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+package org.bukkit.event.block;
+
+import org.bukkit.block.Block;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
+import org.bukkit.event.Cancellable;
+import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * Called when a block of TNT in the world become primed.
+ * <p>
+ * If a TNT Prime event is cancelled, the block of TNT will not become primed.
+ */
+public class TNTPrimeEvent extends BlockEvent implements Cancellable {
+
+    private static final HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
+    private boolean cancelled;
+    private final PrimeCause igniteCause;
+    private final Entity primingEntity;
+    private final Block primingBlock;
+
+    public TNTPrimeEvent(@NotNull final Block block, @NotNull final PrimeCause igniteCause, @Nullable final Entity primingEntity, @Nullable final Block primingBlock) {
+        super(block);
+        this.igniteCause = igniteCause;
+        this.primingEntity = primingEntity;
+        this.primingBlock = primingBlock;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCancelled() {
+        return cancelled;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setCancelled(boolean cancel) {
+        this.cancelled = cancel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the cause of the TNT becoming primed.
+     *
+     * @return the cause
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public PrimeCause getCause() {
+        return igniteCause;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the entity that caused the TNT to be primed.
+     *
+     * @return the entity that caused the TNT to be primed, or null if it was
+     * not caused by an entity.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public Entity getPrimingEntity() {
+        return primingEntity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the block that caused the TNT to be primed.
+     *
+     * @return the block that caused the TNT to be primed, or null if it was not
+     * caused by a block.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public Block getPrimingBlock() {
+        return primingBlock;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public HandlerList getHandlers() {
+        return handlers;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    public static HandlerList getHandlerList() {
+        return handlers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An enum to represent the cause of a TNT block becoming primed.
+     */
+    public enum PrimeCause {
+
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed by fire spreading.
+         */
+        FIRE,
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed by a redstone signal.
+         */
+        REDSTONE,
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed by a player interacting with it directly.
+         */
+        PLAYER,
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed by a nearby explosion.
+         */
+        EXPLOSION,
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed after getting hit with a burning projectile.
+         */
+        PROJECTILE,
+        /**
+         * When TNT with the unstable block state set to true is broken.
+         * <p>
+         * Note: Canceling a prime event with this cause will stop the primed
+         * TNT from spawning but will not stop the block from being broken.
+         */
+        BLOCK_BREAK,
+        /**
+         * When TNT is primed by a dispenser holding flint and steel.
+         * <p>
+         * Note: This event is not called for a dispenser dispensing TNT
+         * directly.
+         */
+        DISPENSER;
+    }
+}