Chat Component API

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/CommandSender.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.api;
 
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 public interface CommandSender
@@ -27,6 +29,20 @@ public interface CommandSender
      */
     public void sendMessages(String... messages);
 
+    /**
+     * Send a message to this sender.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to send
+     */
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent[] message);
+
+    /**
+     * Send a message to this sender.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to send
+     */
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent message);
+
     /**
      * Get all groups this user is part of. This returns an unmodifiable
      * collection.

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.api;
 
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.plugin.PluginManager;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -233,6 +234,20 @@ public abstract class ProxyServer
      */
     public abstract void broadcast(String message);
 
+    /**
+     * Send the specified message to the console and all connected players.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to broadcast
+     */
+    public abstract void broadcast(BaseComponent[] message);
+
+    /**
+     * Send the specified message to the console and all connected players.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to broadcast
+     */
+    public abstract void broadcast(BaseComponent message);
+
     /**
      * Gets a new instance of this proxies custom tab list.
      *

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public abstract class BaseComponent {
+
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    @Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    BaseComponent parent;
+
+    //Formatting
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private ChatColor color;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private Boolean bold;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private Boolean italic;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private Boolean underlined;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private Boolean strikethrough;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private Boolean obfuscated;
+
+    //Appended components
+    private List<BaseComponent> extra;
+
+    //Events
+    private ClickEvent clickEvent;
+    private HoverEvent hoverEvent;
+
+    public BaseComponent(BaseComponent old) {
+        setColor(old.getColorRaw());
+        setBold(old.isBoldRaw());
+        setItalic(old.isItalicRaw());
+        setUnderlined(old.isUnderlined());
+        setStrikethrough(old.isStrikethroughRaw());
+        setObfuscated(old.isObfuscatedRaw());
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the color of this component. This uses the parent's color
+     * if this component doesn't have one. {@link net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor#WHITE}
+     * is returned if no color is found.
+     * @return the color of this component
+     */
+    public ChatColor getColor() {
+        if (color == null) {
+            if (parent == null) {
+                return ChatColor.WHITE;
+            }
+            return parent.getColor();
+        }
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the color of this component without checking the parents
+     * color. May return null
+     * @return the color of this component
+     */
+    public ChatColor getColorRaw() {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is bold. This uses the parent's
+     * setting if this component hasn't been set. false is returned
+     * if none of the parent chain has been set.
+     * @return whether the component is bold
+     */
+    public boolean isBold() {
+        if (bold == null) {
+            return parent != null && parent.isBold();
+        }
+        return bold;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is bold without checking
+     * the parents setting. May return null
+     * @return whether the component is bold
+     */
+    public Boolean isBoldRaw() {
+        return bold;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is italic. This uses the parent's
+     * setting if this component hasn't been set. false is returned
+     * if none of the parent chain has been set.
+     * @return whether the component is italic
+     */
+    public boolean isItalic() {
+        if (italic == null) {
+            return parent != null && parent.isItalic();
+        }
+        return italic;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is italic without checking
+     * the parents setting. May return null
+     * @return whether the component is italic
+     */
+    public Boolean isItalicRaw() {
+        return italic;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is underlined. This uses the parent's
+     * setting if this component hasn't been set. false is returned
+     * if none of the parent chain has been set.
+     * @return whether the component is underlined
+     */
+    public boolean isUnderlined() {
+        if (underlined == null) {
+            return parent != null && parent.isUnderlined();
+        }
+        return underlined;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is underlined without checking
+     * the parents setting. May return null
+     * @return whether the component is underlined
+     */
+    public Boolean isUnderlinedRaw() {
+        return underlined;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is strikethrough. This uses the parent's
+     * setting if this component hasn't been set. false is returned
+     * if none of the parent chain has been set.
+     * @return whether the component is strikethrough
+     */
+    public boolean isStrikethrough() {
+        if (strikethrough == null) {
+            return parent != null && parent.isStrikethrough();
+        }
+        return strikethrough;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is strikethrough without checking
+     * the parents setting. May return null
+     * @return whether the component is strikethrough
+     */
+    public Boolean isStrikethroughRaw() {
+        return strikethrough;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is obfuscated. This uses the parent's
+     * setting if this component hasn't been set. false is returned
+     * if none of the parent chain has been set.
+     * @return whether the component is obfuscated
+     */
+    public boolean isObfuscated() {
+        if (obfuscated == null) {
+            return parent != null && parent.isObfuscated();
+        }
+        return obfuscated;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether this component is obfuscated without checking
+     * the parents setting. May return null
+     * @return whether the component is obfuscated
+     */
+    public Boolean isObfuscatedRaw() {
+        return obfuscated;
+    }
+
+    public void setExtra(List<BaseComponent> components) {
+        for (BaseComponent component : components) {
+            component.parent = this;
+        }
+        extra = components;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a text element to the component. The text will
+     * inherit this component's formatting
+     * @param text the text to append
+     */
+    public void addExtra(String text) {
+        addExtra(new TextComponent(text));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a component to the component. The text will
+     * inherit this component's formatting
+     * @param component the component to append
+     */
+    public void addExtra(BaseComponent component) {
+        if (extra == null) {
+            extra = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        component.parent = this;
+        extra.add(component);
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasFormatting() {
+        return color != null || bold != null ||
+                italic != null || underlined != null ||
+                strikethrough != null || obfuscated != null;
+    }
+
+    public String toPlainText() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        toPlainText(builder);
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    protected void toPlainText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        if (extra != null) {
+            for (BaseComponent e : extra) {
+                e.toPlainText(builder);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toLegacyText() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        toLegacyText(builder);
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    protected void toLegacyText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        if (extra != null) {
+            for (BaseComponent e : extra) {
+                e.toLegacyText(builder);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("BaseComponent{color=%s, bold=%b, italic=%b, underlined=%b, strikethrough=%b, obfuscated=%b}", getColor().getName(), isBold(), isItalic(), isUnderlined(), isStrikethrough(), isObfuscated());
+    }
+}

