Issue in getting updated Work item in Plugin 2 saved in Plugin 1?
Can anyone help us with how to get an updated copy of work item in plugin 2 considering a scenario as plugin 1 is updating the work item and plugin 2 need to access the updates done by plugin 1 in work item.
we are using getWorkingCopy() method to get the fresh copy of workitem in the plugin.
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The extensions are automatically called by the framework and there are only limited capabilities to communicate between the plugins. It is also important to understand that a save in a follow up action will cause a new save event and a subsequent call of all related pre conditions and follow up actions (process advisors and - participants).
The easiest way to pass information is to use additional save parameter - basically a string - during work item save. The parameter will be available to the subsequently called process advisors and - participants. This can be used for the abve purpose and to prevent recursive descent as well. See https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/using-the-work-item-server-api-to-create-work-items/
The easiest way to pass information is to use additional save parameter - basically a string - during work item save. The parameter will be available to the subsequently called process advisors and - participants. This can be used for the abve purpose and to prevent recursive descent as well. See https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/using-the-work-item-server-api-to-create-work-items/
Set additionalParams = new HashSet(); additionalParams.add(ICreateTracedWorkItemsParticipant.CREATE_TRACED_WORKITEMS_PARTICIPANTS_ACTION_SAVENEW); fWorkItemServer.saveWorkItem3(newWorkItem, null, null, additionalParams); return newWorkItem;