[SPIGOT-7878] Server.getLootTable does not return null on invalid loot table Created: 23/Aug/24  Updated: 25/Dec/24  Resolved: 23/Aug/24

Status: Resolved
Project: Spigot
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Minor
Reporter: FullPotato Assignee: md_5
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: API, Spigot
Environment:

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) x86_64 5.10.0-23-amd64 

Intel i5-6600K (4) @ 3.900GHz

Attachments: File SamplePlugin.jar    
Version: This server is running CraftBukkit version 4295-Spigot-ca58122-7548afc (MC: 1.21.1) (Implementing API version 1.21.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
Guidelines Read: Yes

 Description   

Server.getLootTable(NamespacedKey) should return null when given a key for a non-existent loot table, but returns a non-null object instead.

This behavior contradicts documentation outlined here: https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/bukkit/org/bukkit/Server.html#getLootTable(org.bukkit.NamespacedKey)

import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
import org.bukkit.loot.LootTable;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public final class SamplePlugin extends JavaPlugin {
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        final LootTable lt = getServer().getLootTable(NamespacedKey.fromString("asdf:hnu9awdfhaw9uh"));
        getLogger().info("" + lt); 
    }
}

Expected Output:

[17:47:28] [Server thread/INFO]: [SamplePlugin] null

Actual Output:

[17:47:28] [Server thread/INFO]: [SamplePlugin] asdf:hnu9awdfhaw9uh
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