No signature of method: com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.validateTransition()

Question

The script throws an error while running

def transitionValidationResult = issueService.validateTransition(ComponentAccessor.jiraAuthenticationContext.loggedInUser, issue.id, actionId, issueInputParameters, transitionOptions);

2023-09-11 19:15:16,629 ERROR [common.UserScriptEndpoint]: *************************************************************************************
2023-09-11 19:15:16,629 ERROR [common.UserScriptEndpoint]: Script console script failed:
groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: com.atlassian.jira.bc.issue.DefaultIssueService.validateTransition() is applicable for argument types: (com.atlassian.jira.user.DelegatingApplicationUser, java.util.ArrayList, java.lang.Integer, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParametersImpl, com.atlassian.jira.workflow.TransitionOptions) values: [qwerty(JIRAUSER23210), [264340], 11, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParametersImpl@4b3b29c0, ...]
Possible solutions: validateTransition(com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, java.lang.Long, int, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParameters, com.atlassian.jira.workflow.TransitionOptions), validateTransition(com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, java.lang.Long, int, com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueInputParameters)
at Script3882.doTransition(Script3882.groovy:27)
at Script3882$_findOutwardLinkedIssues_closure1.doCall(Script3882.groovy:49)
at Script3882.findOutwardLinkedIssues(Script3882.groovy:41)
at Script3882.run(Script3882.groovy:10)

My user is passed "values: [qwerty(JIRAUSER23210)" is it ok? should it be just qwerty?

What to do in this case?

Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ · Answer

Hi  @Pavel

HAPI is built in the Groovy 4 API.

It's a much simpler approach to do this using the HAPI feature instead of writing multiple lines of the code. This also helps to reduce coding errors.

If you intend to use the plain Groovy approach is also fine, but as I mentioned, HAPI is very much simpler.

You can also refer to HAPI's Javadocs for more information.

Thank you and Kind regards,
Ram

Pavel_jei8ya · Answer

Hi @Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ thank you for your reply.

Is there a way to implement it in Groovy?

HAPI is a good option but other engineers don't know this language, we agreed to write everything in Groovy.

Ram Kumar Aravindakshan _Adaptavist_ · Answer

Hi @Pavel

In your latest comment, you mentioned:-

I try to make a post-function that will change a status of a linked issue.

To achieve this, I suggest you upgrade your ScriptRunner plugin to the latest release, i.e. 8.11.0 or at least 7.11.,0 so you can make use of the ScriptRunner HAPI feature.

For your requirement, if you intend to transition any of your linked issues with ScriptRunner's HAPI, all you have to do is:-

issue.outwardLinks.each {
 it.destinationObject.transition('In Progress')
}

Please note that the sample working code above is not 100% exact to your environment. Hence, you will need to make the required modifications.

Below is a screenshot of the configuration:-

Below are a couple of test screenshots for your reference:-

1. As shown in the first two screenshots below, MOCK-1 is linked to MOCK-2, where MOCK-1 blocks MOCK-2.

2. Next, when I transition MOCK-1 to In Progress, as shown in the next two screenshots below, as expected, MOCK-2 also transition to In Progress, as shown in the last screenshot below.

I hope this helps to solve your question. :-)

Thank you and Kind regards,

Ram