Package com.atlassian.jira.issue.comments

Interface CommentManager

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultCommentManager
@PublicApi public interface CommentManager
The CommentManager is used to retrieve and create comments in JIRA. Comments are always associated with an issue.

  • Field Details

    • EVENT_ORIGINAL_COMMENT_PARAMETER

      static final String EVENT_ORIGINAL_COMMENT_PARAMETER
      Retrieves all Comments on the given Issue that the given ApplicationUser has permission to see. If the passed in user is null, only comments with no permission level set will be returned.
      NOTE: keep in mind null user represents an anonymous i.e. non-logged in user.
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  • Method Details

    • getCommentsForUser

      List<Comment> getCommentsForUser(Issue issue, ApplicationUser user)
      Retrieves all Comments on the given Issue that the given ApplicationUser has permission to see. If the passed in user is null, only comments with no permission level set will be returned.
      NOTE: keep in mind null user represents an anonymous i.e. non-logged in user.
      Parameters:
      issue - the comments are associated with.
      user - the user whose permission level will be used to limit the comments returned.
      Returns:
      Possibly empty List of Comments

    • searchCommentsVisibleForUser

      Window<Comment> searchCommentsVisibleForUser(@Nonnull CommentSearchParameters parameters)
      Returns list of comments filtered and sorted by given parameters CommentSearchParameters.
      Parameters:
      parameters - search parameters
      Returns:
      Window of comments
      Since:
      9.0

    • streamComments

      Stream<Comment> streamComments(@Nullable ApplicationUser user, @Nonnull Issue issue)
      Streams every comment of the given issue that is visible to the user. Comments are returned in the order that they were created in.
      Parameters:
      user - the user to check permissions against, or null if anonymous
      issue - issue for which to get comments
      Returns:
      a stream of comments
      Since:
      7.2

    • getCommentSummary

      CommentSummary getCommentSummary(@Nullable ApplicationUser user, @Nonnull Issue issue, @Nonnull Optional<Long> focusedCommentId)
      Method that will return a summary of comments required to render the initial view issue page. That is if comment limiting is enabled this method will return a comment summary containing the total count of comments available to the provided user based on permissions as well as a subset of comments to be shown. If limiting is disabled, or if less than a minimum number of comments would be hidden (configured by APKeys.COMMENT_COLLAPSING_MINIMUM_HIDDEN) then all comments will be returned (similar to the results of calling getCommentsForUser(Issue, ApplicationUser).
      Parameters:
      user - the user whose permission level will be used to limit the comments returned.
      issue - the comments are associated with.
      focusedCommentId - optional id of a comment to focus. If the summary doesn't contain the focusedComment, then all comments are retrieved
      Returns:
      CommentSummary with total comment count and subset of comments to be shown.
      Since:
      7.1

    • getLastComment

      Comment getLastComment(Issue issue)
      Returns the the last Comment on the given Issue. For performance reasons this method does not take into account access level of the user logged in. As a result, output of this method might not be the same as what is presented in the application UI to users.
      Parameters:
      issue - the comments are associated with.
      Returns:
      The author of the last comment, or null if there is no comment.

    • getCommentsForUserSince

      @Nonnull List<Comment> getCommentsForUserSince(@Nonnull Issue issue, @Nullable ApplicationUser user, @Nonnull Date since)
      Retrieves Comments that were created or updated after the provided date, on the given Issue that the given ApplicationUser has permission to see. If the passed in user is null, only comments with no permission level set will be returned.
      NOTE: keep in mind null user represents an anonymous i.e. non-logged in user.
      Parameters:
      issue - the comments are associated with. Must not be null
      user - the user whose permission level will be used to limit the comments returned.
      since - only comments created or updated after this date will be returned. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      Possibly empty List of Comments
      Since:
      v6.3

    • getComments

      List<Comment> getComments(Issue issue)
      This will return all comments for a given issue. Please note that this method does not perform any permission checks on the returned comments. If you are returning comments to the UI or service for a given User please use getCommentsForUser(com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue, com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser))}
      Parameters:
      issue - the comments are associated with.
      Returns:
      a List of comments, will return an empty list if none found.

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the current date/time and with no visibility restrictions.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      @Deprecated Comment create(Issue issue, String author, String body, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Deprecated.
      Use create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, boolean dispatchEvent) instead. Since 6.0.
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the current date/time and with no visibility restrictions.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the current time. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      @Deprecated Comment create(Issue issue, String author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Deprecated.
      Use create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, boolean dispatchEvent) instead. Since v6.0.
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the current time. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.

