Try nesting that in a script block
pipeline {
agent any
stages {
stage('example') {
steps {
* script {*
def causes = currentBuild.getBuildCauses()
echo "Causes are ${causes}"
* }*
}
}
}
}
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:04 PM Tom Brownridge <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new and am fundamentally misunderstanding pipeline syntax and cannot
> relate the examples in the documentation. What am I missing?
>
> Looking at the example here:
> https://github.com/jenkinsci/pipeline-examples/blob/master/pipeline-examples/get-build-cause/getBuildCause.groovy,
> I see a code snippet like this:
>
> def causes = currentBuild.getBuildCauses()
>
> But when I try to write a pipeline script to use it:
>
> pipeline {
> agent any
> stages {
> stage('example') {
> steps {
> def causes = currentBuild.getBuildCauses()
> echo "Causes are ${causes}"
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> I get the following error:
>
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup
> failed:
> WorkflowScript: 6: Expected a step @ line 6, column 17.
> def causes = currentBuild.getBuildCauses()
> ^
>
> 1 error
>
> at
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.ErrorCollector.failIfErrors(ErrorCollector.java:310)
> at
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToPrimaryClassNodes(CompilationUnit.java:1085)
> at
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:603)
> at
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:581)
> at
> org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:558)
> at
> groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:298)
> at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:268)
> at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:688)
> at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:700)
> at
> org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsGroovyShell.doParse(CpsGroovyShell.java:142)
> at
> org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsGroovyShell.reparse(CpsGroovyShell.java:127)
> at
> org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.parseScript(CpsFlowExecution.java:561)
> at
> org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.start(CpsFlowExecution.java:522)
> at
> org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.run(WorkflowRun.java:337)
> at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
> at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:428)
> Finished: FAILURE
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
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