Code snippet to check that the current user is a member of a specific group

Abstract

This code snippet checks that the current user is the member of a specific group.

Logic

Iterate over the array of objects or set of values and check a specific field for the required value.

Snippet 

ComponentAccessor.getGroupManager().isUserInGroup(currentUser, "<Name of the group>")

Placeholders

Examples

The output of the code is a boolean value (true or false) which you could use to conditionally execute a Post-function/Condition/Validator or Unlink issues, for example: To assign the issue to the current user only when the user belongs to the "jira-administrators" group.

ComponentAccessor.getGroupManager().isUserInGroup(currentUser, "jira-administrators")

References

• Issue interface
• currentUser variable
• Groovy Documentation

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