Jira plugins importer class ExternalProject has a method which returns a null value

[Aditya Sharma]

com.atlassian.jira.plugins.importer.external.beans.ExternalProject

Using the above Class method called getIssues()- I am trying to access the existing issues in my local jira instance but it returns a null value even if the project has Issues.  What can be the possible issue?

I am getting the following error:

[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 2020-07-01 03:06:05,752 JiraTaskExectionThread-5 INFO admin 185x22132x1 1lfm2tj 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage%21import.jspa [c.a.j.p.i.i.importer.impl.AbstractDataImporter$1Thread[http-nio-2990-exec-10,5,main]] Only new items will be imported
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] External ProjectExternalProject{id='null', key='XTP', externalName='project', name='XYZ Test Project'}
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] exisiting issuesnull
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 2020-07-01 03:06:05,757 JiraTaskExectionThread-5 INFO admin 185x22132x1 1lfm2tj 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage%21import.jspa [c.a.j.p.i.i.importer.impl.AbstractDataImporter$1Thread[http-nio-2990-exec-10,5,main]] ------------------------------
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 2020-07-01 03:06:05,757 JiraTaskExectionThread-5 INFO admin 185x22132x1 1lfm2tj 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage%21import.jspa [c.a.j.p.i.i.importer.impl.AbstractDataImporter$1Thread[http-nio-2990-exec-10,5,main]] Finished Importing : Issues
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 2020-07-01 03:06:06,496 JiraTaskExectionThread-5 INFO admin 185x22132x1 1lfm2tj 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage%21import.jspa [c.a.j.p.i.i.importer.impl.AbstractDataImporter$1Thread[http-nio-2990-exec-10,5,main]] ------------------------------
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 2020-07-01 03:06:06,496 JiraTaskExectionThread-5 ERROR admin 185x22132x1 1lfm2tj 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /secure/admin/ImporterLogsPage%21import.jspa [c.a.j.p.i.i.importer.impl.AbstractDataImporter$1Thread[http-nio-2990-exec-10,5,main]] Unexpected failure occurred. Importer will stop immediately. Data may be in an unstable state
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] java.lang.NullPointerException
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at com.tadigital.jira.plugin.TACsvDataBean$2.apply(TACsvDataBean.java:99)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] at com.tadigital.jira.plugin.TACsvDataBean$2.apply(TACsvDataBean.java:1)

Here is the code snippet of data bean class :

@Override
public Set<ExternalProject> getAllProjects(ImportLogger log) {

final ExternalProject project = new ExternalProject(configBean.getProjectName("project"),
configBean.getProjectKey("project"));
project.setExternalName("project");
return Sets.newHashSet(project);
}

@Override
public Iterator<ExternalIssue> getIssuesIterator(ExternalProject externalProject, ImportLogger importLogger) {
return Iterables.transform(csvClient.getInternalIssues(), new Function<Issue, ExternalIssue>() {
@Override
public ExternalIssue apply(Issue from) {
final ExternalIssue externalIssue = new ExternalIssue();

List<ExternalIssue> getExistingIssues = externalProject.getIssues();

///

return externalIssue;
}
}).iterator();
}

[Dario B]

Hello @Aditya Sharma ,

Please notice that this is not the best place to get help on development related topics.

In case of no answer in here please refer to the resources listed in: https://developer.atlassian.com/resources. 

Specifically:

• Ask the Developers Community
• Create a Developer Support Request

Cheers,
Dario

[Aditya Sharma]

Hi @Dario B 

I will surely keep that in mind. Actually I am new to Jira and Jira related development. I usually don't approach like this but I was really stuck. Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I will refer to the links you have mentioned.

Happy learning!

Thanks and Regards,

Aditya

[Dario B]

You are very welcome @Aditya Sharma . Good luck with your project! :)