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
`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, Projectproject)`	`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
`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.