Getting null pointer exception while setting a custom field in groovy script

[ShamhoonJ]

Hi,

I am trying to write this simple script that sets the value of a custom field depending on a value of a different custom field

This is the code

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.CustomFieldType

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue

import com.atlassian.jira.project.Project

import com.atlassian.jira.project.ProjectManager

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.issuetype.IssueType

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueImpl





IssueManager issueManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager();

CustomFieldManager cfManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager();

ProjectManager projectManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getProjectManager();



MutableIssue myissue = issueManager.getIssueObject("POA-6");



CustomField cfAPType = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("AP type");

CustomField cfPOType = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("PO type");

CustomField cfProposedDeveloper = cfManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Proposed Developer");





def currentissuetype=myissue.getIssueType()

def currentissuetypenm=currentissuetype.name

def currentAPType=myissue.getCustomFieldValue(cfAPType)

def currentPOType=myissue.getCustomFieldValue(cfPOType)

def currentdev=myissue.getCustomFieldValue(cfProposedDeveloper)

def developer="pink blue"



if (currentissuetypenm == "Zaratec")

     {

     myissue.setCustomFieldValue(currentdev,developer)

     }

Any idea why I am getting a null pointer exception.

javax.script.ScriptException: java.lang.NullPointerException

Thanks

[Tsol]

Hi Shamhoon,

if i got it, you want to set the value of custom field according the issue type. If that's right, code should be something like:

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.comments.CommentManager;

  
// gets a reference to the IssueManager and CustomFieldManager manager classes
ComponentManager componentManager = ComponentManager.getInstance()
CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager();


//Get the custom field you want to update by id

CustomField customField_toupdate = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject( cf_id );




//issue type condition


if (issue.getIssueTypeObject().getName() == "issue_type_name"){

def val_test = "enter_here_the_desired_value"

issue.setCustomFieldValue(customField_toupdate, val_test)
}

Test it first.

If you use script in create transition place your scripted function in top of list. Add also the store issue function.

Hope that helps,

Cheers

[HermannS]

Hi

How do you try to run that script?

And at which line do you get the NullPointerException?

Greetings

Hermann