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package com.viaversion.viaversion.api.data.entity;

import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.minecraft.entities.EntityType;

public interface TrackedEntity {

    /**
     * Returns the type of the stored entity.
     *
     * @return type of the entity
     */
    EntityType entityType();

    /**
     * Object to hold arbitrary additional data.
     *
     * @return entity data
     */
    StoredEntityData data();

    /**
     * Returns whether the stored entity currently has any additional data.
     *
     * @return whether the stored entity currently has additional data
     */
    boolean hasData();

    /**
     * Returns whether metadata has already been sent at least once for this entity.
     *
     * @return whether metadata has already been sent at least once for this entity
     */
    boolean hasSentMetadata();

    void sentMetadata(boolean sentMetadata);
}