Hide or show players in the player list only (TAB).

ExampleMod.java

package com.comphenix.example;

import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class ExampleMod extends JavaPlugin {
    private HidePlayerList playerList;
    
    @Override
    public void onEnable() {
        playerList = new HidePlayerList(this);
    }
    
    @Override
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command command, String label, String[] args) {
        if (sender instanceof Player) {
            Player player = (Player) sender;
            
            if (playerList.isVisible(player)) {
                playerList.hidePlayer(player);
            } else {
                playerList.showPlayer(player);
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

HidePlayerList.java

/*
 *  HidePlayerList - Hide or show players in the player list only (TAB).
 *  Copyright (C) 2012 Kristian S. Stangeland
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the 
 *  GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
 *  the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
 *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
 *  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; 
 *  if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 
 *  02111-1307 USA
 *
 *  Credits:
 *   * Parts of this code was adapted from the Bukkit plugin Orebfuscator by lishid. 
 */

package com.comphenix.example;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;

import com.comphenix.protocol.PacketType;
import com.comphenix.protocol.ProtocolLibrary;
import com.comphenix.protocol.ProtocolManager;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.ListenerPriority;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketAdapter;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketContainer;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketEvent;
import com.comphenix.protocol.events.PacketListener;
import com.comphenix.protocol.injector.BukkitUnwrapper;
import com.comphenix.protocol.injector.PacketConstructor;
import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.FieldAccessException;
import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.FieldUtils;
import com.comphenix.protocol.reflect.FuzzyReflection;

public class HidePlayerList  {
    // Copy of the player list packet
    private class PlayerListItem {
        public String name;
        public boolean online;
    }
    
    private PacketListener overrideListener;
    private ProtocolManager manager;
    
    // Used to construct packets
    private PacketConstructor playerListConstructor;
    
    // Players to hide
    private Set<String> hiddenPlayers = new HashSet<String>();
    
    // The current list of visible players
    private Set<String> visiblePlayers = new HashSet<String>();
    
    // To get the ping
    private Field pingField;
    
    /**
     * Start the player list hook.
     * @param plugin - owner plugin.
     */
    public HidePlayerList (Plugin plugin) {
        this.overrideListener = new PacketAdapter(plugin, ListenerPriority.NORMAL, PacketType.Play.Server.PLAYER_INFO) {
            @Override
            public void onPacketSending(PacketEvent event) {
                try {
                    PlayerListItem item = getPlayerListInfo(event);
                    
                    // Overridden player list?
                    if (hiddenPlayers.contains(item.name) && item.online) {
                        // Tell the client to remove this player instead
                        event.getPacket().getSpecificModifier(boolean.class).write(0, false);
                        item.online = false;
                    }
                    
                    // Update list
                    if (item.online)
                        visiblePlayers.add(item.name);
                    else
                        visiblePlayers.remove(item.name);
                    
                } catch (FieldAccessException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        };
        this.manager = ProtocolLibrary.getProtocolManager();
        
        // Add every current player
        for (Player player : plugin.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
            visiblePlayers.add(player.getPlayerListName());
        }
    }

    // Read the player list information
    private PlayerListItem getPlayerListInfo(PacketEvent event) throws FieldAccessException {
        PacketContainer packet = event.getPacket();
        PlayerListItem result = new PlayerListItem();
        
        result.name = packet.getSpecificModifier(String.class).read(0);
        result.online = packet.getSpecificModifier(boolean.class).read(0);
        return result;
    }
    
    /**
     * Start the hook.
     */
    public void register() {
        manager.addPacketListener(overrideListener);
    }
    
    /**
     * Hide a player from the list.
     * @param player - the player to hide from the list.
     * @return TRUE if the player was not previously hidden, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public boolean hidePlayer(Player player) {
        String name = player.getPlayerListName();
        boolean success = hiddenPlayers.add(name);
        
        // Remove it?
        if (visiblePlayers.contains(name)) {
            sendListPacket(player, false);
            visiblePlayers.remove(name);
        }     
        return success;
    }
    
    /**
     * Show a player on the list.
     * @param player - the player to show on the list.
     * @return TRUE if the player was previously hidden, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public boolean showPlayer(Player player) {
        String name = player.getPlayerListName();
        boolean success = hiddenPlayers.remove(name);
        
        // Add it?
        if (!visiblePlayers.contains(name)) {
            sendListPacket(player, true);
            visiblePlayers.add(name);
        }
        return success;
    }
    
    /**
     * Determine if a given player is visible in the player list.
     * @param player - the player to check.
     * @return TRUE if it is, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public boolean isVisible(Player player) {
        return visiblePlayers.contains(player.getName());
    }
    
    /**
     * Retrieve the current ping value from a player.
     * @param player - player to retrieve.
     * @return The ping value.
     * @throws IllegalAccessException Unable to read the ping value due to a security limitation.
     */
    public int getPlayerPing(Player player) throws IllegalAccessException {
        BukkitUnwrapper unwrapper = new BukkitUnwrapper();
        Object entity = unwrapper.unwrapItem(player);
        
        // Next, get the "ping" field
        if (pingField == null) {
            pingField = FuzzyReflection.fromObject(entity).getFieldByName("ping");
        }
        
        return (Integer) FieldUtils.readField(pingField, entity);
    }
    
    private void sendListPacket(Player player, boolean visible) {
        
        String name = player.getPlayerListName();
        
        if (playerListConstructor == null) {
            // REQUIRES 1.4.2
            playerListConstructor = manager.createPacketConstructor(PacketType.Play.Server.PLAYER_INFO, "", false, (int) 0);
        }
        
        try {
            PacketContainer packet = playerListConstructor.createPacket(name, visible, getPlayerPing(player));
            
            // Just broadcast it
            for (Player reciever : player.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
                manager.sendServerPacket(reciever, packet);
            }
            
        } catch (FieldAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Retrieve every hidden player.
     * @return Every hidden player.
     */
    public Set<String> getHiddenPlayers() {
        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(hiddenPlayers);
    }
    
    /**
     * Cleanup this player list hook.
     */
    public void cleanupAll() {
        if (overrideListener != null) {
            manager.removePacketListener(overrideListener);
            overrideListener = null;
        }
    }
}

https://gist.github.com/aadnk/3928137#file-hideplayerlist-java-L110 breaks with

FieldAccessException: No field with type java.lang.String exists in class PacketPlayOutPlayerInfo.

This occurs whenever a player joins. Any way to fix this?
I'm currently using Minecraft 1.9 but it needs to work on newer versions too.