      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.

      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Map<String,JSONObject> commentProperties, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      commentProperties - Comment properties that should be attached to the created comment before the comment can be considered 'created'. May be null.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      @Deprecated Comment create(Issue issue, String author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Deprecated.
      Use create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, boolean dispatchEvent) instead. Since v6.0.
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.

      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.

      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, ApplicationUser updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      updateAuthor - the key of the user who has updated this comment last
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      updated - is the date that will be used as the comments updated date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      @Deprecated Comment create(Issue issue, String author, String updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Deprecated.
      Use create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, ApplicationUser updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, boolean dispatchEvent) instead. Since v6.0.
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.

      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.

      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      updateAuthor - the key of the user who has updated this comment last
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      updated - is the date that will be used as the comments updated date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, ApplicationUser updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, boolean dispatchEvent, boolean modifyIssueUpdateDate)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      updateAuthor - the key of the user who has updated this comment last
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      updated - is the date that will be used as the comments updated date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      modifyIssueUpdateDate - if true the issue's "updated" date will set to the date of this comment (unless the given date is earlier than the current issue update date).
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      Comment create(Issue issue, ApplicationUser author, ApplicationUser updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, Map<String,JSONObject> commentProperties, boolean dispatchEvent, boolean modifyIssueUpdateDate)
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      updateAuthor - the key of the user who has updated this comment last
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      updated - is the date that will be used as the comments updated date.
      commentProperties - Comment properties that should be attached to the created comment before the comment can be considered 'created'
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      modifyIssueUpdateDate - if true the issue's "updated" date will set to the date of this comment (unless the given date is earlier than the current issue update date).
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.
      Throws:
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit
      CommentsPerIssueLimitExceededException - when number of comments per issue validation fails

    • create

      @Deprecated Comment create(Issue issue, String author, String updateAuthor, String body, String groupLevel, Long roleLevelId, Date created, Date updated, boolean dispatchEvent, boolean modifyIssueUpdateDate)
      Deprecated.
      Use create(com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue, com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser, String, String, Long, java.util.Date, java.util.Date, boolean, boolean) instead. Since v6.0.
      Creates a comment and associates it with the given issue. Using this method the comment will be created with a createdDate of the specified date. This method should be used if you are trying to preserve existing information and it is important to retain the original created date. If you have provided a groupLevel then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided group, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the group actually exists has been performed outside of this method. If you have provided a roleLevelId then the comment visibility will be restricted to the provided role, it is assumed that validation to ensure that the role actually exists has been performed outside of this method.
      NOTE: A comment should not have both a group level and role level visibility restriction. This method will not stop this, but it does not semantically make sense.
      Parameters:
      issue - the issue to associate the comment with.
      author - the key of the user who has created this comment.
      updateAuthor - the key of the user who has updated this comment last
      body - the text of the comment.
      groupLevel - is the group name to limit comment visibility to, this must be a valid group name.
      roleLevelId - is the id of the the ProjectRole to limit comment visibility to, this must reference a valid project role.
      created - is the date that will be used as the comments creation date.
      updated - is the date that will be used as the comments updated date.
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENTED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      modifyIssueUpdateDate - if true the issue's "updated" date will set to the date of this comment (unless the given date is earlier than the current issue update date).
      Returns:
      the object representation of the newly created comment.

    • convertToComment

      Comment convertToComment(org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericValue commentGV)
      This is a convenience method that can be used to convert a GenericValue representation of a comment to a comment object.
      Parameters:
      commentGV - is the GenericValue representation of a comment.
      Returns:
      Comment object.

    • getCommentById

      Comment getCommentById(Long commentId)
      Will return a comment for the passed in commentId.
      Parameters:
      commentId - the id representing the Comment you would like to retrieve.
      Returns:
      a Comment or null (if the user cannot browse the comment).
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if its id is null

    • getMutableComment

      MutableComment getMutableComment(Long commentId)
      Retrieves comment by given id and returns it as mutable object.
      Parameters:
      commentId - comment id
      Returns:
      mutable comment or null if comment with given id not found
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if its id is null

    • update

      void update(Comment comment, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Persists the updated comment.
      Parameters:
      comment - to update
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENT_EDITED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if comment passed in is null or its id is null or if you specified both grouplevel and rolelevel comment visibility
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit

