IReference to IWorkItem

You have to use IItemReference class

IReference source = ...

if(target.isItemReference()){

	IItemReference itemRef = (IItemReference)target;

	IItemHandle handle = itemRef.getReferencedItem();

	if (handle instanceof IWorkItemHandle){

                IWorkItemHandle wiHandle = (IWorkItemHandle)handle;

		IWorkItem wi = (IWorkItem)items.fetchItem(wiHandle, monitor);

       }

}

where items is an ItemProvider instance.

Hi Abhishek,
yes, I was wrong with "source". It was "target".

For ItemProvider it depends on which side you are. On Client side you can use

ProviderFactory provider = (ProviderFactory)repo.getClientLibrary(ProviderFactory.class);
ItemProvider items = provider.getItemProvider();

On Server side use

ProviderFactory provider = getService(ProviderFactory.class)
ItemProvider items = provider.getItemProvider();

Hi Michele,

Thanks for the quick reply. I have a couple of questions.

1) Is 'target' same as the source IReference ?
2) How can we get ItemProvider instance?

I appreciate your help on this.

You have to use IItemReference class

IReference source = ...

if(target.isItemReference()){

	IItemReference itemRef = (IItemReference)target;

	IItemHandle handle = itemRef.getReferencedItem();

	if (handle instanceof IWorkItemHandle){

                IWorkItemHandle wiHandle = (IWorkItemHandle)handle;

		IWorkItem wi = (IWorkItem)items.fetchItem(wiHandle, monitor);

       }

}

where items is an ItemProvider instance.