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+package dev.imabad.mceventsuite.core.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Originally created by Pim De Witte.
+ *
+ * Performance drastically improved by over an order of magnitude by Thomas G. P. Nappo (Jire).
+ * Garbage production has been eliminated as well.
+ */
+public class BadWords {
+    static Map<String, String[]> words = new HashMap<>();
+
+    static int largestWordLength = 0;
+
+    public static void loadConfigs() {
+        try {
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new URL("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hIEi2YG3ydav1E06Bzf2mQbGZ12kh2fe4ISgLg_UBuM/export?format=csv").openConnection().getInputStream()));
+            String line = "";
+            int counter = 0;
+            while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                counter++;
+                String[] content = null;
+                try {
+                    content = line.split(",");
+                    if(content.length == 0) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    String word = content[0];
+                    String[] ignore_in_combination_with_words = new String[]{};
+                    if(content.length > 1) {
+                        ignore_in_combination_with_words = content[1].split("_");
+                    }
+
+                    if(word.length() > largestWordLength) {
+                        largestWordLength = word.length();
+                    }
+                    words.put(word.replaceAll(" ", ""), ignore_in_combination_with_words);
+
+                } catch(Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+            }
+            System.out.println("Loaded " + counter + " words to filter out");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Iterates over a String input and checks whether a cuss word was found in a list, then checks if the word should be ignored (e.g. bass contains the word *ss).
+     * @param input
+     * @return
+     */
+
+    public static ArrayList<String> badWordsFound(String input) {
+        if(words.size() == 0){
+            loadConfigs();
+        }
+        if(input == null) {
+            return new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+
+        // don't forget to remove leetspeak, probably want to move this to its own function and use regex if you want to use this
+
+        input = input.replaceAll("1","i");
+        input = input.replaceAll("!","i");
+        input = input.replaceAll("3","e");
+        input = input.replaceAll("4","a");
+        input = input.replaceAll("@","a");
+        input = input.replaceAll("5","s");
+        input = input.replaceAll("7","t");
+        input = input.replaceAll("0","o");
+        input = input.replaceAll("9","g");
+
+
+        ArrayList<String> badWords = new ArrayList<>();
+        input = input.toLowerCase().replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z]", "");
+
+        // iterate over each letter in the word
+        for(int start = 0; start < input.length(); start++) {
+            // from each letter, keep going to find bad words until either the end of the sentence is reached, or the max word length is reached.
+            for(int offset = 1; offset < (input.length()+1 - start) && offset < largestWordLength; offset++)  {
+                String wordToCheck = input.substring(start, start + offset);
+                if(words.containsKey(wordToCheck)) {
+                    // for example, if you want to say the word bass, that should be possible.
+                    String[] ignoreCheck = words.get(wordToCheck);
+                    boolean ignore = false;
+                    for(int s = 0; s < ignoreCheck.length; s++ ) {
+                        if(input.contains(ignoreCheck[s])) {
+                            ignore = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if(!ignore) {
+                        badWords.add(wordToCheck);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for(String s: badWords) {
+            System.out.println(s + " qualified as a bad word");
+        }
+        return badWords;
+    }
+
+    public static String filterText(String input, String username) {
+        ArrayList<String> badWords = badWordsFound(input);
+        if(badWords.size() > 0) {
+            return "This message was blocked because a bad word was found. If you believe this word should not be blocked, please message support.";
+        }
+        return input;
+    }
+
+}