    • update

      void update(Comment comment, Map<String,JSONObject> commentProperties, boolean dispatchEvent)
      Persists the updated comment.
      Parameters:
      comment - to update
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENT_EDITED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched.
      commentProperties - Comment properties that should be attached to the created comment before the comment can be considered 'created'
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if comment passed in is null or its id is null or if you specified both grouplevel and rolelevel comment visibility
      CommentBodyCharacterLimitExceededException - when comment body exceeds the jira character limit

    • swapCommentGroupRestriction

      int swapCommentGroupRestriction(String groupName, String swapGroup)
      Updates Comment's such that comments that have a visibility restriction of the provided groupName will be changed to have a visibility restriction of the provided swapGroup.
      Note: There is no validation performed by this method to determine if the provided swapGroup is a valid group with JIRA. This validation must be done by the caller.
      Parameters:
      groupName - identifies the group the comments are restricted by, this must not be null.
      swapGroup - identifies the group the comments will be changed to be restricted by, this must not be null.
      Returns:
      tbe number of comments affected by the update.
      Since:
      v3.12

    • getCountForCommentsRestrictedByGroup

      long getCountForCommentsRestrictedByGroup(String groupName)
      Returns the count of all Comment's that have their visibility restricted by the named group.
      Parameters:
      groupName - identifies the group the comments are restricted by, this must not be null.
      Returns:
      a count of Comment's who's visibility are restricted by the passed in group name.
      Since:
      v3.12

    • getCountForCommentsRestrictedByRole

      long getCountForCommentsRestrictedByRole(Long roleId)
      Returns the count of all Comment's that have their visibility restricted by the role with the given id.
      Parameters:
      roleId - identifies the role the comments are restricted by, this must not be null.
      Returns:
      a count of Comment's who's visibility are restricted by the role with the passed in role id.
      Since:
      v7.0

    • delete

      ChangeItemBean delete(Comment comment)
      Deletes the specified comment.
      Parameters:
      comment - to delete
      Returns:
      a change item that represents the change of deleting the comment
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if comment passed in is null or its id is null

    • delete

      void delete(Comment comment, boolean dispatchEvent, ApplicationUser user)
      Deletes the specified comment.
      Parameters:
      comment - to delete
      dispatchEvent - if true then an event of type EventType.ISSUE_COMMENT_DELETED_ID will be dispatched and any notifications listening for that event will be triggered. If false no event will be dispatched. Together with IssueEvent CommentDeletedEvent
      user - who executes this action. will be dispatched.

    • setPin

      void setPin(Comment comment, ApplicationUser user, boolean pinned)
      Pins the specified comment.
      Parameters:
      comment - to pin
      user - who executes this action
      pinned - true if comments should be pinned, false if comments should be unpinned

    • getPinnedComments

      List<PinnedComment> getPinnedComments(Issue issue, ApplicationUser user)
      Returns list of pinned comments for given issue which are visible for user
      Parameters:
      issue -
      user - who executes this action.
      Returns:
      list of Pinned comments for given issue

    • isUserCommentAuthor

      boolean isUserCommentAuthor(ApplicationUser user, Comment comment)
      Returns true if the given user is the author of the given comment.

      If the given Comment has a null author, this represents that it was created anonymously, and no-one is the author (returns false). If the given User is null, then this represents that the current user is anonymous, and the method will always return false.

      Parameters:
      user - The User. Can be null to represent current user is not logged in (anonymous).
      comment - The Comment. Cannot be null.
      Returns:
      true if the given user is the author of the given comment.
      Since:
      v4.3

    • swapCommentRoleRestriction

      int swapCommentRoleRestriction(Long roleId, Long swapRoleId)
      Updates Comment's such that comments that have a visibility restriction of the provided role will be changed to have a visibility restriction of the role with the provided swapRoleId.
      Note: There is no validation performed by this method to determine if the provided swapRoleId is a valid role id with JIRA. This validation must be done by the caller.
      Parameters:
      roleId - identifies the role the comments are restricted by, this must not be null.
      swapRoleId - identifies the role the comments will be changed to be restricted by, this must not be null.
      Returns:
      the number of comments affected by the update.
      Since:
      v7.0

    • deleteCommentsForIssue

      void deleteCommentsForIssue(Issue issue)
      Removes Comments belonging to the passed issue.
      Parameters:
      issue - entity with the comments to delete.