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title: "IssueLinkType interface"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/JMWE/461930974/IssueLinkType%20interface"
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> Macro (aura-html)

This document details the methods of the [IssueLinkType](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html) interface you can use on any issue link type, such as those returned by the [Getters](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JMWE/Accessing+the+fields+of+an+issue) when you [access Issue links](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JMWE/Standard+JIRA+fields#StandardJIRAfields-Issuelinks).

| **Method** | **Return type** | **Returns** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [getId](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#getId())`()` | [Long](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/Long.html) | The ID of the IssueLinkType |
| [getInward](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#getInward())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The Inward link name of the IssueLinkType |
| [getName](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#getName())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | Name of the IssueLinkType |
| [getOutward](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#getOutward())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The Outward link name of the IssueLinkType |
| [getStyle](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#getStyle())`()` | [String](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/lang/String.html) | The style name of this IssueLinkType |
| [isSubTaskLinkType](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#isSubTaskLinkType())`()` | boolean | True if the issue link type is a Subtask link type |
| [isSystemLinkType](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/reference/com/atlassian/jira/issue/link/IssueLinkType.html#isSystemLinkType())`()` | boolean | True if the issue link type is a system link |