Precondition plugin to check if there are any approvals on the WI on transition to a target state.

Vikas Kumar (13●3) | asked Mar 13, 4:18 p.m.

Hello,

I am developing a precondition server side plugin and the requirement is to check if there are any approvals of type "Review" on the WI on transition to a target state. But my code is returning an empty list of approvals even though there are approvals on the workitem. Below is my code:

IWorkItem workingCopy = (IWorkItem) workItemServer.getAuditableCommon()

.resolveAuditable(target, IWorkItem.FULL_PROFILE, monitor)

.getWorkingCopy();

IApprovals approvals = workingCopy.getApprovals();

String reviewType="com.ibm.team.workitem.approvalType.review";

List<IApproval> approvalsList = approvals.getContents();

for(IApproval approval :approvalsList){

IApprovalDescriptor appDesc = approval.getDescriptor();

String approvalTypeNew = appDesc.getTypeIdentifier();

if(approvalTypeNew.equalsIgnoreCase(reviewType))

{

return true;

}

Can someone let me know how do I get the approvals if I am doing it wrong.

Thanks

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Ralph Schoon (63.2k●3●36●46) | answered Mar 14, 3:54 a.m.
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I don't know what that unformatted mess of code does. In general what you would do is
Get the approvals.

        IApprovals wiApprovals = newState.getApprovals();
        List<iapprovaldescriptor> descriptors = wiApprovals.getDescriptors();
        if (descriptors.isEmpty()) {
            return; // Nothing to do
        }
</iapprovaldescriptor>

Check if the Approval Type is of interest

        for (IApprovalDescriptor descriptor : descriptors) {
            String approvalType = descriptor.getTypeIdentifier();
            if (WorkItemApprovals.REVIEW_TYPE.getIdentifier().equals(approvalType)) {

Check the state

        // If there is a review check for cumulative state approved
        if (reviewDescriptor != null) {
            // There is an approval and there is a review
            if (WorkItemApprovals.APPROVED_STATE.getIdentifier()
                    .equals(reviewDescriptor.getCumulativeStateIdentifier())) {
                // Review is approved, nothing to check
                return;
            }

There are examples for the API involved on https://rsjazz.wordpress.com . Use the search field in the top right. I can't access my blog at the moment.

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Vikas Kumar commented Mar 14, 10:07 a.m.

Thank you Ralph, it worked.

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