Managing versions

We have seen how to add versions as a fix for versions or affected versions on an issue. But how do we create those versions using REST? In this recipe, we will see how to create versions in a project and manage them using JRJC!

Getting ready

As usual, create a JIRA REST client as mentioned in the Writing a Java client for the REST API recipe.

How to do it...

A new version can be added into a project as follows:

1. Create a VersionInput object with the necessary details.

   VersionInput versionInput = new VersionInput("DEMO", "JRJC", "Test", new DateTime(), false, false);

2. Use the createVersion method on VersionRestClient.

   Promise<Version> version = jiraRestClient.getVersionRestClient().createVersion(versionInput);

3. Once a version is created, you can retrieve it any time using the version URI.

   Promise<Version> version = jiraRestClient.getVersionRestClient().getVersion(versionURI);

4. Given a version, you can update it by sending a new VersionInput object with updated parameters....