WHEN are u looking at the value? and in what code?

is this an Advisor (before the change is made), or a Participant?

and why are u locating the variable directly from the client (if either of the above) as the value should be supplied in the state passed as part of the advisor/participant run() call.

you ARE looking at its PROPOSED new value.. in an advisor.

in my advisor

			ISaveParameter p = (ISaveParameter)data;

			// get the affected object

			IAuditable auditable = p.getNewState();

gets me the workitem in the NEW proposed state (but not yet saved on disk.. that is the OLD state)

here is code I just added to my advisor to determine the values of all the attributes in the affected workitem

			ISaveParameter p = (ISaveParameter)data;

			// get the affected object

			IAuditable auditable = p.getNewState();

				// reference the right object type (cast)

				IWorkItem workItem = (IWorkItem) auditable;

            IAuditableCommon iac = p.getSaveOperationParameter().getAuditableCommon();

				IWorkItemCommon workItemCommon = iac.getPeer(IWorkItemCommon.class);

				//List<IAttributeHandle> wi_attribs = workItem.getCustomAttributes();	

				for(IAttribute ia:workItemCommon.findAttributes(p.getOldProcessArea().getProjectArea(), monitor) )

				{

					if(workItem.hasAttribute(ia))

					{

						System.out.println("processing for variable="+ia.getDisplayName()+" attrib type="+ia.getAttributeType());

						try 

						{

                    // this will throw exception if not enumeration

							IEnumeration<ILiteral> enumeration = (IEnumeration<ILiteral>)workItemCommon.resolveEnumeration(ia, monitor);

							if(enumeration!=null)

							{

								String[] iaval = ia.getValue(iac, workItem, monitor).toString().split(":");

								

								if(iaval.length>1 && iaval[1]!=null)

								{														

									List<ILiteral> enumerationLiterals = enumeration.getEnumerationLiterals();

									for (ILiteral literal : enumerationLiterals) 

									{

										if(literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier().equalsIgnoreCase(iaval[1]))

										{

											System.out.println("attribute name="+ia.getIdentifier() +", type"+"="+ia.getAttributeType()+" literal="+literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier()+" literal name="+literal.getName());										

											break;

										}

									}

								}

							}

						} 

						catch (Exception e) 

						{

							//System.out.println("Exception="+e.toString());

						}						

					}

				}

We developed a client side code. Basically we ran a query to retrieve the list of workitem. And with each workitem we use the IWorkITEM API to retrieve the value of each attribute associated with the workitem.

The attribute is defined as an enumeration (a list of option) and user can select one of the option in the dropdown box. The selected value is saved prior to the client side code running and retrieving the value.

Here is the code that we use to retrieve the attribute.

public Object getAttributefromWorkItem(IWorkItem workItem, String attributeID) throws TeamRepositoryException
{
IAttribute iattribute = null;

/*
* sample attribute ID
* "com.ibm.team.workitem.target.businesscontrol";
* "com.ibm.team.target.upreleasetrack";
* "com.ibm.team.workitem.presentation.approvals";
*/
try
{
iattribute = workItemClient.findAttribute(projectArea, attributeID , null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println("RTC: Failed to return attribute object due to " + e.toString());
}

Object attribute = workItem.getValue(iattribute);
//System.out.println ("Customized attribute1 : " + attribute.toString());
return attribute;
}

here is code I just added to my advisor to determine the values of all the attributes in the affected workitem

			ISaveParameter p = (ISaveParameter)data;

			// get the affected object

			IAuditable auditable = p.getNewState();

				// reference the right object type (cast)

				IWorkItem workItem = (IWorkItem) auditable;

            IAuditableCommon iac = p.getSaveOperationParameter().getAuditableCommon();

				IWorkItemCommon workItemCommon = iac.getPeer(IWorkItemCommon.class);

				//List<IAttributeHandle> wi_attribs = workItem.getCustomAttributes();	

				for(IAttribute ia:workItemCommon.findAttributes(p.getOldProcessArea().getProjectArea(), monitor) )

				{

					if(workItem.hasAttribute(ia))

					{

						System.out.println("processing for variable="+ia.getDisplayName()+" attrib type="+ia.getAttributeType());

						try 

						{

                    // this will throw exception if not enumeration

							IEnumeration<ILiteral> enumeration = (IEnumeration<ILiteral>)workItemCommon.resolveEnumeration(ia, monitor);

							if(enumeration!=null)

							{

								String[] iaval = ia.getValue(iac, workItem, monitor).toString().split(":");

								

								if(iaval.length>1 && iaval[1]!=null)

								{														

									List<ILiteral> enumerationLiterals = enumeration.getEnumerationLiterals();

									for (ILiteral literal : enumerationLiterals) 

									{

										if(literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier().equalsIgnoreCase(iaval[1]))

										{

											System.out.println("attribute name="+ia.getIdentifier() +", type"+"="+ia.getAttributeType()+" literal="+literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier()+" literal name="+literal.getName());										

											break;

										}

									}

								}

							}

						} 

						catch (Exception e) 

						{

							//System.out.println("Exception="+e.toString());

						}						

					}

				}

Is your client-side program long-running? Is it possible it has an old state of the work item cached? If so, try using the IItemManager.REFRESH flag when fetching the work item. You might also want to print out the work item id (IWorkItem.getId()) to be sure you're actually dealing with the work item you think you are.

Hi Nick,

We are using the IQueryCommon. getResolvedExpressionResults()to retrieve the list of workItem object, rather than using the IItemManager.fetchCompleteItemsPermissionAware() , where you can set itemManager.REFRESH as the second parameter.

Would IQueryCommon. getResolvedExpressionResults() always return the latest state of the work item?

Thanks.

Is your client-side program long-running? Is it possible it has an old state of the work item cached? If so, try using the IItemManager.REFRESH flag when fetching the work item. You might also want to print out the work item id (IWorkItem.getId()) to be sure you're actually dealing with the work item you think you are.

getResolvedExpressionResults uses
com.ibm.team.workitem.client.internal.AuditableClient.resolveAuditables(List<extends>, ItemProfile<T>, IProgressMonitor)
to fetch items (when on the client side). It uses IItemManager.DEFAULT, not REFRESH, so it will return cached items.

This is only an issue if your program is long-running. You could try using IItemManager (obtained via ITeamRepository.itemManager()) to re-fetch the items, specifying REFRESH, to see if stale cached data is the issue.