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How to get the Workitem type properties ?


vinitha dsouza (147223136) | asked Jun 26 '15, 10:45 a.m.
Hello Team
I am working on RTC API extensions.

I want to know how can i get the properties of WI programmatically?


I get WI as Story but i am not able to get the Filed Against property of Story programmatically ?



Please help :(

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Ralph Schoon (63.5k33646) | answered Jun 26 '15, 10:54 a.m.
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edited Jun 26 '15, 10:59 a.m.
You want to train yourself on using the API. Start here:  https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/understanding-and-using-the-rtc-java-client-api/
related is https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/working-with-work-item-attributes/

You need to get the IAttribute for IWorkItem.CATEGORY_PROPERTY

IAttribute category = workItemCommon.findAttribute(projectArea, IWorkItem.CATEGORY_PROPERTY, monitor);
Then you can  the value and cast it.
if(workItem.hasAttribute(category )){
Object value = workItem.getValue(category )
}

Please read the post above to get an idea how the API works.
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vinitha dsouza commented Jun 29 '15, 11:54 a.m.

Thank you so much for the ans .

The result is displayed in Object format
How do i get the same  result in a string format ?

I tried casting as String it throws me an class cast exception


Ralph Schoon commented Jun 29 '15, 2:11 p.m.
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Consider reading the links I provided above for an answer. Thanks.


vinitha dsouza commented Jun 30 '15, 12:01 p.m.

Hi Ralph

I used the code provided by the link :
https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/manipulationg-work-item-enumeration-values/...

But whenever i tried to access it throws me an exception :

 java.lang.ClassCastException: com.ibm.team.workitem.common.internal.model.impl.CategoryHandleImpl cannot be cast to com.ibm.team.workitem.common.model.Identifier

Please need an help :(



Ralph Schoon commented Jun 30 '15, 3:28 p.m. | edited Jun 30 '15, 3:29 p.m.
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The post also says:

If you are just starting with extending Rational Team Concert, start reading this and the linked posts to get some guidance on how to set up your environment.

And I also provided you with the first links in the first answer. An ICategory is not an Enumeration literal. Again, read those posts above carefully.

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