Setting JSONNull value for a Numeric field (non-mandatory) results in error

[vivganes]

I am trying to execute this Java Statement

issue.update().field(someNumericNonMandatoryField, value).execute();

If the value is a JSONNull, then I get an exception that numeric value is expected.

This should not give any error because the JIRA UI is letting me to set empty value for the field.

This could be traced back to code in Field.java toJson() method.

I am willing to submit a pull request for the same.

[vivganes]

@rcarz I have raised a pull request with commit : vivganes@7ea6f3b in PR - #189

Will you be able to check if it is okay? If yes, I would request for a release so that I can remove the "Manual Action Needed" message in my java utility.

In my utility, currently, manually, one has to reset the values to null when the job fails with the "Manual action needed" message. This manual effort is not scalable.