Why cfValues['ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO'] != null condition doesn't returns false when the customfield has no value?

[Begoña Bonet]

Hi,

I've writen a Bultin Script Listener "Send a custom email". In this listener I've included the condition:

cfValues['ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO'] != null

The customfield ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO is the customfield used in the field: "To issue field". The content of this customfield is the list of email addresses to send in the email (i.e: person1@xxx.es, person2@xxx.es, person3@xxx.com). The idea is not to send the email in case of the list was empty.

I've tested the listener with an issue on which the customfield ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO has value and the result is ok, in the preview it is shown to me that the result of the condition is true.

However, when I test the same listener using an issue on which the customfield ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO has no value, the result is:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method split() on null object
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject.invokeMethod(NullObject.java:77)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:45)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.NullCallSite.call(NullCallSite.java:32)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:42)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:54)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.workflow.postfunctions.SendCustomEmail.getAddressesFromFields(SendCustomEmail.groovy:507)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.workflow.postfunctions.SendCustomEmail$getAddressesFromFields.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.workflow.postfunctions.SendCustomEmail.getAllToAddresses(SendCustomEmail.groovy:438)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.workflow.postfunctions.SendCustomEmail$getAllToAddresses.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.workflow.postfunctions.SendCustomEmail.getDescription(SendCustomEmail.groovy:575)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.canned.CannedScript$getDescription.call(Unknown Source)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.CannedScriptListener.getCannedScriptHumanDesc(CannedScriptListener.groovy:121)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.CannedScriptListener$getCannedScriptHumanDesc.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.CannedScriptRunner.doExecute(CannedScriptRunner.groovy:210)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.CannedScriptListener.super$6$doExecute(CannedScriptListener.groovy)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1188.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:233)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1054)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethodOnSuperN(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:128)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.invokeMethodOnSuper0(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:148)
	at com.onresolve.jira.groovy.CannedScriptListener.doExecute(CannedScriptListener.groovy:33)
	at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:165)
	at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:87)
	at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:39)
	at webwork.interceptor.NestedInterceptorChain.proceed(NestedInterceptorChain.java:31)
	at webwork.interceptor.ChainedInterceptor.intercept(ChainedInterceptor.java:16)
	at webwork.interceptor.DefaultInterceptorChain.proceed(DefaultInterceptorChain.java:35)
	at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:225)

NOTE: I've tried to use also the conditions:

• cfValues['ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO'] != null 
• cfValues['ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO'] != ""
  
  
  The result is always the same.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance

Begoña

[JamieA]

Non-standard custom fields are not supported, as there's no standard way of retrieving the value from them and parsing it. 

[Begoña Bonet]

Ok, thanks Jamie

[Begoña Bonet]

It is a Database Information customfield as you can see in the screenshot 

It is called ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO (all upper case)

listener_condition4.jpg

[Begoña Bonet]

Versions:

JIRA 6.1.7

Script runner 2.1.16

Here you have the screenshots with the configuration and the result with:

ENT-17297 on which the ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO has no value

ENT-17298 on which the ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO has value

listener_condition1.jpg

listener_condition3_ok.jpg

listener_condition2.jpg

listener_condition3_error.jpg

[JamieA]

thanks. What type of field is ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO ? Is it called like, all upper case?

[JamieA]

Perhaps it's an empty list.

Just use:

cfValues['ENT_NOTIF_ESCALADO']

and let "groovy truth" do the work.

[Begoña Bonet]

The result is the same :-(

[JamieA]

can you attach a screenshot of the config and include the versions.