.sort(HeldNodeComparator.normal());
 
         int pageIndex = page - 1;
         List<List<HeldNode<T>>> pages = Iterators.divideIterable(results, 15);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class GroupListMembers extends SubCommand<Group> {
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, HeldNode<T>> ent : mappedContent) {
             String s = "&3> &b" + ent.getKey() + " " + getNodeExpiryString(ent.getValue().getNode()) + MessageUtils.getAppendableNodeContextString(sender.getPlugin().getLocaleManager(), ent.getValue().getNode());
-            TextComponent message = TextUtils.fromLegacy(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(ent.getKey(), holderType, label, ent.getValue(), sender.getPlugin())).build();
+            TextComponent message = LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(ent.getKey(), holderType, label, ent.getValue(), sender.getPlugin())).build();
             sender.sendMessage(message);
         }
     }
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@ public class GroupListMembers extends SubCommand<Group> {
     }
 
     private static Consumer<ComponentBuilder<? ,?>> makeFancy(String holderName, HolderType holderType, String label, HeldNode<?> perm, LuckPermsPlugin plugin) {
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", "&3> &b" + ((InheritanceNode) perm.getNode()).getGroupName(), " ", "&7Click to remove this parent from " + holderName), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
-                "&3> &b" + ((InheritanceNode) perm.getNode()).getGroupName(),
-                " ",
-                "&7Click to remove this parent from " + holderName
-        ), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
 
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !plugin.getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();
         String command = "/" + label + " " + NodeCommandFactory.generateCommand(perm.getNode(), holderName, holderType, false, explicitGlobalContext);

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/misc/ApplyEditsCommand.java

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Group;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.PermissionHolder;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Track;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.manager.group.GroupManager;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.utils.NodeJsonSerializer;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ public class ApplyEditsCommand extends SingleCommand {
         }
 
         Set<Node> before = new HashSet<>(holder.normalData().immutable().values());
-        Set<Node> after = new HashSet<>(WebEditor.deserializePermissions(data.getAsJsonArray("nodes")));
+        Set<Node> after = new HashSet<>(NodeJsonSerializer.deserializeNodes(data.getAsJsonArray("nodes")));
 
         Map.Entry<Set<Node>, Set<Node>> diff = diff(before, after);
         Set<Node> diffAdded = diff.getKey();

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/misc/ExportCommand.java

@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public class ExportCommand extends SingleCommand {
         }
 
         Path dataDirectory = plugin.getBootstrap().getDataDirectory();
-        Path path = dataDirectory.resolve(args.get(0));
+        Path path = dataDirectory.resolve(args.get(0) + ".json.gz");
 
-        if (!path.getParent().equals(dataDirectory) || path.getFileName().toString().equals("config.yml")) {
+        if (!path.getParent().equals(dataDirectory)) {
             Message.FILE_NOT_WITHIN_DIRECTORY.send(sender, path.toString());
             return CommandResult.INVALID_ARGS;
         }

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/misc/ImportCommand.java

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 
 package me.lucko.luckperms.common.commands.misc;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.backup.Importer;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.backup.LegacyImporter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandResult;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.abstraction.SingleCommand;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.access.CommandPermission;
@@ -35,13 +38,17 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.GsonProvider;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 public class ImportCommand extends SingleCommand {
     private final AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -57,8 +64,13 @@ public class ImportCommand extends SingleCommand {
             return CommandResult.STATE_ERROR;
         }
 
+        String fileName = args.get(0);
+        if (!fileName.contains(".")) {
+            fileName += ".json.gz";
+        }
+
         Path dataDirectory = plugin.getBootstrap().getDataDirectory();
-        Path path = dataDirectory.resolve(args.get(0));
+        Path path = dataDirectory.resolve(fileName);
 
         if (!path.getParent().equals(dataDirectory) || path.getFileName().toString().equals("config.yml")) {
             Message.FILE_NOT_WITHIN_DIRECTORY.send(sender, path.toString());
@@ -66,22 +78,23 @@ public class ImportCommand extends SingleCommand {
         }
 
         if (!Files.exists(path)) {
-            Message.IMPORT_LOG_DOESNT_EXIST.send(sender, path.toString());
+            Message.IMPORT_FILE_DOESNT_EXIST.send(sender, path.toString());
             return CommandResult.INVALID_ARGS;
         }
 
         if (!Files.isReadable(path)) {
-            Message.IMPORT_LOG_NOT_READABLE.send(sender, path.toString());
+            Message.IMPORT_FILE_NOT_READABLE.send(sender, path.toString());
             return CommandResult.FAILURE;
         }
 
