ScriptRunner Error: Cannot invoke method getCustomFieldValue() on null object

[Brian]

Hello ScriptRunner enthusiasts,

We've developed a ScriptRunner scripted field called "In Epic" that is supposed to return the Epic Name of a Story or Sub-Task.

For example if Epic ABC-123 had a Story ABC-456 the 'In Epic" field would return in a string format the Epic Name (a field in Jira).  Our users like to remember Epic names, not Epic keys.

In our log file we get this error.

2020-06-21 20:10:34,777+0000 IssueIndexer:thread-16 ERROR ub57988 1186x56429x2 1tazjek 204.138.240.254,10.12.0.237 /secure/admin/IndexReIndex!reindex.jspa [c.o.scriptrunner.customfield.GroovyCustomField] *************************************************************************************
2020-06-21 20:10:34,779+0000 IssueIndexer:thread-16 ERROR ub57988 1186x56429x2 1tazjek 204.138.240.254,10.12.0.237 /secure/admin/IndexReIndex!reindex.jspa [c.o.scriptrunner.customfield.GroovyCustomField] Script field failed on issue: CBTGRV-1371, field: In Epic
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getCustomFieldValue() on null object
   at Script186.run(Script186.groovy:36)

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Here is the code itself

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.CustomField;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue;
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue

def issueManager = ComponentAccessor.getIssueManager() //Get Issue Manager
CustomFieldManager customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager() //Get Custom Field Manager

def cfIssueType = issue.issueType.getName() //Get issue type name in string format
def cfIssueKey = issue.key //Get issue key in string format
def epicLink = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectsByName('Epic Link')[0] //Get Epic Link field object
def epicName = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectsByName('Epic Name')[0] //Get Epic Name field object

log.warn('Issue type: ' + cfIssueType)

switch(cfIssueType) {

case ['Story']:

def epicKey = issue?.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink).toString() //Get Epic link field value
if (epicKey) {
def epicIO = issueManager.getIssueObject(epicKey) //Return issue object from EpicLink Key
def epicDisplayName = epicIO.getCustomFieldValue(epicName) //Return Epic Display Name as string
return epicDisplayName
}
break;

case ['Sub-task']:

def parentStory = issue.parentObject //Define parentStory as issue paren object
def epicKey = parentStory?.getCustomFieldValue(epicLink).toString() //Get Key value of Epic Link as string
if (epicKey) {
def epicIO = issueManager.getIssueObject(epicKey) //Return issue object from EpicLink Key
def epicDisplayName = epicIO.getCustomFieldValue(epicName) //Return Epic Display Name as string
return epicDisplayName
}
break;

default:
return
break;
}

We want to figure out how to deal with this null object error that the log file is reporting.

sample asd code block

[Marc-André Tremblay]

The error is because the issueManager is unable to find the requested key so epicIO is null. Trying to getcustomFieldValue() from a null issue throws this error.

Either you null check with a "?" afterepcioIO:

def epicDisplayName = epicIO?.getCustomFieldValue(epicName) //Return Epic Display Name as string

but  this may return a null value  to th eepic name.

You can also add an elvis operator to return an empty value:

def epicDisplayName = epicIO?.getCustomFieldValue(epicName)  ?: ""

This will ensure an empty string if the is no found value.

I dont use Jira Software much but you may want to print a log of the epicKey value...I think it may not return waht you think it is otherwise issueManager would find the issue easily.

[Uday Kiran Raparthy]

Hi @Marc-André Tremblay 

i am trying to copy custom field value from parent to all child issues and using the below code 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.IssueManager
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.MutableIssue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue

def issue = event.issue
def field = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject('customfield_13202')
def parentMyFieldValue = issue.parentObject.getCustomFieldValue(field)
def changeHolder = new DefaultIssueChangeHolder();
field.updateValue(null, issue, new ModifiedValue(issue.getCustomFieldValue(field), parentMyFieldValue),changeHolder);

getting same error as above

Log:

2020-09-10 16:59:14,964 ERROR [runner.AbstractScriptListener]: *************************************************************************************
2020-09-10 16:59:14,965 ERROR [runner.AbstractScriptListener]: Script function failed on event: com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEvent, file: null
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getCustomFieldValue() on null object
 at Script320.run(Script320.groovy:11)

[Uday Kiran Raparthy]

feel free to answer it over here

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/copy-field-value-from-parent-to-child-using-listeners-on-issue/qaq-p/1478109