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Scriptrunner behaviour: how do I use 'contains'?

Sabine Van Regenmortel

I want to hide a field, depending on the value of another field. This works for exact matches using ==

But what about a multiple select list? I want to express:

if field A contains value "Client", then show field B (this works with ==)
if field A contains value "Press", then show field C (this works with ==)
if field A contains values "Client" and "Press", then show field B and C (does not work with ==)
if field A contains values "Press" and "blablabla", then show field C (does not work with ==)

So I want to use contains and tried something like this:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor


def fieldA= getFieldById("customfield_16044")
def fieldB = getFieldById("customfield_18340")
def fieldC = getFieldById("customfield_18341")
def Clientstring = "Client"
def Pressstring = "Press"
log.debug("dropdown value" + fieldA.getValue())


if (fieldA.getValue().contains(Clientstring)){
  fieldB.setHidden(false);
  fieldC.setHidden(true);

} else

if (fieldA.getValue().contains(Pressstring)){
  fieldB.setHidden(true);
  fieldC.setHidden(false);
}

But line (fieldA.getValue().contains(Clientstring)) results in error:

[Static type checking] - Cannot find matching method java.lang.Object#contains(java.lang.String). Please check if the declared type is correct and if the method exists.
Possible solutions: toString(), toString(), notify()

Accepted answers

Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel , what is the type of

fieldA.getValue()

Can you check it using:

log.debug "Type of fieldA value:" + fieldA.getValue().getClass()

Andrea Pannitti_ydvlwe

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel,

the method getValue() return a generic object and the checkbox value is a list; so to use the method contains(), you have to cast the value to List or directly to string with toString(). So, you could modify your code in two ways:

if ((fieldA.getValue() as List).contains(Clientstring))

if (fieldA.getValue().toString().contains(Clientstring))

I also recommend that you enter the code both in Initialiser and on the fields used.

All comments

Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel , what is the type of

fieldA.getValue()

Can you check it using:

log.debug "Type of fieldA value:" + fieldA.getValue().getClass()

Sabine Van Regenmortel

Hi @Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__ ,

I'm afraid I don't know how to read the log. I just copied the script from the internet and tried it out.
I added your line but now what?

Thanks.

Florian Bonniec

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel

Like @Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__ suggest it' s a good starting point to know what type of object you are dealing with.

The error means that it did not find any method to apply with String parameter to Object.

If fieldA.getValue() return a String you may have to use [fieldA.getValue()].contains(Clientstring) but I don' t see the purpose of using contains instead ==.

It's relevant if you are dealing with field that store multiple values but you have to make sure that it's an array of String that is returned and not an array of Object such as Option in case of a select list.

Florian Bonniec

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel , what is the type in JIRA of the field with id customfield_16044 ?

Sabine Van Regenmortel

Hi @Florian Bonniec , it is a checkbox.

Andrea Pannitti_ydvlwe

Hi @Sabine Van Regenmortel,

if ((fieldA.getValue() as List).contains(Clientstring))

if (fieldA.getValue().toString().contains(Clientstring))

I also recommend that you enter the code both in Initialiser and on the fields used.

Ravi Kanth_daj1ma

Hi @Andrea Pannitti

Thank you so much it worked..

Thanks,

N.Ravikanth

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