+        if (!fileName.endsWith(".json.gz")) {
+            // legacy
             List<String> commands;
-
             try {
                 commands = Files.readAllLines(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
-            Message.IMPORT_LOG_FAILURE.send(sender);
+                Message.IMPORT_FILE_READ_FAILURE.send(sender);
                 return CommandResult.FAILURE;
             }
 
@@ -90,7 +103,7 @@ public class ImportCommand extends SingleCommand {
                 return CommandResult.STATE_ERROR;
             }
 
-        Importer importer = new Importer(plugin.getCommandManager(), sender, commands);
+            LegacyImporter importer = new LegacyImporter(plugin.getCommandManager(), sender, commands);
 
             // Run the importer in its own thread.
             plugin.getBootstrap().getScheduler().executeAsync(() -> {
@@ -100,6 +113,33 @@ public class ImportCommand extends SingleCommand {
                     this.running.set(false);
                 }
             });
+        } else {
+            // modern
+            JsonObject data;
+            try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new GZIPInputStream(Files.newInputStream(path)), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+                data = GsonProvider.normal().fromJson(reader, JsonObject.class);;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+                Message.IMPORT_FILE_READ_FAILURE.send(sender);
+                return CommandResult.FAILURE;
+            }
+
+            if (!this.running.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+                Message.IMPORT_ALREADY_RUNNING.send(sender);
+                return CommandResult.STATE_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            Importer importer = new Importer(plugin, sender, data);
+
+            // Run the importer in its own thread.
+            plugin.getBootstrap().getScheduler().executeAsync(() -> {
+                try {
+                    importer.run();
+                } finally {
+                    this.running.set(false);
+                }
+            });
+        }
 
         return CommandResult.SUCCESS;
     }

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/commands/misc/SearchCommand.java

@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.LocaleManager;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.command.CommandSpec;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.HolderType;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.comparator.HeldPermissionComparator;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.comparator.HeldNodeComparator;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeCommandFactory;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Iterators;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.Predicates;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.HeldNode;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class SearchCommand extends SingleCommand {
 
     private static <T extends Comparable<T>> void sendResult(Sender sender, List<HeldNode<T>> results, Function<T, String> lookupFunction, Message headerMessage, HolderType holderType, String label, int page, Comparison comparison) {
         results = new ArrayList<>(results);
-        results.sort(HeldPermissionComparator.normal());
+        results.sort(HeldNodeComparator.normal());
 
         int pageIndex = page - 1;
         List<List<HeldNode<T>>> pages = Iterators.divideIterable(results, 15);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class SearchCommand extends SingleCommand {
             }
 
             String s = "&3> &b" + ent.getKey() + permission + "&7 - " + (ent.getValue().getNode().getValue() ? "&a" : "&c") + ent.getValue().getNode().getValue() + getNodeExpiryString(ent.getValue().getNode()) + MessageUtils.getAppendableNodeContextString(sender.getPlugin().getLocaleManager(), ent.getValue().getNode());
-            TextComponent message = TextUtils.fromLegacy(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(ent.getKey(), holderType, label, ent.getValue(), sender.getPlugin())).build();
+            TextComponent message = LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s, CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR).toBuilder().applyDeep(makeFancy(ent.getKey(), holderType, label, ent.getValue(), sender.getPlugin())).build();
             sender.sendMessage(message);
         }
     }
@@ -170,11 +170,8 @@ public class SearchCommand extends SingleCommand {
     }
 