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ClickEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
+
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class ClickEvent {
+    private Action action;
+    private String value;
+
+    public enum Action {
+        OPEN_URL,
+        OPEN_FILE,
+        RUN_COMMAND,
+        SUGGEST_COMMAND
+    }
+}

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/HoverEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class HoverEvent {
+    @Getter
+    @Setter
+    private Action action;
+
+    @Getter
+    private Object value;
+
+    public HoverEvent(Action action, String value) {
+        setAction(action);
+        setValue(value);
+    }
+
+    public HoverEvent(Action action, BaseComponent value) {
+        setAction(action);
+        setValue(value);
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(BaseComponent value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public enum Action {
+        SHOW_TEXT,
+        SHOW_ACHIEVEMENT,
+        SHOW_ITEM
+    }
+}

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class TextComponent extends BaseComponent {
+    private String text;
+
+    public TextComponent(TextComponent old) {
+        super(old);
+        setText(old.getText());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void toPlainText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        builder.append(text);
+        super.toPlainText(builder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void toLegacyText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        builder.append(getColor());
+        if (isBold()) builder.append(ChatColor.BOLD);
+        if (isItalic()) builder.append(ChatColor.ITALIC);
+        if (isUnderlined()) builder.append(ChatColor.UNDERLINE);
+        if (isStrikethrough()) builder.append(ChatColor.STRIKETHROUGH);
+        if (isObfuscated()) builder.append(ChatColor.MAGIC);
+        builder.append(text);
+        super.toLegacyText(builder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("TextComponent{text=%s, %s}", text, super.toString());
+    }
+}

api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class TranslatableComponent extends BaseComponent {
+
+    private String translate;
+    private List<BaseComponent> with;
+
+    public TranslatableComponent(String translate, Object ...with) {
+        setTranslate(translate);
+        this.with = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Object w : with) {
+            if (w instanceof String) {
+                this.with.add(new TextComponent((String) w));
+            } else {
+                this.with.add((BaseComponent) w);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setWith(List<BaseComponent> components) {
+        for (BaseComponent component : components) {
+            component.parent = this;
+        }
+        with = components;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void toPlainText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        //TODO
+        super.toPlainText(builder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void toLegacyText(StringBuilder builder) {
+        //TODO
+        super.toLegacyText(builder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("TranslatableComponent{translate=%s, with=%s, %s}", translate, with, super.toString());
+    }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee;
 
