One noteworthy limitation is that Computers never update their actions. https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/a2e597b3ee34ea0463bcb717a477019a737d9922
No reason given, unfortunately. I plan on changing this to enable Sidebar Links Plugin to add links to computers. On 18.09.2014, at 10:53, Robert Sandell <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, > If you only want to add UI and not any "configuration properties" I think the > transient action factory is the way to go. > > /B > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:53 AM, dominiquebrice <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to add an Action, accessible via a link in the left side menu, to > a new page to show information per Computer/Node. I have trouble finding > necessary information on the wiki and in the javadoc. > > I started with NodeProperty, listed on the Jenkins Extension Points > <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Extension+points#Extensionpoints-hudson.slaves.NodeProperty> > page. The javadoc of NodeProperty > <http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/?hudson/slaves/NodeProperty.html> is > encouraging: "contribute this extension point to add additional data or UI > actions". However I don't see any mechanism from this class to actually add > an Action to a Node. There is no function to implement/override to return a > new Action. Could someone point me to an example of an action added via the > NodeProperty extension? > > After more reading, I noticed that the javadoc of Computer > <http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/index.html?hudson/model/Computer.html> > states that "this object also serves UI (since Node is an interface and > can't have related side pages).". However Node > <http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/index.html?hudson/model/Node.html> is not > an interface, it's an abstract class, just like Computer. > > In the end it seems that the way to go is to use > TransientComputerActionFactory > <http://javadoc.jenkins-ci.org/index.html?hudson/model/TransientComputerActionFactory.html> > , is that correct? > > Based on feedback, a little bit of clean-up in the javadoc of Computer > and/or NodeProperty could be done. I volunteer :-) > > Thanks, > > Dominique > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/Add-an-action-to-a-Node-Computer-tp4720123.html > Sent from the Jenkins dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Robert Sandell > Software Engineer > CloudBees Inc. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