     private static Consumer<ComponentBuilder<?, ?>> makeFancy(String holderName, HolderType holderType, String label, HeldNode<?> perm, LuckPermsPlugin plugin) {
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(
+        String[] strings = new String[]{"&3> " + (perm.getNode().getValue() ? "&a" : "&c") + perm.getNode().getKey(), " ", "&7Click to remove this node from " + holderName};
-                "&3> " + (perm.getNode().getValue() ? "&a" : "&c") + perm.getNode().getKey(),
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(String.join("\n", strings), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
-                " ",
-                "&7Click to remove this node from " + holderName
-        ), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
 
         boolean explicitGlobalContext = !plugin.getConfiguration().getContextsFile().getDefaultContexts().isEmpty();
         String command = "/" + label + " " + NodeCommandFactory.generateCommand(perm.getNode(), holderName, holderType, false, explicitGlobalContext);

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/locale/message/Message.java

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ package me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.command.CommandManager;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.LocaleManager;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ public enum Message {
     IMPORT_ALREADY_RUNNING("&cAnother import process is already running. Please wait for it to finish and try again.", true),
     EXPORT_ALREADY_RUNNING("&cAnother export process is already running. Please wait for it to finish and try again.", true),
     FILE_NOT_WITHIN_DIRECTORY("&cError: File &4{}&c must be a direct child of the data directory.", true),
-    IMPORT_LOG_DOESNT_EXIST("&cError: File &4{}&c does not exist.", true),
+    IMPORT_FILE_DOESNT_EXIST("&cError: File &4{}&c does not exist.", true),
-    IMPORT_LOG_NOT_READABLE("&cError: File &4{}&c is not readable.", true),
+    IMPORT_FILE_NOT_READABLE("&cError: File &4{}&c is not readable.", true),
-    IMPORT_LOG_FAILURE("&cAn unexpected error occured whilst reading from the log file.", true),
+    IMPORT_FILE_READ_FAILURE("&cAn unexpected error occured whilst reading from the import file.", true),
 
     IMPORT_PROGRESS("&b(Import) &b-> &f{}&f% complete &7- &b{}&f/&b{} &foperations complete with &c{} &ferrors.", true),
     IMPORT_PROGRESS_SIN("&b(Import) &b-> &f{}&f% complete &7- &b{}&f/&b{} &foperations complete with &c{} &ferror.", true),
@@ -482,10 +482,18 @@ public enum Message {
 
     Message(String message, boolean showPrefix) {
         // rewrite hardcoded placeholders according to their position
-        this.message = TextUtils.rewritePlaceholders(message);
+        this.message = rewritePlaceholders(message);
         this.showPrefix = showPrefix;
     }
 
+    private static String rewritePlaceholders(String input) {
+        int i = 0;
+        while (input.contains("{}")) {
+            input = input.replaceFirst("\\{\\}", "{" + i++ + "}");
+        }
+        return input;
+    }
+
     public String getMessage() {
         return this.message;
     }
@@ -517,7 +525,7 @@ public enum Message {
     }
 
     public TextComponent asComponent(@Nullable LocaleManager localeManager, Object... objects) {
-        return TextUtils.fromLegacy(format(localeManager, objects), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR);
+        return LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(format(localeManager, objects), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR);
     }
 
     public void send(Sender sender, Object... objects) {

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/node/comparator/HeldNodeComparator.java

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ import net.luckperms.api.node.HeldNode;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 
-public class HeldPermissionComparator<T extends Comparable<T>> implements Comparator<HeldNode<T>> {
+public class HeldNodeComparator<T extends Comparable<T>> implements Comparator<HeldNode<T>> {
 
     public static <T extends Comparable<T>> Comparator<? super HeldNode<T>> normal() {
-        return new HeldPermissionComparator<>();
+        return new HeldNodeComparator<>();
     }
 
     public static <T extends Comparable<T>> Comparator<? super HeldNode<T>> reverse() {
-        return HeldPermissionComparator.<T>normal().reversed();
+        return HeldNodeComparator.<T>normal().reversed();
     }
 