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.log.BungeeLogger;
 import net.md_5.bungee.reconnect.YamlReconnectHandler;
 import net.md_5.bungee.scheduler.BungeeScheduler;
@@ -487,10 +489,23 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
     public void broadcast(String message)
     {
         getConsole().sendMessage( message );
-        // TODO: Here too
+        broadcast(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(message));
-        for (String msg : ChatConverter.toJSONChat( message )) {
-            broadcast( new Chat( msg ) );
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void broadcast(BaseComponent[] message) {
+        StringBuilder constr = new StringBuilder();
+        for (BaseComponent msg : message) {
+            constr.append( msg.toLegacyText() );
+        }
+        getConsole().sendMessage( constr.toString() );
+        broadcast( new Chat(ComponentSerializer.toString(message)) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void broadcast(BaseComponent message) {
+        getConsole().sendMessage( message.toLegacyText() );
+        broadcast( new Chat(ComponentSerializer.toString(message)) );
     }
 
     public void addConnection(UserConnection con)

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/ChatConverter.java

@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-package net.md_5.bungee;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-public class ChatConverter {
-
-    private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
-    private static final char COLOR_CHAR = '\u00A7';
-    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile("^(?:(https?)://)?([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4})(/\\S*)?$");
-
-    public static String[] toJSONChat(String txt) {
-        Message msg = new Message();
-        ArrayList<String> parts = new ArrayList<String>();
-        StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder("[");
-        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-        Matcher matcher = url.matcher(txt);
-        for (int i = 0; i < txt.length(); i++) {
-            char c = txt.charAt(i);
-            if (c != COLOR_CHAR) {
-                int pos = txt.indexOf(' ', i);
-                if (pos == -1) pos = txt.length();
-                if (matcher.region(i, pos).find()) { //Web link handling
-                    msg.text = buf.toString();
-                    buf = new StringBuilder();
-                    outBuffer = append(parts, outBuffer, msg);
-                    Message old = msg;
-                    msg = new Message(old);
-                    msg.clickEvent = new ClickEvent();
-                    msg.clickEvent.action = "open_url";
-                    String urlString = txt.substring(i, pos);
-                    if (urlString.startsWith("http")) {
-                        msg.text = msg.clickEvent.value = urlString;
-                    } else {
-                        msg.text = urlString;
-                        msg.clickEvent.value = "http://" + urlString;
-                    }
-                    outBuffer = append(parts, outBuffer, msg);
-                    i += pos - i - 1;
-                    msg = new Message(old);
-                    continue;
-                }
-                buf.append(c);
-                continue;
-            }
-            i++;
-            c = txt.charAt(i);
-            if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
-                c += 32;
-            }
-            msg.text = buf.toString();
-            buf = new StringBuilder();
-            outBuffer = append(parts, outBuffer, msg);
-            msg = new Message(msg);
-            switch(c) {
-                case 'k':
