Fixed a nullref message when the bot is loading medusae. Added support for multiple embeds in features which support custom embeds in the form of

{plainText:text-here, embeds: [embedObject, embedObject, embedObject]}

src/NadekoBot/Common/Medusa/Config/MedusaConfig.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Cloneable;
+#nullable enable
+using Cloneable;
 using NadekoBot.Common.Yml;
 
 namespace Nadeko.Medusa;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ public sealed partial class MedusaConfig : ICloneable<MedusaConfig>
     public int Version { get; set; } = 1;
     
     [Comment("List of medusae automatically loaded at startup")]
-    public List<string> Loaded { get; set; }
+    public List<string>? Loaded { get; set; }
 
     public MedusaConfig()
     {

src/NadekoBot/Common/Medusa/Config/MedusaConfigService.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public sealed class MedusaConfigService : ConfigServiceBase<MedusaConfig>, IMedu
     }
 
     public IReadOnlyCollection<string> GetLoadedMedusae()
-        => Data.Loaded.ToList();
+        => Data.Loaded?.ToList() ?? new List<string>();
 
     public void AddLoadedMedusa(string name)
     {
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public sealed class MedusaConfigService : ConfigServiceBase<MedusaConfig>, IMedu
         
         ModifyConfig(conf =>
         {
+            if (conf.Loaded is null)
+                conf.Loaded = new();
+            
             if(!conf.Loaded.Contains(name))
                 conf.Loaded.Add(name);
         });
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ public sealed class MedusaConfigService : ConfigServiceBase<MedusaConfig>, IMedu
         
         ModifyConfig(conf =>
         {
+            if (conf.Loaded is null)
+                conf.Loaded = new();
+            
             conf.Loaded.Remove(name);
         });
     }

src/NadekoBot/Common/Replacements/Replacer.cs

@@ -36,9 +36,17 @@ public class Replacer
         {
             SmartEmbedText embedData => Replace(embedData),
             SmartPlainText plain => Replace(plain),
+            SmartEmbedTextArray arr => Replace(arr), 
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(data), "Unsupported argument type")
         };
 
+    public SmartEmbedTextArray Replace(SmartEmbedTextArray embedArr)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Embeds = embedArr.Embeds.Map(Replace),
+            PlainText = Replace(embedArr.PlainText)
+        };
+
     public SmartPlainText Replace(SmartPlainText plainText)
         => Replace(plainText.Text);
 

src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartEmbedTextArray.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#nullable disable
+namespace NadekoBot;
+
+public sealed record SmartEmbedTextArray : SmartText
+{
+    public string PlainText { get; set; }
+    public SmartEmbedText[] Embeds { get; set; }
+
+    public bool IsValid
+        => Embeds?.All(x => x.IsValid) ?? false;
+
+    public EmbedBuilder[] GetEmbedBuilders()
+    {
+        if (Embeds is null)
+            return Array.Empty<EmbedBuilder>();
+
+        return Embeds.Map(em => em.GetEmbed());
+    }
+
+    public void NormalizeFields()
+    {
+        if (Embeds is null)
+            return;
+        
+        foreach(var eb in Embeds)
+            eb.NormalizeFields();
+    }
+}

src/NadekoBot/Common/SmartText/SmartText.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #nullable disable
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace NadekoBot;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ public abstract record SmartText
     public bool IsPlainText
         => this is SmartPlainText;
 
+    public bool IsEmbedArray
+        => this is SmartEmbedTextArray;
+
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions _opts = new JsonSerializerOptions()
+    {
+        PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true,
+        PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
+    };
+    
     public static SmartText operator +(SmartText text, string input)
         => text switch
         {
@@ -19,6 +28,10 @@ public abstract record SmartText
                 PlainText = set.PlainText + input
             },
             SmartPlainText spt => new SmartPlainText(spt.Text + input),
+            SmartEmbedTextArray arr => arr with
+            {
+                PlainText = arr.PlainText + input
+            },
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(text))
         };
 
@@ -30,27 +43,46 @@ public abstract record SmartText
                 PlainText = input + set.PlainText
             },
             SmartPlainText spt => new SmartPlainText(input + spt.Text),
+            SmartEmbedTextArray arr => arr with
+            {
+                PlainText = input + arr.PlainText
+            },
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(text))
         };
 
+    [CanBeNull]
     public static SmartText CreateFrom(string input)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input) || !input.TrimStart().StartsWith("{"))
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input))
             return new SmartPlainText(input);
 
         try
         {
-            var smartEmbedText = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SmartEmbedText>(input);
+            var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(input);
+            var root = doc.RootElement;
+            if (root.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Object)
+            {
+                if (root.TryGetProperty("embeds", out _))
+                {
+                    var arr = root.Deserialize<SmartEmbedTextArray>(_opts);
 
-            if (smartEmbedText is null)
-                throw new FormatException();
+                    if (arr is null)
+                        return new SmartPlainText(input);
 
-            smartEmbedText.NormalizeFields();
+                    arr!.NormalizeFields();
+                    return arr;
+                }
 
