How to implement a DateTime Custom Field Type?

[Julia Janky]

Hello,

I'm trying to implement a plugin with a custom field type for DateTime. But I always get an error message that the module is broken. 

My code:

DateTimeField.java

import com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationProperties;
import com.atlassian.jira.datetime.DateTimeFormatterFactory;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.DateTimeCFType;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.FieldValidationException;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.manager.GenericConfigManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.persistence.CustomFieldValuePersister;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.history.DateTimeFieldChangeLogHelper;
import com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraAuthenticationContext;
import com.atlassian.plugin.spring.scanner.annotation.component.Scanned;
import com.atlassian.plugin.spring.scanner.annotation.imports.JiraImport;

@Scanned
public class DateTimeField extends DateTimeCFType {
      public DateTimeField(
            @JiraImport CustomFieldValuePersister customFieldValuePersister,
            @JiraImport GenericConfigManager genericConfigManager,
            @JiraImport DateTimeFormatterFactory dateTimeFormatterFactory,
            @JiraImport JiraAuthenticationContext jiraAuthenticationContext,
            @JiraImport ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
            @JiraImport DateTimeFieldChangeLogHelper dateTimeFieldChangeLogHelper) {
      super(customFieldValuePersister, genericConfigManager, dateTimeFormatterFactory, jiraAuthenticationContext, applicationProperties, dateTimeFieldChangeLogHelper);
   }
}

atlassian-plugin.xml

<customfield-type name="DateTimeField" i18n-name-key="DateTimeField" key="date-time-field" class="com.jira.plugins.fields.DateTimeField">
        <description>DateTimeField</description>
        <resource type="velocity" name="view" location="templates/plugins/fields/view/view-datetime.vm"/>
        <resource type="velocity" name="edit" location="templates/plugins/fields/edit/edit-datepicker.vm"/>
        <resource type="velocity" name="xml" location="templates/plugins/fields/xml/xml-datetime.vm"/>
</customfield-type>

I also tried it with my velocity templates but it didn't work either.

Do I miss something?

[Julia Janky · Accepted solution]

I have solved it myself. 

This line 

@JiraImport ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,

has to be changed to this

@JiraImport("jiraApplicationProperties") ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,

[Barney Dalton]

What does this do? Just looks like voodoo.

[Julia Janky]

Hello Barney Dalton,

this determines that the implementation "JiraApplicationProperties" is to be used.

[Julia Janky]

The field type is also not selectable when creating a custom field.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

What errors are you seeing in the logs?

[Julia Janky]

Hello Nic Brough,

this is what I found in the logs:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'com.jira.plugins.fields.DateTimeField': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 4; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationProperties' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {@com.atlassian.plugin.spring.scanner.annotation.imports.JiraImport(value="")}
io.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'com.jira.plugins.fields.DateTimeField': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 4; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationProperties' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {@com.atlassian.plugin.spring.scanner.annotation.imports.JiraImport(value="")}

Thanks in advance!