Started experimenting with serializing my Components into String

pom.xml

@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@
             <version>4.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.kyori</groupId>
-            <artifactId>adventure-text-serializer-plain</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
             <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>

src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStats.java

@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@ package com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.api;
 
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.Main;
 import net.kyori.adventure.platform.bukkit.BukkitAudiences;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentIteratorType;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.renderer.TranslatableComponentRenderer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.Statistic;
 import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import static net.kyori.adventure.translation.GlobalTranslator.renderer;
+
 /** This is the outgoing API that you can use to access the core functionality of PlayerStats.
  To work with it, you need to call PlayerStats.{@link #getAPI()} to get an instance of {@link PlayerStatsAPI}.
  You can then use this object to access any of the further methods.
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ public interface PlayerStats {
      Adventure's TextComponents, you can call this method to turn any stat-result into a String.
      @return a String representation of this TextComponent, without color and style, but with line-breaks*/
     default String statResultComponentToString(TextComponent statResult) {
-        return PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(statResult);
+        return LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().build().serialize(statResult);
     }
 
     /** Get a formatted player-statistic of Statistic.Type UNTYPED.

src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/commands/StatCommand.java

@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.ThreadManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.msg.OutputManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.statistic.RequestManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.models.StatRequest;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.utils.MyLogger;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import org.bukkit.Color;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.awt.*;
-
 
 public class StatCommand implements CommandExecutor {
 
@@ -38,10 +37,28 @@ public class StatCommand implements CommandExecutor {
         }
         else if (args[0].equalsIgnoreCase(">:(")) {
             java.awt.Color color = new java.awt.Color(178, 102, 255);
-            ChatColor one = ChatColor.of(color);
+//            ChatColor one = ChatColor.of(color);
-            TextComponent msg = new TextComponent(">:(((((");
+//            TextComponent msg = new TextComponent(">:(((((");
-            msg.setColor(one);
+//            msg.setColor(one);
-            sender.spigot().sendMessage(msg);
+//            sender.spigot().sendMessage(msg);
+//            sender.sendMessage("regular msg with ChatColor: " + one + ">:((((((");
+//            sender.sendMessage("regular msg Component.toLegacyText: " + msg.toLegacyText());
+//            sender.sendMessage("regular msg Component.toString: " + msg);
+        }
+        else if (args[0].equalsIgnoreCase(">:((")) {
+            Component msg = MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize("<gradient:#f74040:#FF6600:#f74040>fire demon</gradient>");
+            String msgString = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().build().serialize(msg);
+            sender.sendMessage("LCS.hexColors(): " + msgString);
+            MyLogger.logMsg(msgString);
+
+            String msgString2 = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(msg);
+            sender.sendMessage("LCS.legacySection: " + msgString2);
+            MyLogger.logMsg(msgString2);
+
+            //only this one works both in-game and in-console
+            String msgString3 = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat().build().serialize(msg);
+            sender.sendMessage("LCS.hexColors().spigotformat...: " + msgString3);
+            MyLogger.logMsg(msgString3);
         }
         else {
             StatRequest request = requestManager.generateRequest(sender, args);

src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/models/StatRequest.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 public final class StatRequest {
 
     private final CommandSender sender;
-    private final boolean isAPIRequest;
+    private boolean isAPIRequest;
     private Statistic statistic;
     private String playerName;
     private Target selection;
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public final class StatRequest {
         playerFlag = false;
     }
 
+    public void setAPIRequest() {
+        this.isAPIRequest = true;
+    }
+
     public boolean isAPIRequest() {
         return isAPIRequest;
     }

src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/statistic/RequestManager.java

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public class RequestManager implements RequestGenerator {
                 request.setPlayerName(arg);
                 request.setSelection(Target.PLAYER);
             }
+            else if (arg.equalsIgnoreCase("api")) {
+                request.setAPIRequest();
+            }
         }
         patchRequest(request);
         return request;

src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/statistic/StatThread.java

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.reload.ReloadThread;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.ThreadManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.utils.MyLogger;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
@@ -63,7 +65,16 @@ public class StatThread extends Thread {
                 case TOP -> outputManager.formatTopStat(request, statManager.getTopStats(request));
                 case SERVER -> outputManager.formatServerStat(request, statManager.getServerStat(request));
             };
-            outputManager.sendToCommandSender(request.getCommandSender(), statResult);
+            if (request.isAPIRequest()) {
+                String msg = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().build().serialize(statResult);
+                request.getCommandSender().sendMessage(msg);
+
+                String msg2 = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat().build().serialize(statResult);
+                request.getCommandSender().sendMessage(msg2);
+            }
+            else {
+                outputManager.sendToCommandSender(request.getCommandSender(), statResult);
+            }
         }
         catch (ConcurrentModificationException e) {
             if (!request.isConsoleSender()) {