     @Override

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/node/utils/NodeJsonSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.utils;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.context.ContextSetJsonSerializer;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeBuilders;
+
+import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
+import net.luckperms.api.node.NodeBuilder;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class NodeJsonSerializer {
+
+    private NodeJsonSerializer() {
+
+    }
+
+    public static JsonArray serializeNodes(Collection<Node> nodes) {
+        JsonArray arr = new JsonArray();
+        for (Node node : nodes) {
+            JsonObject attributes = new JsonObject();
+
+            attributes.addProperty("type", node.getType().name().toLowerCase());
+            attributes.addProperty("key", node.getKey());
+            attributes.addProperty("value", node.getValue());
+
+            Instant expiry = node.getExpiry();
+            if (expiry != null) {
+                attributes.addProperty("expiry", expiry.getEpochSecond());
+            }
+
+            if (!node.getContexts().isEmpty()) {
+                attributes.add("context", ContextSetJsonSerializer.serializeContextSet(node.getContexts()));
+            }
+
+            arr.add(attributes);
+        }
+        return arr;
+    }
+
+    public static Set<Node> deserializeNodes(JsonArray arr) {
+        Set<Node> nodes = new HashSet<>();
+        for (JsonElement ent : arr) {
+            JsonObject attributes = ent.getAsJsonObject();
+
+            String key = attributes.get("key").getAsString();
+            boolean value = attributes.get("value").getAsBoolean();
+
+            NodeBuilder<?, ?> builder = NodeBuilders.determineMostApplicable(key).value(value);
+
+            if (attributes.has("expiry")) {
+                builder.expiry(attributes.get("expiry").getAsLong());
+            }
+
+            if (attributes.has("context")) {
+                builder.context(ContextSetJsonSerializer.deserializeContextSet(attributes.get("context")));
+            }
+
+            nodes.add(builder.build());
+        }
+        return nodes;
+    }
+}

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/sender/AbstractSender.java

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ package me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public final class AbstractSender<T> implements Sender {
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(Component message) {
         if (isConsole()) {
-            sendMessage(TextUtils.toLegacy(message));
+            sendMessage(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(message));
             return;
         }
 

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/sender/DummySender.java

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 package me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender;
 
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public abstract class DummySender implements Sender {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(Component message) {
-        consumeMessage(TextUtils.toLegacy(message));
+        consumeMessage(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(message));
     }
 
     @Override

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/util/TextUtils.java

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of LuckPerms, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- *  Copyright (c) lucko (Luck) <luck@lucko.me>
- *  Copyright (c) contributors
- *
- *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- *  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- *  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- *  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- *  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- *  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- *  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- *  SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package me.lucko.luckperms.common.util;
-
-import net.kyori.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
-import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
-public final class TextUtils {
-    private TextUtils() {}
-
-    public static String joinNewline(String... strings) {
-        return joinNewline(Arrays.stream(strings));
-    }
-
-    public static String joinNewline(Stream<String> strings) {
-        return strings.collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
-    }
-
-    public static TextComponent fromLegacy(String input, char character) {
-        return LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(input, character);
-    }
-
-    public static TextComponent fromLegacy(String input) {
-        return LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(input);
-    }
-
-    public static String toLegacy(Component component, char character) {
-        return LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(component, character);
-    }
-
-    public static String toLegacy(Component component) {
-        return LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(component);
-    }
-
-    public static String rewritePlaceholders(String input) {
-        int i = 0;
-        while (input.contains("{}")) {
-            input = input.replaceFirst("\\{\\}", "{" + i++ + "}");
-        }
-        return input;
-    }
-
-}

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/VerboseListener.java

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.locale.message.Message;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.DurationFormatter;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.StackTracePrinter;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.GsonProvider;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JArray;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JObject;
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.web.BytebinClient;
 
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 import net.luckperms.api.query.QueryMode;
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 /**
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ public class VerboseListener {
         }
 
