@Override public AddIssueLinkValidationResult validateAddIssueLinks(ApplicationUser user, Issue issue, String linkName, Collection<String> linkKeys) { IssueLinkType linkType = matchToIssueLinkType(linkName); if (null == linkType) { ErrorCollection errors = new SimpleErrorCollection(); errors.addErrorMessage(beanFactory.getInstance(user).getText("issuelinking.service.error.invalid.link.name", linkName)); return new AddIssueLinkValidationResult(user, errors, null, null, null, null); } Direction direction = linkName.equals(linkType.getInward()) ? Direction.IN : Direction.OUT; return validateAddIssueLinks(user, issue, linkType, direction, linkKeys, true); }