ApplicationUser interface

This document details the methods of the ApplicationUser interface you can use on any ApplicationUser, such as those returned by the Getters when you access users such as Reporter, Assignee, a Watcher of the issue etc.

Method	Return type	Returns

Method	Return type	Returns
equals`(`Object `obj)`	Boolean	True if and only if the object represents the same user
getDirectoryId`()`	Long	The ID of the user directory that this user comes from.
getDisplayName`()`	String	Display name of the user, must never be null.
getEmailAddress`()`	String	Email address of the user.
getKey`()`	String	The key which distinguishes the ApplicationUser as unique.
getUsername`()`	String	The username (login) of the user; must never be `null`.
isActive`()`	Boolean	True if this user is active
`isInProjectRole(`String `projectRoleName,` Project`project)`	Boolean	Returns `true` if this user is in the specified project role in the specified project. For example: `currentUser.isInProjectRole("Developers", issue.get("project"))` returns `true` if the current user belongs to the "Developers" project role in the current issue's project.
`getUserProperty(`String `propertyName)`	String	Returns the value of the specified User Property of the user. This method returns User Properties that are defined on the Edit User Properties Jira admin page. These are different from the Entity Properties that can only be set and read programmatically (see the Set/Get/DeleteEntityProperty methods).

Setters

Method	Return type	Returns

Method	Return type	Returns
`setEntityPropertyToJsonString(String propertyName, String jsonString)`	void	Sets the value of the specified Entity property of the user to the specified JSON string.
`setEntityProperty(String propertyName, Object value)`	void	Sets the value of the specified Entity property of the user to a JSON representation of the specified value.

Deleters

Method	Return type	Returns
`deleteEntityProperty(String propertyName)`	void	Deletes the specified Entity property of the user.