         // send the message
-        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(TextUtils.fromLegacy(TextUtils.joinNewline(hover.stream()), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
+        HoverEvent hoverEvent = HoverEvent.showText(LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(hover.stream().collect(Collectors.joining("\n")), CommandManager.AMPERSAND_CHAR));
         TextComponent text = textComponent.toBuilder().applyDeep(comp -> comp.hoverEvent(hoverEvent)).build();
         this.notifiedSender.sendMessage(text);
     }

common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/web/WebEditor.java

@@ -26,23 +26,18 @@
 package me.lucko.luckperms.common.web;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.context.ContextSetJsonSerializer;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.PermissionHolder;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.model.Track;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.factory.NodeBuilders;
+import me.lucko.luckperms.common.node.utils.NodeJsonSerializer;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.GsonProvider;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JArray;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.gson.JObject;
 
-import net.luckperms.api.node.Node;
-import net.luckperms.api.node.NodeBuilder;
-
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
@@ -52,11 +47,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Utility methods for interacting with the LuckPerms web permission editor.
@@ -69,7 +60,7 @@ public final class WebEditor {
                 .add("type", holder.getType().toString())
                 .add("id", holder.getObjectName())
                 .add("displayName", holder.getPlainDisplayName())
-                .add("nodes", serializePermissions(holder.normalData().immutable().values()));
+                .add("nodes", NodeJsonSerializer.serializeNodes(holder.normalData().immutable().values()));
     }
 
     private static JObject writeData(Track track) {
@@ -143,50 +134,4 @@ public final class WebEditor {
         }
     }
 
-    private static JsonArray serializePermissions(Collection<Node> nodes) {
-        JsonArray arr = new JsonArray();
-        for (Node node : nodes) {
-            JsonObject attributes = new JsonObject();
-
-            attributes.addProperty("type", node.getType().name().toLowerCase());
-            attributes.addProperty("key", node.getKey());
-            attributes.addProperty("value", node.getValue());
-
-            Instant expiry = node.getExpiry();
-            if (expiry != null) {
-                attributes.addProperty("expiry", expiry.getEpochSecond());
-            }
-
-            if (!node.getContexts().isEmpty()) {
-                attributes.add("context", ContextSetJsonSerializer.serializeContextSet(node.getContexts()));
-            }
-
-            arr.add(attributes);
-        }
-        return arr;
-    }
-
-    public static Set<Node> deserializePermissions(JsonArray arr) {
-        Set<Node> nodes = new HashSet<>();
-        for (JsonElement ent : arr) {
-            JsonObject attributes = ent.getAsJsonObject();
-
-            String key = attributes.get("key").getAsString();
-            boolean value = attributes.get("value").getAsBoolean();
-
-            NodeBuilder<?, ?> builder = NodeBuilders.determineMostApplicable(key).value(value);
-
-            if (attributes.has("expiry")) {
-                builder.expiry(attributes.get("expiry").getAsLong());
-            }
-
-            if (attributes.has("context")) {
-                builder.context(ContextSetJsonSerializer.deserializeContextSet(attributes.get("context")));
-            }
-
-            nodes.add(builder.build());
-        }
-        return nodes;
-    }
-
 }

nukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/nukkit/NukkitSenderFactory.java

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ package me.lucko.luckperms.nukkit;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.SenderFactory;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 
 import cn.nukkit.Player;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class NukkitSenderFactory extends SenderFactory<CommandSender> {
     @Override
     protected void sendMessage(CommandSender sender, Component message) {
         // Fallback to legacy format
-        sendMessage(sender, TextUtils.toLegacy(message));
+        sendMessage(sender, LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.serialize(message));
     }
 
     @Override

velocity/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/velocity/VelocitySenderFactory.java

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.plugin.LuckPermsPlugin;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.Sender;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.sender.SenderFactory;
-import me.lucko.luckperms.common.util.TextUtils;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.velocity.service.CompatibilityUtil;
 
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.luckperms.api.node.Tristate;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class VelocitySenderFactory extends SenderFactory<CommandSource> {
 
     @Override
     protected void sendMessage(CommandSource source, String s) {
-        sendMessage(source, TextUtils.fromLegacy(s));
+        sendMessage(source, LegacyComponentSerializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(s));
     }
 
     @Override