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private static ITextComponent parseText(String text){
        String parsing = text;
        ITextComponent component = new StringTextComponent("");
        while (!parsing.isEmpty()){
            if (parsing.contains("{") && parsing.contains("}")){
                int index = parsing.indexOf("{");
                int endIndex = parsing.indexOf("}");
                component.appendText(parsing.substring(0, index));
                String textProviderRequest = parsing.substring(index, endIndex);
                //handle request
                parsing = parsing.substring(endIndex);
            } else {
                component.appendText(parsing);
                parsing = "";
            }
        }
        return component;
    }