-Technical Concept
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• etc...

I think this can be useful.

So, dear mates at atlassian, what do you think?

Regards,
Markus

Not currently, but it would be possible with an attachment custom field, which is the subject of this issue.

> See JRA-4737 FileMgt_2.gif for details. Showing files at the issue tab would be nice but not necessary.

You could actually format these attachment custom fields in a tab, but that would be a separate task:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/A+Brief+Guide+To+JIRA+Plugins#ABriefGuideToJIRAPlugins-Issuetabpanelpluginmodules

CU,
Markus Heft

----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----
Von: Jeff Turner (JIRA) jira@atlassian.com
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2004 11:17
An: Heft, Markus
Betreff: [JIRA] Commented: (JRA-4925) Custom Field: Attach File

[ http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-4925?page=comments#action_26632 ]

Jeff Turner commented on JRA-4925:
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Not currently, but it would be possible with an attachment custom field, which is the subject of this issue.

You could actually format these attachment custom fields in a tab, but that would be a separate task:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/A+Brief+Guide+To+JIRA+Plugins#ABriefGuideToJIRAPlugins-Issuetabpanelpluginmodules

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<atlassian-plugin key="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.customfield.attachment" name="JIRA Customfields Attachment Plugin">
<plugin-info>
<description>Customfields Attachment Plugin.</description>
<version>1.0</version>
<application-version min="3.0" max="3.0"/>
<vendor name="Atlassian Software Systems Pty Ltd" url="http://www.atlassian.com"/>
</plugin-info>

<customfield-type key="attachmentfield" name="Named Attachment Field"
class="com.atlassian.jira.issue.attachment.Attachment">
<description>A Custom Field which is used to add attachments in the edit-view and which has a specific name e.g. requirements specification.</description>
<resource type="velocity" name="view" location="templates/plugins/fields/view/view-attach.vm"/>
<resource type="velocity" name="column-view" location="templates/plugins/fields/view/view-short-attach.vm"/>
<resource type="velocity" name="edit" location="templates/edit-jiranamedattach.vm"/>
<resource type="velocity" name="xml" location="templates/plugins/fields/xml/xml-attach.vm"/>
</customfield-type>

</atlassian-plugin>

I'm not sure exactly which bit you need help with, but I'm going to assume you need help implementing the CustomFieldType interface.

Basically there are a few Abstract classes that you can extend. The ones most pertinent for you would probably be the AbstractSingleFieldType.

If you haven't already have a look at:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Customizing+Custom+Field+Types+Tutorial

& especially the API for customfieldtype at:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/3.0/com/atlassian/jira/issue/customfields/CustomFieldType.html

You should also think about how your attachments will be stored and what your custom fields methods will do. ie. A text CF stores a string of information. Will the attachment CF store the path to the attachment? How will updating work? How will you delete etc.

the workaround should be similar to the existing file management:
1. attach files through named CF in the edit view or in a special
section in the attach file view (file manager)
2. store the data similar to Jira standard attachment fields, maybe
physically in a special folder
3. show all attachments in issue and xml view
4. use file overview (table with name, size, MIME type, attachment date
and attached by) to download or delete existing attachments

How works the Jira standard file manager?
Where can I find the java files for instance of:
com\atlassian\jira\issue\attachment\Attachment.class
com\atlassian\jira\issue\managers\DefaultAttachmentManager.class
com\atlassian\jira\issue\AttachmentManager.class

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Markus

Markus,

Do you have the JIRA source release? If so, the source for the DefaultAttachmentManager is in atlassian-jira-enterprise-3.0.2-source\jira\src\java\com\atlassian\jira\issue\managers.

Basically the createAttachment method creates a row in the Attachment table and then saves the file to the default attachments folder.

Hello Mark,

-Mark-
Do you have the JIRA source release? If so, the source for the
DefaultAttachmentManager is in
atlassian-jira-enterprise-3.0.2-source\jira\src\java\com\atlassian\jira\
issue\managers.

-Markus-
I have the standalone version running for test and learning purposes.
What is the difference between the source and the enterprise version? We
also have a test-enterprise version running, which we will upgrade to a
licensed version probably in November.

-Mark-
Basically the createAttachment method creates a row in the Attachment
table and then saves the file to the default attachments folder.

-Markus-
Thanks for that information.

Regards
Markus

Once you purchase a JIRA licence, you'll have access to the source distribution. This will make extending and customizing JIRA a far simpler task.

Basically Attachment class is a bean holding the information about the file (location, name, size).

DefaultAttachmentManager is an implementation of the Interface AttachmentManager. The key signature you're concerned with is:

public ChangeItemBean createAttachment(File file, String filename, String contentType, User remoteUser, GenericValue issue) throws AttachmentException, GenericEntityException

where can I get the java file of an ordinary custom field plugin like: "Text Field (< 255 characters) (textfield)"

I think it would be a big step to understand the standard custom field implementation.