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title: "Status interface"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/JMCF/465895959/Status%20interface"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

This document details the methods of the [Status](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/Status.html) interface you can use on a status, such as those returned by the [Getters](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JMCF/pages/465371580) when you [access the Status field](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JMCF/pages/465240465).

| **Method** | **Return type** | **Returns** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [getName](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/SimpleStatus.html#getName())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | Name of the status |
| [getSimpleStatus](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/Status.html#getSimpleStatus())`()` | [SimpleStatus](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/SimpleStatus.html) | The status of the issue |
| [getStatusCategory](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/Status.html#getStatusCategory())`()` | [StatusCategory](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/category/StatusCategory.html) | The status category |
| [getDescription](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/SimpleStatus.html#getDescription())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The Status description |
| [getId](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/SimpleStatus.html#getId())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The Status ID |


### [StatusCategory](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/category/StatusCategory.html) interface

| **Method** | **Return type** | **Returns** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [getName](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/category/StatusCategory.html#getName())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | Name of the status category |
| [getId](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/category/StatusCategory.html#getId())`()` | [Long](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/Long.html) | The ID of the Status category |
| [getKey](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/status/category/StatusCategory.html#getKey())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The Key of the Status category |