why I am unable to set the default value for select list in 4.4.5 but it worked fine in 4.1.2?

Question

public Object getIssueCustomFieldValueFromIssue(CustomField field,
			Issue issue) {

if (issue == null || (issue.isCreated() == false))
			return null;

String fieldValue = (String) issue.getCustomFieldValue(field);
		String status = (String) getDefaultStatuses(field);

if (fieldValue == null || fieldValue.equals(status))
			return null;
		else
			return fieldValue;

}

Always returning the null value which worked fine in jira 4.1.2.

Thanks in advance.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Ok, this is yet another duplicate of https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/117052/what-is-the-problem-with-this-code-in-jira-4-4-5-for-select-list-why-the-list-is-always-returning-null-value where more information has been posted

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Have you tried looking at what the strings actually are?  Insert a debug line at 9 to look at what fieldValue and status actually contain?

Ahh, hang on - what is "getDefaultStatuses"?  That looks like an internal function you've written.  You'll need to debug that to work out why it's returning a null.