From 4811eb155874c7b3e77e9036c525bf6eb99c4c1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Roy <10731363+JRoy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:50:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix /ess dump on 1.8.8 (#4489)

Fixes #4487

pain
---
 .../com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandessentials.java | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandessentials.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandessentials.java
index d17d171433b..876304fe655 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandessentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandessentials.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
@@ -237,7 +239,9 @@ private void runDump(Server server, CommandSource sender, String commandLabel, S
             pluginData.addProperty("unsupported", warnPlugins.contains(name));
 
             final JsonArray authors = new JsonArray();
-            info.getAuthors().forEach(authors::add);
+            for (final String author : info.getAuthors()) {
+                authors.add(author == null ? JsonNull.INSTANCE : new JsonPrimitive(author));
+            }
             pluginData.add("authors", authors);
 
             if (name.startsWith("Essentials") && !name.equals("Essentials")) {