-                    msg.obfuscated = Boolean.TRUE;
-                    break;
-                case 'l':
-                    msg.bold = Boolean.TRUE;
-                    break;
-                case 'm':
-                    msg.strikethrough = Boolean.TRUE;
-                    break;
-                case 'n':
-                    msg.underlined = Boolean.TRUE;
-                    break;
-                case 'o':
-                    msg.italic = Boolean.TRUE;
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    msg.obfuscated = null;
-                    msg.bold = null;
-                    msg.strikethrough = null;
-                    msg.underlined = null;
-                    msg.italic = null;
-                    if (c != 'r') {
-                        msg.color = Color.fromCode(Character.toString(c));
-                    } else {
-                        msg.color = Color.WHITE;
-                    }
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-        msg.text = buf.toString();
-        append(parts, outBuffer, msg);
-
-        parts.add(outBuffer.append("]").toString());
-        String[] pArray = new String[parts.size()];
-        parts.toArray(pArray);
-        return pArray;
-    }
-
-    private static StringBuilder append(ArrayList<String> parts, StringBuilder outBuffer, Message part) {
-        String p = gson.toJson(part);
-        if (p.length() + outBuffer.length() + 1 >= Short.MAX_VALUE  - 20) {
-            outBuffer.append("]");
-            parts.add(outBuffer.toString());
-            outBuffer = new StringBuilder("[");
-        }
-        if (outBuffer.length() != 1) {
-            outBuffer.append(",");
-        }
-        outBuffer.append(p);
-        return outBuffer;
-    }
-}
-
-class Message {
-    public String text;
-
-    public Boolean bold;
-    public Boolean italic;
-    public Boolean underlined;
-    public Boolean strikethrough;
-    public Boolean obfuscated;
-
-    public Color color;
-
-    public ClickEvent clickEvent;
-
-    public Message() {
-
-    }
-
-    public Message(Message old) {
-        this.bold = old.bold;
-        this.italic = old.italic;
-        this.underlined = old.underlined;
-        this.strikethrough = old.strikethrough;
-        this.color = old.color;
-    }
-}
-
-class ClickEvent {
-    public String action;
-    public String value;
-}
-
-enum Color {
-    @SerializedName("black")
-    BLACK("0"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_blue")
-    DARK_BLUE("1"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_green")
-    DARK_GREEN("2"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_aqua")
-    DARK_AQUA("3"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_red")
-    DARK_RED("4"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_purple")
-    DARK_PURPLE("5"),
-    @SerializedName("gold")
-    GOLD("6"),
-    @SerializedName("gray")
-    GRAY("7"),
-    @SerializedName("dark_gray")
-    DARK_GRAY("8"),
-    @SerializedName("blue")
-    BLUE("9"),
-    @SerializedName("green")
-    GREEN("a"),
-    @SerializedName("aqua")
-    AQUA("b"),
-    @SerializedName("red")
-    RED("c"),
-    @SerializedName("light_purple")
-    LIGHT_PURPLE("d"),
-    @SerializedName("yellow")
-    YELLOW("e"),
-    @SerializedName("white")
-    WHITE("f");
-
-    public String code;
-
-    Color(String code) {
-        this.code = code;
-    }
-
-
-    private static HashMap<String, Color> codeMap = new HashMap<String, Color>();
-
-    public static Color fromCode(String code) {
-        return codeMap.get(code);
-    }
-
-    static {
-        for (Color color : values()) {
-            codeMap.put(color.code, color);
-        }
-    }
-}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/UserConnection.java

