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IssueLinkCreatedEvent doesn't have either parent issue or issue-link type information

Bart_Joosten

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to develop a scriptrunner script that will delete issue-links on the issue that calls the IssueLinkCreatedEvent. This deletion has to check some requirement in the main issue but i am not able to always get the correct main issue.

This is because of 2 reasons:

1. The IssueLinkCreatedEvent does not have any information about the issue that has fired the IssueLinkCreatedEvent, so the following line will give back a null because the event does not contain a issue object:

Issue issue = event.issue

2. The event also doesn't contain the direction of an issue-link creation:

I know i can get the source and destination object by the following code

IssueLink issueLink = event.issueLink
Issue issueDestination = issueLink.destinationObject()
Issue issueSource = issueLink.getSourceObject()

But the problem is when you select outward or inward type of the link the destination and source will swap issue id's. Because of this i cannot get the main parent issue out because the IssueLinkCreatedEvent also doesn't provide information on which direction the link is going!

For example if i have a issuelink with:

Name: Test
Outward: Tests
Inward: Is tested by

The IssueLinkCreatedEvent does not contain the direction of a outward or inward issue-link.

Two possible solutions that will solve my issue:

1. Does someone have any idea how to get the issue that fires the IssueLinkCreatedEvent!

or

2. Is there a way to get or provide the IssueLinkCreatedEvent with the correct direction it is going ? for example how to know if it is "is tested by" or "Tests"

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Fernando Bordallo

Hello @Bart_Joosten

I believe your problem was solved in this thread
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-get-current-issue-when-I-use-IssueLinkCreatedEvent-event/qaq-p/879597

See the accepted solution 🚀

Bart_Joosten

The answer on that thread did not give me the correct solution:

I am looking for the main parent object that is firing the event and not the source or destination object Issues.

Because when you change the link type from inward to outward they will swap there place of the id's.

So from the SourceID or DestionationID i cannot get which one is the main issue that is execution the event, for example:

I have a issue called Issue-1 and want to link this issue to Issue-2:

When i select the link type Tests(Inward), the source and destination id will be:

SourceID: 700 (Issue-1)
DestionationID: 800 (Issue-2)

but when i select the link type Is tested by(Outward) it will be:

SourceID: 800 (Issue-2)
DestionationID: 700 (Issue-1)

So how can i get the issue that is firing the event when it is in the first link type the SourceID but in the counter action it is the DestionationID?

And the event is not giving me back if it is doing the outward or inward action of the issuelink?

So it would be help full if the IssueLinkCreatedEvent would have the id or key of the issue that is firing the event. Or if it would have the name of the inward or outward link it is executing!

Hope it's more clear now!

Fernando Bordallo

Hello @Bart_Joosten

From what I see in the ScriptRunner docs the information about the issue from which the event is being fired is not available. I understand this makes sense given you are listening to the creation of a Link between issues, which can be done both explicitly through UI from one issue to another or through scripts or API calls, scenarios in which there is no defined 'origin issue' (so to speak).

What are you trying to accomplish exactly?

Fernando Bordallo

CC: @Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_

Thierry Dalon_md539j

Hi Bart

I had the exact same question / challenge. (wanting to create a link listener to calculate the Safety Level Field of a Test based on the linked Requirements.)

I understood the issue like this: the IssueLink Events are only listening if a Link is created or deleted. The Link can be created from both sides e.g. Test issue or Requirement issue so it doesn't matter for the event which issue is triggering it.

I have worked around in my listener by checking the issue type consistency.

For the Tests Link the source issue would always be a Test issue type -> tests-> destination issue shall be sthg else like Requirement.

So I have something like this in my Listener code:

// check for IssueLinkType Name= Test - if no Test, exit

if (!event.issueLink.issueLinkType.name.equals("Tests")) {

    mylog.debug "Link not of Type Tests but ${event.issueLink.issueLinkType.name}->exit"

    return

}

Issue issue = event.getIssueLink().getSourceObject()

// check for SourceIssue Type = Test - if no, exit (wrong link direction chosen)

if (!issue.issueType.name.toLowerCase().equals("test")) {

    mylog.warn "Source issue ${issue.key} not of Type Test but ${issue.issueType.name} ->exit"

    return

}

Issue destinationIssue = event.getIssueLink().getDestinationObject()

// check for Destination Issue Type = Requirement - if no, exit 

if (!destinationIssue.issueType.name.toLowerCase().contains("requirement")) {

    mylog.warn "Destination issue ${destinationIssue.key} not of Type Requirement but ${destinationIssue.issueType.name} ->exit"

    return

}

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