When trying to change an invalid tag of an entity via the /entitydata command, it won't output an error message, but instead display the alleged new NBT data, including the invalid tag.
/entitydata @e[type=!Player,c=1] {SomeInvalidTag:1}
However, executing
/entitydata @e[type=!Player,c=1] {}
afterwards will show that the tag wasn't actually applied (because entities aren't capable of actually storing it).
Solution
net.minecraft.command.CommandEntityData.processCommand(ICommandSender, String[])
NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound = new NBTTagCompound();
entity.writeToNBT(nbttagcompound);
NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound1 = (NBTTagCompound) nbttagcompound.copy();
NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound2;
try {
nbttagcompound2 = JsonToNBT.getTagFromJson(getChatComponentFromNthArg(sender, args, 1).getUnformattedText());
}
catch(NBTException nbtexception) {
throw new CommandException("commands.entitydata.tagError", new Object[] {nbtexception.getMessage()});
}
nbttagcompound2.removeTag("UUIDMost");
nbttagcompound2.removeTag("UUIDLeast");
nbttagcompound.merge(nbttagcompound2);
if(nbttagcompound.equals(nbttagcompound1)) {
throw new CommandException("commands.entitydata.failed", new Object[] {nbttagcompound.toString()});
}
else {
entity.readFromNBT(nbttagcompound);
// The following lines were changed
NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound3 = new NBTTagCompound();
entity.writeToNBT(nbttagcompound3);
if(nbttagcompound3.equals(nbttagcompound1)) {
throw new CommandException("commands.entitydata.failed", new Object[] {nbttagcompound3.toString()});
}
notifyOperators(sender, this, "commands.entitydata.success", new Object[] {nbttagcompound3.toString()});
}
Stil valid for current snapshot 15w51b.