@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ServerInfo;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.ProxiedPlayer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.PermissionCheckEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.ServerConnectEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.score.Scoreboard;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.tab.TabListHandler;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.connection.InitialHandler;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.ChannelWrapper;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.HandlerBoss;
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ public final class UserConnection implements ProxiedPlayer
     @Override
     public synchronized void disconnect(String reason)
     {
-        disconnect0( ChatConverter.toJSONChat( reason )[0] );
+        disconnect0( ComponentSerializer.toString( ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat( reason ) ) );
     }
 
     public synchronized void disconnect0(String reason)
@@ -283,9 +285,7 @@ public final class UserConnection implements ProxiedPlayer
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String message)
     {
-        for(String msg : ChatConverter.toJSONChat( message )) {
+        sendMessage(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(message));
-            unsafe().sendPacket( new Chat( msg ) );
-        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -297,6 +297,16 @@ public final class UserConnection implements ProxiedPlayer
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent[] message) {
+        unsafe().sendPacket( new Chat( ComponentSerializer.toString( message ) ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent message) {
+        unsafe().sendPacket( new Chat( ComponentSerializer.toString( message ) ) );
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void sendData(String channel, byte[] data)
     {

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/BaseComponentSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ClickEvent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.HoverEvent;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class BaseComponentSerializer {
+
+    protected void deserialize(JsonObject object, BaseComponent component, JsonDeserializationContext context) {
+        if (object.has("color")) {
+            component.setColor(ChatColor.valueOf(object.get("color").getAsString().toUpperCase()));
+        }
+        if (object.has("bold")) {
+            component.setBold(object.get("bold").getAsBoolean());
+        }
+        if (object.has("italic")) {
+            component.setItalic(object.get("italic").getAsBoolean());
+        }
+        if (object.has("underlined")) {
+            component.setUnderlined(object.get("underlined").getAsBoolean());
+        }
+        if (object.has("strikethrough")) {
+            component.setUnderlined(object.get("strikethrough").getAsBoolean());
+        }
+        if (object.has("obfuscated")) {
+            component.setUnderlined(object.get("obfuscated").getAsBoolean());
+        }
+        if (object.has("extra")) {
+            component.setExtra(Arrays.asList((BaseComponent[])context.deserialize(object.get("extra"), BaseComponent[].class)));
+        }
+
+        //Events
+        if (object.has("clickEvent")) {
+            JsonObject event = object.getAsJsonObject("clickEvent");
+            component.setClickEvent(new ClickEvent(
+                    ClickEvent.Action.valueOf(event.get("action").getAsString().toUpperCase()),
+                    event.get("value").getAsString()));
+        }
+        if (object.has("hoverEvent")) {
+            JsonObject event = object.getAsJsonObject("hoverEvent");
+            HoverEvent hoverEvent = new HoverEvent();
+            hoverEvent.setAction(HoverEvent.Action.valueOf(event.get("action").getAsString().toUpperCase()));
+            Object res = context.deserialize(event.get("value"), BaseComponent.class);
+            if (res instanceof String) {
+                hoverEvent.setValue((String) res);
+            } else {
+                hoverEvent.setValue((BaseComponent) res);
+            }
+            component.setHoverEvent(hoverEvent);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void serialize(JsonObject object, BaseComponent component, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        if (component.getColorRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("color", component.getColorRaw().getName());
+        }
+        if (component.isBoldRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("bold", component.isBoldRaw());
+        }
+        if (component.isItalicRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("italic", component.isItalicRaw());
+        }
+        if (component.isUnderlinedRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("underlined", component.isUnderlinedRaw());
+        }
+        if (component.isStrikethroughRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("strikethrough", component.isStrikethroughRaw());
+        }
+        if (component.isObfuscatedRaw() != null) {
+            object.addProperty("obfuscated", component.isObfuscatedRaw());
+        }
+
+        if (component.getExtra() != null) {
+            object.add("extra", context.serialize(component.getExtra()));
+        }
+
+        //Events
+        if (component.getClickEvent() != null) {
+            JsonObject clickEvent = new JsonObject();
+            clickEvent.addProperty("action", component.getClickEvent().getAction().toString().toLowerCase());
+            clickEvent.addProperty("value", component.getClickEvent().getValue());
+        }
+        if (component.getHoverEvent() != null) {
+            JsonObject clickEvent = new JsonObject();
+            clickEvent.addProperty("action", component.getHoverEvent().getAction().toString().toLowerCase());
+            clickEvent.add("value", context.serialize(component.getHoverEvent().getValue()));
+        }
+    }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ClickEvent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+
+import javax.xml.soap.Text;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class ComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<BaseComponent>, JsonDeserializer<BaseComponent> {
+
+    private final static Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().
+            registerTypeAdapter(BaseComponent.class, new ComponentSerializer()).
+            registerTypeAdapter(TextComponent.class, new TextComponentSerializer()).
+            registerTypeAdapter(TranslatableComponent.class, new TranslatableComponentSerializer()).
+            create();
+
+    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile("^(?:(https?)://)?([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4})(/\\S*)?$");
+
+    public static BaseComponent[] parse(String json) {
+        if (json.startsWith("[")) { //Array
+            return gson.fromJson(json, BaseComponent[].class);
+        }
+        return new BaseComponent[]{gson.fromJson(json, BaseComponent.class)};
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(BaseComponent component) {
+        return gson.toJson(component);
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(BaseComponent[] components) {
+        return gson.toJson(components);
+    }
+
+    public static BaseComponent[] fromLegacyChat(String message) {
+        ArrayList<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<>();
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
+        Matcher matcher = url.matcher(message);