-            if (!smartEmbedText.IsValid)
-                return new SmartPlainText(input);
+                var obj = root.Deserialize<SmartEmbedText>(_opts);
 
-            return smartEmbedText;
+                if (obj is null)
+                    return new SmartPlainText(input);
+
+                obj.NormalizeFields();
+                return obj;
+            }
+            
+            return new SmartPlainText(input);
         }
         catch
         {

src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/UserPunish/UserPunishService.cs

@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ public class UserPunishService : INService, IReadyExecutor
             return default;
         // if template is an embed, send that embed with replacements
         // otherwise, treat template as a regular string with replacements
-        else if (!SmartText.CreateFrom(template).IsEmbed)
+        else if (SmartText.CreateFrom(template) is not { IsEmbed: true } or { IsEmbedArray: true })
         {
             template = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
             {

src/NadekoBot/Modules/Help/HelpService.cs

@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ public class HelpService : IExecNoCommand, INService
             em.AddField(GetText(strs.requires, guild), string.Join("\n", reqs));
 
         em.AddField(_strings.GetText(strs.usage),
-              string.Join("\n",
-                  Array.ConvertAll(com.RealRemarksArr(_strings,_medusae, culture, prefix), arg => Format.Code(arg))))
+              string.Join("\n", com.RealRemarksArr(_strings,_medusae, culture, prefix).Map(arg => Format.Code(arg))))
           .WithFooter(GetText(strs.module(com.Module.GetTopLevelModule().Name), guild))
           .WithOkColor();
 

src/NadekoBot/Services/strings/impl/RedisBotStringsProvider.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RedisBotStringsProvider : IBotStringsProvider
         if (descStr == default)
             return null;
 
-        var args = Array.ConvertAll(argsStr.Split('&'), HttpUtility.UrlDecode);
+        var args = argsStr.Split('&').Map(HttpUtility.UrlDecode);
         return new()
         {
             Args = args,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class RedisBotStringsProvider : IBotStringsProvider
         {
             var hashFields = localeStrings
                              .Select(x => new HashEntry($"{x.Key}::args",
-                                 string.Join('&', Array.ConvertAll(x.Value.Args, HttpUtility.UrlEncode))))
+                                 string.Join('&', x.Value.Args.Map(HttpUtility.UrlEncode))))
                              .Concat(localeStrings.Select(x => new HashEntry($"{x.Key}::desc", x.Value.Desc)))
                              .ToArray();
 

src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/Extensions.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ public static class Extensions
                 x.Embed = set.GetEmbed().Build();
                 x.Content = set.PlainText?.SanitizeMentions() ?? "";
             }),
+            SmartEmbedTextArray set => msg.ModifyAsync(x =>
+            {
+                x.Embeds = set.GetEmbedBuilders().Map(eb => eb.Build());
+                x.Content = set.PlainText?.SanitizeMentions() ?? "";
+            }),
             SmartPlainText spt => msg.ModifyAsync(x =>
             {
                 x.Content = spt.Text.SanitizeMentions();
@@ -116,8 +121,7 @@ public static class Extensions
             args = strings.GetCommandStrings(cmd.Summary, culture).Args;
         }
         
-        return Array.ConvertAll(args,
-            arg => GetFullUsage(cmd.Name, arg, prefix));
+        return args.Map(arg => GetFullUsage(cmd.Name, arg, prefix));
     }
 
     private static string GetFullUsage(string commandName, string args, string prefix)

src/NadekoBot/_Extensions/IMessageChannelExtensions.cs

@@ -16,19 +16,22 @@ public static class MessageChannelExtensions
     public static Task<IUserMessage> SendAsync(
         this IMessageChannel channel,
         string? plainText,
-        Embed? embed,
+        Embed? embed = null,
+        Embed[]? embeds = null,
         bool sanitizeAll = false)
     {
         plainText = sanitizeAll ? plainText?.SanitizeAllMentions() ?? "" : plainText?.SanitizeMentions() ?? "";
 
-        return channel.SendMessageAsync(plainText, embed: embed);
+        return channel.SendMessageAsync(plainText, embed: embed, embeds: embeds);
     }
 
     public static Task<IUserMessage> SendAsync(this IMessageChannel channel, SmartText text, bool sanitizeAll = false)
         => text switch
         {
-            SmartEmbedText set => channel.SendAsync(set.PlainText, set.GetEmbed().Build(), sanitizeAll),
-            SmartPlainText st => channel.SendAsync(st.Text, null, sanitizeAll),
+            SmartEmbedText set => channel.SendAsync(set.PlainText, set.GetEmbed().Build(), sanitizeAll: sanitizeAll),
+            SmartPlainText st => channel.SendAsync(st.Text, null, sanitizeAll: sanitizeAll),
+            SmartEmbedTextArray arr => channel.SendAsync(arr.PlainText,
+                embeds: arr.GetEmbedBuilders().Map(e => e.Build())),
             _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(text))
         };