From 9c986aa25f61efa1c281f3128a393a9cf83800fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vemacs <d@nkmem.es>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:02:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Forcibly load OfflinePlayer class per @Byteflux's suggestions
 to prevent LinkageError

---
 .../src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java       | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index e7c27109c..6508f9170 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
         super(new JavaPluginLoader(server), new PluginDescriptionFile("Essentials", "", "com.earth2me.essentials.Essentials"), null, null);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    public void forceLoadClasses() {
+        try {
+            Class.forName(OfflinePlayer.class.getName());
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ISettings getSettings() {
         return settings;
@@ -165,6 +174,8 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
                 }
             }
 
+            forceLoadClasses();
+
             try {
                 final EssentialsUpgrade upgrade = new EssentialsUpgrade(this);
                 upgrade.beforeSettings();