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Introduction to Groovy

Groovy is an object-oriented programming language for the Java platform. It is a dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, Perl, and Smalltalk. It can be used as a scripting language for the Java Platform. To know more about Groovy, see the Groovy Documentation.

Groovy in JMWE

Groovy script results in JMWE are used to:

Set a field value by the Set field value to a constant or Groovy expression and Set field value of linked issues post-functions.
Create the body of the comment by the Comment issue and Comment linked issues post-function
Execute a post-function conditionally in all post-functions that have Conditional execution
Execute a condition in the Scripted (Groovy) condition
Execute a validator in the Scripted (Groovy) validator

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Building Groovy scripts

You can learn writing groovy scripts either by going through the list of references (in the order given) or have a look at our tutorials listed below:

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Basics of Groovy: This document explains
- Basics of Groovy
- References for learning Groovy
Variables that can be used in your Groovy expression
Interfaces of your variables and their references. Reference to https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/Issue.html here
How do you access the fields of an issue
What are the expected values for each field type of your issue
Groovy editor, where you should be writing your Groovy scripts
Groovy script tester, which lets you test the written script against any issue

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Tutorials

Return a boolean value
Return a user object

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