Serializing multiple items to bytes isn't trivial, so often beginners fall into the trap of using output IO streams and Bukkit serialization instead, so these provide helpful extra methods to deal with item arrays.
* Updated Upstream (Bukkit/CraftBukkit)
Upstream has released updates that appear to apply and compile correctly.
This update has not been tested by PaperMC and as with ANY update, please do your own testing
Bukkit Changes:
a6a9d2a4 Remove some old ApiStatus.Experimental annotations
be72314c SPIGOT-7300, PR-829: Add new DamageSource API providing enhanced information about entity damage
b252cf05 SPIGOT-7576, PR-970: Add methods in MushroomCow to change stew effects
b1c689bd PR-902: Add Server#isLoggingIPs to get log-ips configuration
08f86d1c PR-971: Add Player methods for client-side potion effects
2e3024a9 PR-963: Add API for in-world structures
a23292a7 SPIGOT-7530, PR-948: Improve Resource Pack API with new 1.20.3 functionality
1851857b SPIGOT-3071, PR-969: Add entity spawn method with spawn reason
cde4c52a SPIGOT-5553, PR-964: Add EntityKnockbackEvent
CraftBukkit Changes:
38fd4bd50 Fix accidentally renamed internal damage method
80f0ce4be SPIGOT-7300, PR-1180: Add new DamageSource API providing enhanced information about entity damage
7e43f3b16 SPIGOT-7581: Fix typo in BlockMushroom
ea14b7d90 SPIGOT-7576, PR-1347: Add methods in MushroomCow to change stew effects
4c687f243 PR-1259: Add Server#isLoggingIPs to get log-ips configuration
22a541a29 Improve support for per-world game rules
cb7dccce2 PR-1348: Add Player methods for client-side potion effects
b8d6109f0 PR-1335: Add API for in-world structures
4398a1b5b SPIGOT-7577: Make CraftWindCharge#explode discard the entity
e74107678 Fix Crafter maximum stack size
0bb0f4f6a SPIGOT-7530, PR-1314: Improve Resource Pack API with new 1.20.3 functionality
4949f556d SPIGOT-3071, PR-1345: Add entity spawn method with spawn reason
20ac73ca2 PR-1353: Fix Structure#place not working as documented with 0 palette
3c1b77871 SPIGOT-6911, PR-1349: Change max book length in CraftMetaBook
333701839 SPIGOT-7572: Bee nests generated without bees
f48f4174c SPIGOT-5553, PR-1336: Add EntityKnockbackEvent
Upstream has released updates that appear to apply and compile correctly.
This update has not been tested by PaperMC and as with ANY update, please do your own testing
Bukkit Changes:
1d522878 PR-966: Introduce getRespawnLocation as a replacement for getBedSpawnLocation
cc01b745 PR-965: Add DragonBattle#setPreviouslyKilled
28e3702f SPIGOT-6921, PR-957: Add methods to remove all enchantments on an ItemStack
8872404e PR-961: Add BlockData#copyTo
4054cc7b PR-956: Add method to get an offline player's location
CraftBukkit Changes:
292ec79e0 SPIGOT-7568: Call EntityChangeBlockEvent for DecoratedPot
b44bf5aa8 SPIGOT-7575: SuspiciousStewMeta creates invalid PotionEffect data
161784713 PR-1340: Centralize the conversion from and to Minecraft / Bukkit registry items even more and add a test case for them
b93c5a30d PR-1338: Introduce getRespawnLocation as a replacement for getBedSpawnLocation
fb973486c SPIGOT-7570: PrepareItemCraftEvent#isRepair() always returns false
c9c24535e PR-1337: Add DragonBattle#setPreviouslyKilled
c8b4da803 SPIGOT-6921, PR-1330: Add methods to remove all enchantments on an ItemStack
95bc1c4f5 PR-1333: Add BlockData#copyTo
36e2f9ce1 PR-1329: Add method to get an offline player's location
Spigot Changes:
c198da22 SPIGOT-7563: Update to latest release of bungeecord-chat
Nassim Jahnke
Jake Potrebic