Creating an issue from a plugin

In this recipe, we will see how to programmatically create an issue from a plugin. Prior to Version 4.1, JIRA used IssueManager to create an issue. From JIRA 4.1, there is this IssueService class that drives the issue operations. Since IssueService is recommended over IssueManager, we will use it in our recipes to create an issue.

How to do it...

The main advantage of using IssueService over the IssueManager class is that it takes care of the validation and error handling. The following are the steps to create an issue using the IssueService class:

1. Create an instance of the IssueService class. You can either inject it in the constructor or get it from the ComponentAccessor class, as shown:

   IssueService issueService = ComponentAccessor.getIssueService();

2. Create the issue input parameters. In this step, we will set all the values that are required to create the issue using the IssueInputParameters class.

   a. Create an instance of the IssueInputParameters class:

   IssueInputParameters...