How to check linked issue summary before creating issue?

[April]

Hi there,

I'm using the ScriptRunner post-function "Clones an issue and links." I need to create a set of linked issues, but the team wishes to avoid duplicates.

New issues will be created with a summary like:

issue.summary = 'Training for ' + sourceIssue.summary

I wrote the condition below to check linked issue summaries for a match:

def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
def issueLinks = issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issue.getId())
Issue issue  = issue
String sourceName = issue.getSummary()
log.info "Source name is " + sourceName
// Check if instance of this issue name already exists
!(issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issue.id).each {issueLink ->  
    def linkedIssue = issueLink.destinationObject
    String issueName = linkedIssue.getSummary()
    log.info "New issue name is " + issueName
    issueName == "Training for " + sourceName})

I see the values I expect in the log, but a duplicate issue is created anyway.

I also tried creating a second variable in case I was not comparing apples to apples somehow:

def issueLinkManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager()
def issueLinks = issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issue.getId())
Issue issue  = issue
String sourceName = issue.getSummary()
log.info "Source name is " + sourceName
String newName = "Training for " + sourceName
log.info "New name is " + newName
// newName returns the string I expect
// Check if instance of this issue name already exists
!(issueLinkManager.getOutwardLinks(issue.id).each {issueLink ->  
    def linkedIssue = issueLink.destinationObject
    String issueName = linkedIssue.getSummary()
    log.info "New issue name is " + issueName
    issueName == newName})

I can see from the log that I'm definitely finding linked issues with the summary I don't want to duplicate:

 /secure/WorkflowUIDispatcher.jspa [c.o.s.jira.workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction] New issue name is Training for test

But it seems finding does not mean actually preventing duplicate issues.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

[Vasiliy Zverev · Accepted solution]

Try this code to check dublicates:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.IssueLink

String sourceName = issue.getSummary()
log.info "Source name is " + sourceName
String newName = "Training for " + sourceName
log.info "New name is " + newName

// newName returns the string I expect
// Check if instance of this issue name already exists
boolean isAlreadyExist = false;
for(IssueLink issueLink: ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager().getOutwardLinks (issue.id)){
    if(newName == issueLink.destinationObject.getSummary()){
        isAlreadyExist = true;
        break;
    }
}

if(isAlreadyExist)
    log.info "isAlreadyExist"

[April]

Hey thanks!

Unfortunately, that returns "Condition did not return a boolean, coercing to false."

I've tried declaring a Boolean before as a condition in a workflow, which always returns that same error. I'm no programmer, but still, I'm a little confused about why the result of a Boolean is not a Boolean... (laughing).

I've only ever gotten this to work by doing something like "!(statement to evaluate)".

Trying to figure out how to restate what you have there....

[Vasiliy Zverev]

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.link.IssueLink
 
String sourceName = issue.getSummary()
log.info "Source name is " + sourceName
String newName = "Training for " + sourceName
log.info "New name is " + newName
 
// newName returns the string I expect
// Check if instance of this issue name already exists
for(IssueLink issueLink: ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager().getOutwardLinks (issue.id)){
    if(newName == issueLink.destinationObject.getSummary()){
        return true;    
    }
}
 
return false

[April]

Aha, that was it!

Except, whatever code is behind this condition seems to create an issue if the result is true, and not if the answer is false, so I just switched the logic, and it is working like this:

for(IssueLink issueLink: ComponentAccessor.getIssueLinkManager().getOutwardLinks (issue.id)){
    if(newName == issueLink.destinationObject.getSummary()){
        return false;    
    }
}
return true

Thanks so much for all your help!

THAT wasn't counter-intuitive at all