Static Type Checking Errors

[invinci]

Hi, 
We are using Jira 6.3 and wanted to upgrade to Jira 7.0.11. I tested few of the existing scripts on the new server, but ended up with lot of errors. Most of these errors are related to type casting because of deprecated versions. I tried fixing most of them, but have a problem with one function call in my script.

The error is [Static type checking] - Cannot return value of type java.lang.Object on method returning type com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser.

The line where the error is in the below code snippet where I am trying to return the ApplicationUser, but the return type of qaContact?.getValue(foundIssue) is an Object.

Code Snippet:

if (foundIssue != null)

{

def qaContact = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObjects(foundIssue).find {it.name.equals(FIELD_NAME)}

return qaContact?.getValue(foundIssue)

}

How can I fix this issue?

Thanks in advance.

[Eric Lemay]

Hi invinci,

This is because due to there being multiple types of custom fields returning different object classes (Lists, Maps, Strings, Long, etc.) The javadoc lists the return value as being a simple Object.

Despite the typechecking returning an error, that code should run, assuming that the QAcontact field is a user field.  Alternatively, you might get around the error by casting the result to ApplicationUser first:

return (ApplicationUser)qaContact?.getValue(foundIssue)

Eric