How to get TextAreaCFType value?

Question

Hi, I have a custom field Free Text Field (unlimited text) I need to retrive the newly entered values for this custom field from a page I tried like below final String newvalue = (String)cusfieldtype.getValueFromCustomFieldParams((CustomFieldParams)formValues); But i'm getting the below error java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.view.CustomFieldParams I can able to retrive for Label Custom field type values from the below code final Set newvalues = (Set)type.getValueFromCustomFieldParams((CustomFieldParams)formValue); Can anyone suggested me how to retrive the newly entered valued from Textfield area? Thanks.

xavier kcb · Answer

Yes, This is to retrive the already existing values from that field. But What i need is

i have this custom field on my .vm page. So i need to get the newly entered values from that page before sending to next page.

To retrive that i tried in above mentioned way. But getting error

xavier kcb · Answer

Yes, This is to retrive the already existing values from that field. But What i need is

i have this custom field on my .vm page. So i need to get the newly entered values from that page before sending to next page.

RambanamP · Answer

normally the following way we use to get field value from issue

CustomFieldManager cfm = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager();
CustomField customField=cfm.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Customfield name");
String value=(String)issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField);