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RTC: how to retrieve work item type "name" via Java API


Luca Martinucci (1.0k294112) | asked Dec 05 '14, 9:43 a.m.
Is it possible to retrieve, via Java API, the "user-readable" type name of a work item?
I mean: suppose you have a Project Change Request.
Its type is "projectchangerequest" (as it is retrieved from the workItem.getWorkItemType() method; this is the work item type "id"), but, on the form, it is displayed as "Project Change Request" (this is the work item type "name").
I need to retrieve this "name", but I cannot figure out how.
Any suggestions?
My RTC version is 4.0.6

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Ralph Schoon (63.1k33645) | answered Dec 05 '14, 10:45 a.m.
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IWorkItemType.getDisplayName() ?
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Luca Martinucci commented Dec 09 '14, 6:18 a.m.

Thanks for the suggestion

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Rajiv Gandhi (34712) | answered Jun 16 '15, 11:31 a.m.
Thanks to both of you.
workItem.getValue(WorkItemAttributes.TYPE); 
this method is working fine and it has full filled my requirement 

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Rajiv Gandhi (34712) | answered Jun 15 '15, 5:05 a.m.
Hi Luca,

I tried to get workitem id and set into one of attribute using below script but it is not working. Please correct me if it is wrong script.

FYI,

dojo.provide("workitemtype");
dojo.require("com.ibm.team.workitem.api.common.WorkItemAttributes"); // To access the work item attributes
dojo.require("com.ibm.team.workitem.api.common.Status"); // To create a status object to return
dojo.require("com.ibm.team.workitem.api.common.Severity"); // To create a severity for the status

(function() {



    dojo.declare("workitemtype", null, {

        getValue: function(attributeId, workItem, configuration) {              
        IWorkItem workItem = .....;
        String workItemTypeID = workItem.getWorkItemType();
    return workItemTypeID;
      }

    });

})();


Thanks,
Rajiv

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Luca Martinucci commented Jun 15 '15, 5:57 a.m.

Rajiv, it looks like you are writing a Javascript attribute customization.
Instead, I developed a Java extension (plugin).
So, my code won't work in your script.
I cannot help you, because I've never done such a thing with javascript.


Ralph Schoon commented Jun 15 '15, 6:06 a.m.
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Please file your own question next time, as this is already closed and for Java API. Thanks.

Please carefully read: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/AttributeCustomization especially https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/AttributeCustomization#API_for_Javascript

Consider also to do the

Process Enactment Workshop for the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management

From the first link you get that the JavaScript API syntax is:

workItem.getValue(WorkItemAttributes.TYPE);
    


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Rajiv Gandhi (34712) | answered Jun 14 '15, 11:13 a.m.
Dears,

How do i get only workitem type id via java api?. Could you please let me know the complete syntax of this or Sample code?. 

Thanks,
Rajiv

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Luca Martinucci commented Jun 15 '15, 3:51 a.m.

In order to retrieve the work item type id, you need a IWorkItem object, then you call the getWorkItemType method (look at my original post):

IWorkItem workItem = .....;
String workItemTypeID = workItem.getWorkItemType();

If you instead need the work item type name, I retrieve it with these code:

String workItemTypeName = "";
IWorkItemCommon workItemCommon = getService(IWorkItemCommon.class);
List<IWorkItemType> workItemTypes = workItemCommon.findWorkItemTypes(projectAreaHandle, null);
Hashtable<String, String> typesToNames = new Hashtable<String, String>();
for (IWorkItemType workItemType : workItemTypes) {
    typesToNames.put(workItemType.getIdentifier(), workItemType.getDisplayName());
}     
String workItemType = workItem.getWorkItemType();
if (typesToNames.containsKey(workItemType)) {
    workItemTypeName = typesToNames.get(workItemType); 
}

Be aware that in a P.A. you can have 2 different work item types with the same name, but different IDs.

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