Creating a custom script listener

[Anandhi A]

Hi,

I want to update a custom field with date and time when an issue is being moved from one project to another.

I tried a code to just update custom field with date. I put it in Script Console and chose Groovy as engine and Ran it. I was able to update the custom field.

But i want to know how to put this into a custom listener for Issue Moved event?

import com.atlassian.jira.ComponentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.ManagerFactory
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.JiraServiceContext
import com.atlassian.jira.event.type.EventDispatchOption
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.JiraServiceContextImpl
import com.atlassian.jira.bc.filter.SearchRequestService
import com.atlassian.jira.config.ConstantsManager
import com.atlassian.jira.config.webwork.actions.*
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.*
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.*
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueFactory
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.MultipleSettableCustomFieldType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.MultiSelectCFType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.MultiUserCFType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.SelectCFType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.TextCFType
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.manager.OptionsManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.config.FieldConfig
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.index.IssueIndexManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchProvider
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchRequest
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.search.SearchResults
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.IssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraAuthenticationContext
import com.atlassian.jira.util.BuildUtils
import com.atlassian.jira.util.ErrorCollection
import com.atlassian.jira.util.ImportUtils
import com.atlassian.jira.util.SimpleErrorCollection
import com.atlassian.jira.web.bean.PagerFilter
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.CannedScript
import com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.utils.CannedScriptUtils
import org.apache.log4j.Category
import com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User
import java.util.Date

IssueFactory issueFactory = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueFactory()
IssueManager issueManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getIssueManager()
CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentManager.getInstance().getCustomFieldManager()
CustomField cf= customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObject("customfield_10595")
final JiraAuthenticationContext authenticationContext = ComponentManager.getInstance().getJiraAuthenticationContext()
User currentUser = authenticationContext.getLoggedInUser()

MutableIssue issue = issueManager.getIssueObject("OKDAC-5259")
String str = "test"
String mydueDate= new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MMM/yyyy HH:mm:ss").format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
issue.setCustomFieldValue(cf,(java.lang.Object)mydueDate)
def cfval = issue.getCustomFieldValue(cf)
issueManager.updateIssue(issue.getAssignee(), issue, EventDispatchOption.DO_NOT_DISPATCH, false);
return "Issue Key is: ${issue.key} ... ${cfval}"

[Anandhi A · Accepted solution]

Thanks Nic.

I created a class like the one below and put my code inside it. Saved it as SetDateField.groovy. Put the .groovy file inside WEB-INF/classes/com/custom. Created a custom listener and gave com.custom.SetDateField in the groovy class field and it is working now.

class SetDateField extends AbstractIssueEventListener 
{
    Category log = Category.getInstance(SetDateField.class) 
    SetDateField() {
    log.setLevel(org.apache.log4j.Level.DEBUG) 
} 

void issueMoved(IssueEvent event) {
    //My code
}

Thanks for your quick response.

Regards,
Anandhi

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You can't just cast a string to a date - the lines using "new simpleDateFormat" is completely wrong because myDueDate should be a date and not a string, and the following line is worse because it casts a string to an object rather than a date.

Try losing the cast in the second line, and making mydueDate a date instead of a string.

[Anandhi A]

Thanks Nic. I made the change and compiled the code. I have placed the class file in JIRA_InstallationDir/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/com/custom. But i got the error

Problem loading class: IOException while opening groovy source: com.custom.SetDateField

What do i do to make this work?

Is there a different way to save and compile the file?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That usually means it can't read the file you've given it. Check location, permissions etc.

[Anandhi A]

Oh. Can you please tell me how to save the code and compile it. I guess am doing it wrong. I used Eclipse.

Thanks.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Eh? Compile it? The whole point of the script runner is that the code is run as it is. What part of the docs said you should compile it?

[Anandhi A]

I referred the following link.

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/259127/how-to-add-custom-listener-groovy-class-for-script-runner-plugin

I have never tried any of this before. I saved my code in a file SetDateField.groovy and put it inside WEB-INF/classes/com/custom folder. Please tell me if this is correct or is it something else that i should do.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

So you did not compile it? Why did you say you had?

Have you checked the permissions on the file?

Can you tell us *exactly* what you have done, step by step, clearly, with paths and file names and what you're putting in fields?