How can I have a default value in Scripted Field?

[Ysaac James Salao]

I'm using a "Scripted Field" for Reporting.

How can I have a default value of a "100" in case the variables are empty?

Right now, if one of the variables is null or empty. The scripted field will not throw anything, "null".

Below is my code:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField

CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager();

CustomField artcd = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_23176");
CustomField ars = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_23460");

long date1 = (issue.getCustomFieldValue(artcd) as Date).getTime();
long date2 = (issue.getCustomFieldValue(ars) as Date).getTime();

if (date1 >= date2){
return 100;
}

else if (date1 == null || date2 == null)
{
return 100;
}

else {
return 0;
}

[Ysaac James Salao · Accepted solution]

This solves the problem

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField

CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager();

CustomField artcd = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_23176");
CustomField ars = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_23460");

if (issue.getCustomFieldValue(artcd) == null || issue.getCustomFieldValue(ars) == null)
{
return 100
}

else {

long date1 = (issue.getCustomFieldValue(artcd) as Date).getTime();
long date2 = (issue.getCustomFieldValue(ars) as Date).getTime();

if (date1 >= date2){
return 100;
}
}
return 0

[Ysaac James Salao]

This is the error message I received.

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getTime() on null object