From 691b112b9931b505d5acb88a4ccdf7e994f03677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zach Brown <zach.brown@destroystokyo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 15:56:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Return null if we get a ParseException in IChatBaseComponent

This is allowed as the method is explicitly marked as nullable and is
preferable to returning an empty string in this instance.

As a result, data that no longer parses correctly will not crash the server
instead just logging the exception and continuing (and in most cases should
fix the data)

Player data is fixed pretty much immediately but some block data (like
Shulkers) may need to be changed in order for it to re-save properly

No more crashing though.

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/IChatBaseComponent.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/IChatBaseComponent.java
index ff14b3e09..03c148f4f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/IChatBaseComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/IChatBaseComponent.java
@@ -357,7 +357,15 @@ public interface IChatBaseComponent extends Message, Iterable<IChatBaseComponent
         @Nullable public static IChatBaseComponent jsonToComponent(String json) { return a(json);} // Paper - OBFHELPER
         @Nullable
         public static IChatBaseComponent a(String s) {
-            return (IChatBaseComponent)ChatDeserializer.a(a, s, IChatBaseComponent.class, false);
+            // Paper start - Catch parse exception and return null
+            try {
+                return (IChatBaseComponent)ChatDeserializer.a(a, s, IChatBaseComponent.class, false);
+            } catch (JsonParseException ex) {
+                org.bukkit.Bukkit.getLogger().severe("Unable to deserialize component: " + s);
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+                return null;
+            }
+            // Paper end
         }
 
         @Nullable
-- 
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