🚀 IonAPI v1.5.0

🚀 IonAPI v1.5.0

🐛 Bug Fixes

ion-gui

• Event Priority Hardening: Changed all GUI event handlers from EventPriority.NORMAL to EventPriority.HIGHEST to prevent other plugins from un-canceling cancelled events and causing item exploits
  • IonGuiBuilder: 5 handlers updated
  • InputGui: 3 handlers updated
  • SignInput: 1 handler updated
• Shift-Click Exploit Fixed: Added blocking for shift-click and hotbar swap (number keys) when clicking in player inventory
• ConfirmationGui Double-Callback Fixed: Added handled flag to prevent onCancel callback from firing twice

Examples

• ComprehensiveExample.java: Fixed compile error - changed .async() to .asyncSupply() for lambda that returns a value

🥶 IonAPI v1.4.0

[1.4.0]

✨ New Features

• Scoreboard Stability: Introduced fixedWidth(int) to prevent scoreboard resizing/jitter when line lengths change.
• API Enhancement: Added IonScoreboard.builder().fixedWidth(int) for consistent display width.

📚 Documentation

• Updated examples and README to reflect the v1.4.0 builder patterns.

👑 IonAPI v1.3.0 - polishing and fixing

IonAPI v1.3.0

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Scoreboard Flashing Fixed - No more flickering on updates
• GUI Item Duplication Fixed - Prevented all item manipulation exploits

✨ New Features

• Animated Scoreboard Lines - animatedLine(score, interval, frames...)
• Auto-Update Scheduling - updateInterval(ticks) for scoreboards
• ConfirmationGui - Simple yes/no dialog builder
• Skull Textures - .skullTexture(base64) for custom heads
• Leather Armor Colors - .color(Color.RED) for leather items
• Potion Effects - .potionType(), .potionEffect(), .potionColor()

📦 Installation

implementation("com.github.mattbaconz:IonAPI:1.3.0")

🔥IonAPI v1.2.6

[1.2.6]

🚀 Improvements

• Build Fix: Resolved artifact conflict for correct JitPack building.
• API: Added IonPlugin#getIonVersion() utility.
• Documentation: Updated all guides and verified correctness (including year 2025 corrections).
• Polish: Resolved various Javadoc warnings for cleaner build output.

⚛️ IonAPI v1.2.5 - Native Paper & Folia Support

IonAPI v1.2.5

🚀 Native Paper & Folia Support
This release implements the core platform logic required for IonAPI to function on modern Minecraft servers. It bridges the gap between the API and the underlying server software.

✨ New Features

• Paper Support: Native implementation for Paper servers tailored for high performance.
• Folia Support: Full support for Folia's regionized threading model.
• Unified Scheduler:
  • The IonScheduler now automatically detects the platform.
  • Added context-aware scheduling: runAt(Entity, ...) and runAt(Location, ...).
  • Safe delegation to Folia's RegionScheduler and GlobalRegionScheduler.
• Core Services: Implemented default providers for Commands, Configuration, and the Event Bus.

🐛 Fixes

• Fixed a build error related to missing Paper API dependencies in ion-core.
• Resolved conflicting method overrides in the base plugin implementation.

🛠️ Usage

implementation("com.github.mattbaconz:IonAPI:1.2.5")

🚀 IonAPI v1.2.0 - Performance & Utilities

🚀 IonAPI v1.2.0 - Performance & Utilities

Performance improvements and 8 new developer utilities to make plugin development faster and easier.

⚡ Performance

• 10-50x faster ORM through reflection caching
• Batch operations for bulk insert/update/delete
• Optimized dependencies (Redis now compileOnly)

✨ New Features

• CooldownManager - Thread-safe player cooldowns
• RateLimiter - Sliding window spam prevention
• MessageBuilder - Fluent MiniMessage builder
• IonScoreboard - Easy scoreboard creation
• IonBossBar - Boss bar management
• Metrics - Performance monitoring
• BatchOperation - Bulk database operations
• ReflectionCache - Automatic entity caching

📦 Installation

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.mattbaconz:IonAPI:1.2.0")
}

🔄 Migration
No breaking changes! Fully backward compatible with v1.1.0.

⭐ IonAPI v1.1.0 - Economy, Redis & Enterprise Features

🔒 Security

• Fixed SQL injection vulnerability in QueryBuilderImpl - all column names, operators, and ORDER BY directions are now sanitized
• Fixed resource leak in TransactionImpl - connection is now properly closed if setAutoCommit(false) fails

✨ Added

• ion-economy: Complete economy system with Vault integration
  • EconomyProvider - Core async economy interface
  • Currency - Multi-currency support with formatting
  • TransactionResult - Detailed transaction outcomes
  • EconomyAccount - Database entity with BigDecimal precision
  • IonEconomy - Static API entry point with fluent transactions
  • IonEconomyVaultHook - Full Vault compatibility bridge
• GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline for automated builds and tests
• Comprehensive input validation for database queries
• New EconomyExample.java demonstrating economy usage
• ORM Relationships: Entity relationship annotations
  • @OneToMany - One-to-many relationships with lazy/eager loading
  • @ManyToOne - Many-to-one relationships
  • @JoinColumn - Foreign key column specification
  • FetchType - EAGER/LAZY loading strategies
  • CascadeType - Cascade operations (ALL, PERSIST, MERGE, REMOVE, REFRESH)
• Entity Caching: Reduce database queries with in-memory caching
  • @Cacheable - Mark entities for caching with TTL and max size
  • EntityCache - Thread-safe cache with automatic expiration
  • CacheManager - Centralized cache management
• New AdvancedDatabaseExample.java showing relationships, caching, and transactions
• ion-redis: Redis integration module
  • IonRedis - Async Redis client interface
  • IonRedisBuilder - Fluent builder for Redis connections
  • Pub/sub messaging support
  • Key-value storage with TTL
  • Connection statistics and health monitoring
• Hot-Reload Config: Auto-reload configuration on file changes
  • HotReloadConfig - WatchService-based config monitoring
  • Multiple reload handlers support
  • Real-time config updates without server restart
• Economy Admin Commands: Debug commands for economy system
  • /ion eco set <player> <amount> - Set player balance
  • /ion eco give <player> <amount> - Give money to player
  • /ion eco debug <player> - View raw database state
• New HotReloadExample.java demonstrating config hot-reloading
• JitPack configuration for Maven Central publication
• "IonAPI vs Others" comparison table in README

⚡ IonAPI v1.0.0 - Initial Release

🎉 IonAPI v1.0.0 - Initial Release

✨ Features

🔥 Core Features

• ⚡ Unified Scheduler - Paper & Folia compatible
• 🎮 Modern Commands - Fluent registration
• ⚙️ Smart Config - Type-safe configuration
• 📢 Event Bus - Custom event system
• 🛠️ Utilities - MiniMessage support

🆕 Extended Features

• 🎨 Item Builder - Fluent ItemStack creation
• 📦 GUI System - Interactive menus
• 📊 Scoreboard/BossBar - Dynamic UI
• 🔗 Task Chains - Async/sync workflows
• 💾 Database ORM - Simple data persistence

🌟 Additional Modules

• 🔌 Cross-Server Messaging - Velocity/BungeeCord support
• 👻 Packet NPCs - Lightweight NPCs
• 🏷️ PlaceholderAPI Bridge - Auto-registration
• 💉 Dependency Injection - Clean architecture
• 🧪 Unit Testing - Mock framework
• 🔄 Compatibility Layer - Java 8+ polyfills