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++ ) {
+            char c = message.charAt(i);
+            if (c == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR) {
+                i++;
+                c = message.charAt(i);
+                if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
+                    c += 32;
+                }
+                if (builder.length() > 0) {
+                    TextComponent old = component;
+                    component = new TextComponent(old);
+                    old.setText(builder.toString());
+                    builder = new StringBuilder();
+                    components.add(old);
+                }
+                ChatColor format = ChatColor.getByChar(c);
+                switch (format) {
+                    case BOLD:
+                        component.setBold(true);
+                        break;
+                    case ITALIC:
+                        component.setItalic(true);
+                        break;
+                    case UNDERLINE:
+                        component.setUnderlined(true);
+                        break;
+                    case STRIKETHROUGH:
+                        component.setStrikethrough(true);
+                        break;
+                    case MAGIC:
+                        component.setObfuscated(true);
+                        break;
+                    case RESET:
+                        format = ChatColor.WHITE;
+                    default:
+                        component = new TextComponent();
+                        component.setColor(format);
+                        break;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            int pos = message.indexOf(' ', i);
+            if (pos == -1) pos = message.length();
+            if (matcher.region(i, pos).find()) { //Web link handling
+
+                if (builder.length() > 0) {
+                    TextComponent old = component;
+                    component = new TextComponent(old);
+                    old.setText(builder.toString());
+                    builder = new StringBuilder();
+                    components.add(old);
+                }
+
+                TextComponent old = component;
+                component = new TextComponent(old);
+                ClickEvent clickEvent = new ClickEvent();
+                clickEvent.setAction(ClickEvent.Action.OPEN_URL);
+                String urlString = message.substring(i, pos);
+                if (urlString.startsWith("http")) {
+                    component.setText(urlString);
+                    clickEvent.setValue(urlString);
+                } else {
+                    component.setText(urlString);
+                    clickEvent.setValue("http://" + urlString);
+                }
+                component.setClickEvent(clickEvent);
+                components.add(component);
+                i += pos - i - 1;
+                component = old;
+                continue;
+            }
+            builder.append(c);
+        }
+        if (builder.length() > 0) {
+            component.setText(builder.toString());
+            components.add(component);
+        }
+        return components.toArray(new BaseComponent[components.size()]);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BaseComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+        if (json.isJsonPrimitive()) {
+            return new TextComponent(json.getAsString());
+        }
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        if (object.has("translate")) {
+            return context.deserialize(json, TranslatableComponent.class);
+        }
+        return context.deserialize(json, TextComponent.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(BaseComponent src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        return context.serialize(src, src.getClass());
+    }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TextComponentSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+public class TextComponentSerializer extends BaseComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<TextComponent> , JsonDeserializer<TextComponent>{
+    @Override
+    public TextComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        deserialize(object, component, context);
+        component.setText(object.get("text").getAsString());
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(TextComponent src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        if (!src.hasFormatting()) {
+            return new JsonPrimitive(src.getText());
+        }
+        JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+        serialize(object, src, context);
+        object.addProperty("text", src.getText());
+        return object;
+    }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class TranslatableComponentSerializer extends BaseComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<TranslatableComponent> , JsonDeserializer<TranslatableComponent>{
+    @Override
+    public TranslatableComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+        TranslatableComponent component = new TranslatableComponent();
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        deserialize(object, component, context);
+        component.setTranslate(object.get("translate").getAsString());
+        if (object.has("with")) {
+            component.setWith(Arrays.asList((BaseComponent[])context.deserialize(object.get("with"), BaseComponent[].class)));
+        }
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(TranslatableComponent src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+        serialize(object, src, context);
+        object.addProperty("translate", src.getTranslate());
+        if (src.getWith() != null) {
+            object.add("with", context.serialize(src.getWith()));
+        }
+        return object;
+    }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/command/ConsoleCommandSender.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.CommandSender;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 
 /**
  * Command sender representing the proxy console.
@@ -34,6 +35,20 @@ public class ConsoleCommandSender implements CommandSender
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent[] message) {
+        StringBuilder constr = new StringBuilder();
+        for (BaseComponent msg : message) {
+            constr.append( msg.toLegacyText() );
+        }
+        sendMessage( constr.toString() );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void sendMessage(BaseComponent message) {
+        sendMessage( message.toLegacyText() );
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getName()
     {

proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/InitialHandler.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.api.connection.ProxiedPlayer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.LoginEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.PostLoginEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.event.ProxyPingEvent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.http.HttpClient;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.HandlerBoss;
 import net.md_5.bungee.netty.ChannelWrapper;
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ public class InitialHandler extends PacketHandler implements PendingConnection
     {
         if ( !ch.isClosed() )
         {
-            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ChatConverter.toJSONChat( reason )[0] ) );
+            unsafe().sendPacket( new Kick( ComponentSerializer.toString(ComponentSerializer.fromLegacyChat(reason)) ) );
             ch.close();
         }
     }