C#/Java Retrieve timeestimate value

[zfischer]

I need to retrieve the value in the timeestimate and timeoriginalestimate fields. It looks like the field itself is a JsonlElement.ValueKind = Number

My code is as follows:

 string issueTime = !string.IsNullOrEmpty((string) singleIssue.fields.timeoriginalestimate)? (string)singleIssue.fields.timeoriginalestimate.ToString():"NULL";

[Note: I know I am casting the result to a string, this is only for testing to see if it would work]

When there is no value (i.e. null) the code passes, but as soon as there is a value in the ValueKind it throws an error.

Can anyone help me to pull the value out of the field?

[zfischer · Accepted solution]

So, I finally figured it out after searching online. Here is what I did:

This is the windows forms code (C#):

[singleIssue is the list of issues returned from Jira]

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if (singleIssue.fields.timeestimate != null)
{
timeEstimate =
GetValueKindNumber((System.Text.Json.JsonElement)singleIssue.fields.timeestimate);
}

Here is the private method used to deal with all related fields with VauleKind values:

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private int GetValueKindNumber(JsonElement jsonElement)
{
int valueKindResult = 0;
if (jsonElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Number)
{
valueKindResult = (int)jsonElement.GetSingle();
}

return valueKindResult;
}