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Learning Groovy
To learn more about the Groovy language:
- Start with our Groovy tutorial: Groovy tutorial
- Introduction to Groovy: See Learn Groovy in Y minutes and Learn Groovy in one Video
- Tutorials - many tutorials are available online, such as TutorialsPoint, Groovy with SmartThings and The Groovy 2 Tutorial
- References - See The Apache Groovy programming language and The Complete Apache Groovy Developer Course
Groovy in JMCF
Groovy can be used in JMCF to write a Groovy script in the Groovy Formula section of the custom field configuration and return the result of the evaluation. It is applicable to:
- Calculated Date/Time custom field type, to return a
java.util.Date
- Calculated Duration custom field type, to return a duration String or a number in a Long format representing the number of seconds
- Calculated Multi-select field custom field type, to return a String representing a comma-separated list of option values/ids or an array of option values/ids or a collection of option objects
- Calculated Multi-user field custom field type, to return a String representing a comma-separated list of usernames or an array of usernames or a collection of ApplicationUser objects
- Calculated Number custom field type, to return a number and to format the returned value in the Format expression field
- Calculated Single-select custom field type, to return a String representing an Option value/id or an Option object
- Calculated Single-user custom field type, to return a String representing a username or an ApplicationUser object
- Calculated Text Field custom field type, to return a String representing a single/multi- line text.
Writing Groovy scripts in JMCF
To learn how to write groovy scripts for JMCF, see:
- Groovy editor - This document explains you the Groovy editor in JMCF where you can write your Groovy scripts
- Variables and functions used in a Groovy formulascript - This document explains you the variables available for your Groovy scripts and how to create new variables in your Groovy scripts.
- API Interfaces - The document details the API interfaces
- Accessing the fields of an issue in a formulascript - This document explains you on how to access the fields of an issue.
Groovy script tester - This document explains the Groovy script tester which helps you test your written script and debug it.
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