From 64f9dff6effae1226b6b6249915395234032aebe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MeFisto94 <MeFisto94@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 01:41:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Expose the Entity Counter to allow plugins to use valid and
 non-conflicting Entity Ids

---
 paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
index 739f117a0f..bd3567e9b0 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/UnsafeValues.java
@@ -168,5 +168,12 @@ public interface UnsafeValues {
     byte[] serializeItem(ItemStack item);
 
     ItemStack deserializeItem(byte[] data);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns the next EntityId available.
+     * <p>
+     * Use this when sending custom packets, so that there are no collisions on the client or server.
+     */
+    public int nextEntityId();
     // Paper end
 }