IssueComment

Represents a comment that is added to an issue.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
attachments	`Set.<IssueAttachment>`	The set of attachments that are attached to the comment. Available since 2018.1.40030
author	`User`	The user who created the comment.
becomesRemoved	`Boolean`	When `true`, the entity is removed in the current transaction. Otherwise, `false`. Available since 2017.4.37915
created	`Number`	Time the comment was created.
isNew	`Boolean`	When `true`, the entity is created in the current transaction. Otherwise, `false`. Available since 2018.2.42351
isUsingMarkdown	`Boolean`	When `true`, the comment text is parsed as Markdown. When `false`, the comment text is parsed as YouTrack Wiki. Changing this value does not transform the markup from one syntax to another. Available since 2017.4.38870
issue	`Issue`	The issue the comment belongs to.
permittedGroup	`UserGroup`	A group whos members are allowed to access the comment.
permittedGroups	`Set.<UserGroup>`	Groups whos members are allowed to access the comment.
permittedUsers	`Set.<User>`	Users that are allowed to access the comment.
text	`String`	The text of the comment.
updated	`Number`	Time the comment was last updated.
updatedBy	`User`	The user who last updated the comment.
url	`String`	The absolute URL (permalink) that points to the comment. `user.notify('Somebody has written something', 'Have a look: ' + comment.url);`

Methods

becomes

becomes(fieldName, expected)

Checks whether a field is set to an expected value in the current transaction.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field to check.
expected	`string`	The expected value.

Return Value

	Type	Description
	`boolean`	If the field is set to the expected value, returns `true`.

canBeReadBy

canBeReadBy(fieldName, user)

Checks whether a user has permission to read the field.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field.
user	`User`	The user for whom the permission to read the field is checked.

Return Value

	Type	Description
	`boolean`	If the user can read the field, returns `true`.

canBeWrittenBy

canBeWrittenBy(fieldName, user)

Checks whether a user has permission to update the field.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field.
user	`User`	The user for whom the permission to update the field is checked.

Return Value

	Type	Description
	`boolean`	If the user can update the field, returns `true`.

delete

delete()

Logically deletes the comment. This means that the comment is marked as deleted, but remains in the database. Users with sufficient permissions can restore the comment or delete the comment permanently from the user interface. The option to delete comments permanently has not been implemented in this API.

Available since 2018.1.38923

isChanged

isChanged(fieldName)

Checks whether the value of a field is changed in the current transaction.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field to check.

Return Value

	Type	Description
	`boolean`	If the value of the field is changed in the current transaction, returns `true`.

oldValue

oldValue(fieldName)

Returns the previous value of a single-value field before an update was applied. If the field is not changed in the transaction, returns null.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field.

Return Value

	Type	Description
	`Object`	If the field is changed in the current transaction, the previous value of the field. Otherwise, null.

required

required(fieldName, message)

Asserts that a value is set for a field. If a value for the required field is not set, the specified message is displayed in the user interface.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	`string`	The name of the field to check.
message	`string`	The message that is displayed to the user that describes the field requirement.

Last modified: 7 March 2019