From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MelnCat <melncatuwu@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:10:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add entity knockback API


diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/LivingEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/LivingEntity.java
index aa2c3c4648844908b2699f6f220393f98836ed5d..f5a4160afb75549dd56a237cf99ec733efef9b4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/LivingEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/LivingEntity.java
@@ -1070,5 +1070,17 @@ public interface LivingEntity extends Attributable, Damageable, ProjectileSource
             this.swingOffHand();
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Knocks back this entity from a specific direction with a specified strength. Mechanics such
+     * as knockback resistance will be factored in.
+     *
+     * The direction specified in this method will be the direction of the source of the knockback,
+     * so the entity will be pushed in the opposite direction.
+     * @param strength The strength of the knockback. Must be greater than 0.
+     * @param directionX The relative x position of the knockback source direction
+     * @param directionZ The relative z position of the knockback source direction
+     */
+    void knockback(double strength, double directionX, double directionZ);
     // Paper end
 }