Anchor Entities are now automatically created when implementing the MenuBuilder to ensure non null values.

Author: ArcticRaven

build/classes/java/main/dev/arctic/interactivemenuapi/objects/Division.class

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package dev.arctic.interactivemenuapi.builders;
 
-import dev.arctic.interactivemenuapi.interfaces.IMenu;
 import dev.arctic.interactivemenuapi.objects.Division;
 import dev.arctic.interactivemenuapi.objects.Menu;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
@@ -74,7 +73,22 @@ public MenuBuilder setDoCleanup(boolean doCleanup) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    // Method to create the anchor entity if not set explicitly
+    private Interaction createAnchor(Vector spawnOffset) {
+        if (rootLocation.getWorld() == null) return null;
+        return rootLocation.getWorld().spawn(rootLocation.add(spawnOffset), Interaction.class, i -> {
+            i.setInteractionWidth(0.1f);
+            i.setInteractionHeight(0.1f);
+            i.setResponsive(false);
+        });
+    }
+
     public Menu build() {
+        // Automatically create the anchor entity if it hasn't been set
+        if (this.anchorEntity == null && this.rootLocation != null) {
+            this.anchorEntity = createAnchor(new Vector(0, 0, 0));
+        }
+
         Menu menu = new Menu(rootLocation, timeoutSeconds, plugin);
         menu.setOwner(owner);
         menu.setAnchorEntity(anchorEntity);

build/classes/java/main/dev/arctic/interactivemenuapi/objects/Menu.class

@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ public interface IMenu {
      */
     void initializeMenu();
 
-    /**
-     * Creates an anchor entity at the specified spawn offset.
-     *
-     * @param spawnOffset The vector offset for spawning the anchor entity.
-     */
-    void createAnchor(Vector spawnOffset);
-
     /**
      * Updates the locations of all divisions within this menu.
      */

src/main/java/dev/arctic/interactivemenuapi/builders/MenuBuilder.java

@@ -42,23 +42,15 @@ public Menu (Location rootLocation, int timeoutSeconds, Plugin plugin) {
         this.lastInteractionTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000;
         this.doCleanup = true;
         this.plugin = plugin;
+        this.anchorEntity = createAnchor(new Vector(0, 0, 0));
         initializeMenu();
     }
 
     public void initializeMenu() {
-        createAnchor(new Vector(0, 0, 0));
         startRunnableUpdateGUI();
         startCleanupTask();
     }
 
-    public void createAnchor(Vector spawnOffset) {
-        if (rootLocation.getWorld() == null) return;
-        this.anchorEntity = rootLocation.getWorld().spawn(rootLocation.add(spawnOffset), Interaction.class, interaction -> {
-            interaction.setInteractionWidth(0.1f);
-            interaction.setInteractionHeight(0.1f);
-            interaction.setResponsive(false);
-        });
-    }
 
     private boolean isTimeoutExceeded() {
         return (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 - lastInteractionTime) >= timeoutSeconds;
@@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ public void startRunnableUpdateGUI() {
             public void run() {
                 updateMenuLocation();
             }
-        }.runTaskTimer(plugin, 0L, 5L); // Update every 5 ticks
+        }.runTaskTimerAsynchronously(plugin, 2L, 5L); // Update every 5 ticks
     }
 
     public void startCleanupTask() {
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ public void run() {
                     this.cancel();
                 }
             }
-        }.runTaskTimer(plugin, 0L, 20L); // Check every second
+        }.runTaskTimerAsynchronously(plugin, 2L, 20L); // Check every second
     }
 
     public void clearMenu() {