@David can you please elaborate what do you mean by main body of the script ?
I did try adding print statements to see if it is getting there. All the code samples i have pasted in my post would result in successful execution but no output, even when i have some in the function. Not sure what is wrong. On Tuesday, 21 March 2017 20:34:12 UTC+1, David Karr wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:02 AM, ishan jain <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Probably i am being silly, but seriously i am not able to call a > function > > which i have defined in my Jenkinsfile from within a step. Here is a > sample: > > > > def meta = "something" > > > > stage (build) { > > > > buildProject(meta) > > } > > > > def buildProject(meta) { > > return { > > node { > > //whatever i need to do > > } > > } > > } > > I might be wrong, but I don't believe you can use the "node" or > "stage" DSL anywhere but in the main body of the script. > > > This simply does not do anything. I tried various combos to try n call > it, > > but nothing. How exactly should i call a function ? > > Calling a function is simple. Did you try having the function just do > a "println" or "echo" to verify that it got there? If you see that, > then move on to more complex functionality. > > > def meta = "something" > > > > stage (build) { > > node { > > buildProject(meta) > > } > > } > > > > def buildProject(meta) { > > return { > > > > //whatever i need to do > > > > } > > } > > > > > > > > def meta = "something" > > > > stage (build) { > > step { > > buildProject(meta) > > } > > } > > > > def buildProject(meta) { > > return { > > node { > > //whatever i need to do > > } > > } > > } > > > > > > > > def meta = "something" > > > > stage (build) { > > > > def output = buildProject(meta) > > } > > > > def buildProject(meta) { > > return { > > node { > > //whatever i need to do > > } > > } > > } > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Jenkins Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/1cf8438c-7bc4-44f6-9e1d-3f42ee863de2%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a11f106d-2db1-4d57-94ba-6213e9430342%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
