How do I update the value of a SelectCFType field?

[Jeff Thomas]

We have a SelectCFType that I am trying to populate when an issue is created. In previous versions of JIRA, I would use:

typeField.getCustomFieldType().updateValue(typeField, issue, "value");

To update the field and this worked great for our plain text fields and this select drop down box. In 4.4, if I use the same method above, the field does not save the value and the below error is produced in the logs:

2011-09-07 20:25:38,831 http-80-1 WARN UserName 1225x34x1 c0jmsb 146.7.22.237 /secure/CreateIssueDetails.jspa [issue.customfields.impl.SelectCFType] of type class java.lang.String

I have tried passing the option id and a List of the string, but these do not work either and produce the same error as above. How should I be updating the value for this select field?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

It should be an Option object.

[Jeff Thomas]

Thank you Jobin! It appears that 4.4 requires that it be an Option object.

[MattS]

Yup, more info at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Plugin+Developer+Notes+for+JIRA+4.4#PluginDeveloperNotesforJIRA44-Single-andMulti-Sele