how to look at issue type in Condition section of Script Post-Function function for a transition

Tony

Trying to define a Condition in a Post-Function where I perform an Action based on a Condition.

The Condition is to look at the issue type and see if it equals a certain string value. Example below:

issue.issueType.name == "New Feature"

Question:

Is the syntax above correct? Does issue.issueType.name store the issue type?

In general, where does one go to fine out the class name and class state (variables) so one can write accurate Conditions in a Post-Function?

Cheers!

JamieA

Hi,

Yes it is correct (because getIssueType returns a GenericValue which implements Map, and you can get values by calling the key as a property in groovy), although it might be better to say:

issue.issueTypeObject.name == "New Feature"

> In general, where does one go to fine out the class name and class state (variables) so one can write accurate Conditions in a Post-Function

So there are two things you need to do this, 1) to know what variables you can use (ie are in the script binding), and 2) what types they are so you can work out what methods to call on them.

You can get 1) , and 2) actually, from here: https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/GRV/Built-In+Scripts#Built-InScripts-TechnicalStuffforAdvancedUsers , or looking at the source code.

So for instance you know now that *issue* is a MutableIssue, so you look at the javadoc at http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/latest/com/atlassian/jira/issue/MutableIssue.html.

Now you find you can call getIssueTypeObject() on it, and in groovy thing.issueTypeObject is just shorthand for the same.

And finally if you go to Admin -> Script Runner -> Built-in Scripts -> Condition Tester you can test the condition on various different issues, which is much easier than publishing a workflow. In your case above you would have got a MissingMethodException (or similar).

Really finally, if you set up the source in a good ide like intellij idea, you never need bother with the javadoc: https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/GRV/Script+Runner#ScriptRunner-DebuggingandCodingwithIDEA

HTH, jamie