Not able to extend from MultiSelectCFType;

[Umair Haroon]

Hi,

I am writing a plugin which creates a customfield type that will extend MultiSelectCFType.

However I get a compilation error for (IDE says cant be resolved):

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.MultiSelectCFType;

Strangley enough I am able to use this:

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.GenericTextCFType;

According to Atlassians API reference the MultiSelectCFType should also be in the same package as GenericTextCFType.

So What could be causing this error?

[Boris Georgiev _Appfire_ · Accepted solution]

This class is in jira-core, so add dependency on jira-core:

<dependency>
			<groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
			<artifactId>jira-core</artifactId>
			<version>${jira.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>

[Umair Haroon]

Hi @Boris.

Thanks for your answer. It resolves the error.

Just a quick question:

The pom.xml file autgenerated by Atlassians SDK mentions:

<!-- Add dependency on jira-core if you want access to JIRA implementation classes as well as the sanctioned API. This is not normally recommended, ......-->

Im curious as to why com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.MultiSelectCFType

would not be in the "sanctioned API"?

For the time being I've added the jira-core and regenerating the eclipse project,

Would the size of my plugin also increase after adding the jira-core dependency?

[Boris Georgiev _Appfire_]

Don't worry about this comment, just have in mind that classes in the jira-core are nt guaranteed to be compatible between jira versions.

The size will not increase as this is provided dependency.

[Umair Haroon]

Ok. Thanks!