From d83ba1145b2a969c472229db09fd03de616aadb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ericek111 <erik@brocko.eu>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:21:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make a parsed spacer a value

So a frontend comparing snapshots of the tree sees an unchanged spacer
as unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../main/java/com/ts3client/net/Spacers.java  | 23 ++++++++-----------
 .../com/ts3client/ui/ServerTreeSearch.java    |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/Spacers.java b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/Spacers.java
index fd0ef43..2534bef 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/Spacers.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/Spacers.java
@@ -14,15 +14,12 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  */
 public final class Spacers {
 
-    /** Result of parsing a spacer name. */
-    public static final class Spacer {
-        public final char align;   // 'l', 'c', 'r', or '*' (repeat/fill)
-        public final String caption;
-
-        Spacer(char align, String caption) {
-            this.align = align;
-            this.caption = caption;
-        }
+    /**
+     * A parsed spacer name.
+     *
+     * @param align 'l', 'c', 'r', or '*' (repeat the caption to fill)
+     */
+    public record Spacer(char align, String caption) {
     }
 
     /** The tag's identifying part, which is what keeps two spacers' names apart. */
@@ -66,18 +63,18 @@ public final class Spacers {
 
     /** Builds the visible label for a spacer at roughly the given character width. */
     public static String render(Spacer s, int width) {
-        String caption = s.caption == null ? "" : s.caption;
-        if (s.align == '*') {
+        String caption = s.caption() == null ? "" : s.caption();
+        if (s.align() == '*') {
             if (caption.isEmpty()) return "";
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
             while (sb.length() < width) sb.append(caption);
             return sb.substring(0, Math.max(caption.length(), Math.min(sb.length(), width)));
         }
-        if (s.align == 'c') {
+        if (s.align() == 'c') {
             int pad = Math.max(0, (width - caption.length()) / 2);
             return " ".repeat(pad) + caption;
         }
-        if (s.align == 'r') {
+        if (s.align() == 'r') {
             int pad = Math.max(0, width - caption.length());
             return " ".repeat(pad) + caption;
         }
diff --git a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTreeSearch.java b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTreeSearch.java
index eca15e9..dc3ee9a 100644
--- a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTreeSearch.java
+++ b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/ServerTreeSearch.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ final class ServerTreeSearch implements FindBar.Listener {
             if (!searchChannels) return false;
             Spacers.Spacer spacer = Spacers.parse(ch.name);
             if (spacer == null) return query.matches(ch.name);
-            return spacer.align != '*' && query.matches(spacer.caption);
+            return spacer.align() != '*' && query.matches(spacer.caption());
         }
         return false;
     }