Thanks Jeff,
i am planning to add dropdown instead of text box from earlier layout which 
will be auto populated from the global tool configuration page.
Regards
Nikhil

On Saturday, 12 October 2019 17:51:54 UTC+5:30, Jeff wrote:
>
> Are you adding a new field to your global config? I think you might want 
> the readResolve() method.
>
> Here's some hints about maintaining backward compatibility 
> https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Hint+on+retaining+backward+compatibility
>
> Best
> Jeff
>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 4:36 AM Nikhil Bhoski <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys ,
>>
>> I have plugin with few input parameters. one of the parameter which 
>> accepts installation path of a 3 rd party tool from user. Now in new 
>> version i am planning to add those installation through global tool config 
>> area and then auto populate during build as dropdown selection. I want to 
>> make sure when i make these changes and release it, existing users need not 
>> to reconfigure their jobs. i want my plugin to identify if old config.xml 
>> present . and if it is present then automatically add the path in tools 
>> section and populate the same as default under my build. please guide me if 
>> this auto upgrade is possible. i came across some method like readResolve() 
>> but did not understand fully. 
>>
>> Nikhil
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