How to fetch the Workitem (built-in / Custom) Attribute Id and Value?

0	ANIL ABRAHAM (23●2●20●24) \| asked Sep 07 '12, 7:03 p.m. Iam using List<IAttributeHandle> List = sourceworkItem.getCustomAttributes; it return StateId , UUID . But i need "Attribute Id"

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Lauren Hayward Schaefer (3.3k●1●17●27) | answered Sep 10 '12, 10:20 a.m.
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edited Sep 10 '12, 10:20 a.m.

The following snippet should get you started:

com.ibm.team.workitem.common.model.IAttributeHandle handle = workItem.getCustomAttributes().get(0);
com.ibm.team.workitem.common.model.IAttribute attribute = (IAttribute) teamRepository.itemManager().fetchCompleteItem(handle, IItemManager.DEFAULT, new NullProgressMonitor());
System.out.println("The attribute id: " + attribute.getIdentifier());
System.out.println("The value of the custom attribute: " + workItem.getValue(attribute));

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ANIL ABRAHAM commented Sep 10 '12, 4:20 p.m.

Lauren , Thanks for your reply, But i could not resolve below a) "teamRepository" b) IItemManager c) NullProgressMonitor

PLease guide ?

Lauren Hayward Schaefer commented Sep 11 '12, 6:48 a.m. | edited Sep 11 '12, 8:58 a.m.

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Hi Anil,

a) How you get the team repository depends on the context--if you're using the existing UI or if you're using a plain Java client. The following wiki page contains examples on finding the team repository: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ProgrammaticWorkItemCreation.
b) The ItemManager can be imported from com.ibm.team.repository.client.IItemManager.
c) The NullProgressMonitor can be imported from org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor.

ANIL ABRAHAM commented Sep 19 '12, 6:55 p.m.

ITeamRepository is a ClientSide interface . Since iam writing code in server side , i have difficulty.

Please send me some sample code to access the Attribute id and Value from Server side

Lauren Hayward Schaefer commented Sep 20 '12, 7:08 a.m.

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I haven't tried this myself, but I believe the following code snippet taken from https://jazz.net/forum/questions/87541/getting-custom-attributes-names-via-java-api?page=1&focusedAnswerId=87543#87543 should work for you:

IAttributeHandle handle = workItem.getCustomAttributes().get(0); IRepositoryItemService itemService = getService(IRepositoryItemService.class); IAttribute attribute = (IAttribute) itemService.fetchItem(handle, IRepositoryItemService.COMPLETE);

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sam detweiler (12.5k●6●195●201) | answered Sep 19 '12, 11:36 p.m.

here is my code from an advisor that loops thru the previous variable states (oldstate)

                // reference the right object type (cast)
                IWorkItem workItem = (IWorkItem) auditable;
                // get the worker objects
                IAuditableCommon iac = p.getSaveOperationParameter().getAuditableCommon();
                WorkflowManager wfm = new WorkflowManager(iac);

                if(false)
                {
                    IWorkItemCommon workItemCommon = iac.getPeer(IWorkItemCommon.class);
                    // loop thru all the attributes in the project
                    // attributes are project wide, not workitem specific
                    for(IAttribute ia:workItemCommon.findAttributes(p.getOldProcessArea().getProjectArea(), monitor) )
                    {
                        // if this attribute is available on this workitem
                        if(workItem.hasAttribute(ia))
                        {
                            System.out.println("processing for variable="+ia.getDisplayName()+" attrib type="+ia.getAttributeType());
                            try
                            {
                                // attempt to get the enumeration literal for this attribute
                                // will throw exception if not an enum
                                IEnumeration<ILiteral> enumeration = (IEnumeration<ILiteral>)workItemCommon.resolveEnumeration(ia, monitor);
                                if(enumeration!=null)
                                {
                                    // get the literal specifically
                                    String[] iaval = ia.getValue(iac, workItem, monitor).toString().split(":");

                                    // if present
                                    if(iaval.length>1 && iaval[1]!=null)
                                    {
                                        // loop thru the literal to value mappings
                                        for (ILiteral literal : enumeration.getEnumerationLiterals())
                                        {
                                            // if this literal matches the attribute value
                                            if(literal.getIdentifier2().getStringIdentifier().equalsIgnoreCase(iaval[1]))
                                            {
                                                // display the usable name
                                                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());
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

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ANIL ABRAHAM commented Oct 17 '12, 6:33 p.m.

Sam

It is Client Side or Server side Code ?

More over getPeer method is deprecated .

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ANIL ABRAHAM (23●2●20●24) | answered Oct 17 '12, 6:32 p.m.

Lauren, I replicated the same code above , IT DOESN'T WORKED. Any Sugg ?

com.ibm.team.workitem.common.model.IAttributeHandle handle = sourceworkItem.getCustomAttributes().get(0);

IRepositoryItemService itemService = getService(IRepositoryItemService.

class);

IAttribute attribute = (IAttribute) itemService.fetchItem(handle, IRepositoryItemService.

COMPLETE);

System.out.println (" Get Cust Attribute Display Name :" + attribute.getDisplayName());

System.out.println (" Get Cust Attribute Type :" + attribute.getAttributeType());

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Lauren Hayward Schaefer commented Oct 18 '12, 6:44 a.m.

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Hi Anil,
Can you elaborate on how this doesn't work?

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