Problem defining global variables

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Dec 15, 2016, 5:11:35 AM12/15/16

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#vars/variables.groovy

def setFoo(f) {
  this.foo = f
}

def isFoo() {
  return this.foo
}

#src/com/company/ci/Build.groovy

void execute() {
  def foo = false
  if (env.BRANCH_NAME.equals("master")) {
    foo = true
  }
  variables.setFoo(foo)
}

#Jenkinsfile

def build = new com.company.ci.Build()
build.execute()

def foo = variables.isFoo()if (foo) {
    println "We got foo"
}

groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: foo for class: variables

Possible solutions: foo

If I use variables.foo or if I change isFoo() to getFoo() it calls getFoo countless times and hangs.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any clues?

I have no problem accessing variables.getFoo() within Build.groovy, but not in the Jenkinsfile afterwards.

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Dec 19, 2016, 6:52:59 AM12/19/16

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Is it a problem with scope perhaps?

Tried setting foo first before calling build.execute()

variables.setFoo(true)


def build = new com.company.ci.Build()
build.execute()

def foo = variables.isFoo()if (foo) {
   println "We got foo"

} else{
  println "No foo"
}

Within build.execute() it sets foo to false, but it does not seem the Jenkinsfile is aware if that.

Is it creating two instances of variables, one for Build and one for Jenkinsfile?

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Jan 6, 2017, 2:32:28 AM1/6/17

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Must be a way in Jenkinsfile to access variables set within a Shared Library script.

I could set a return variable for execute(), not a good solutions if I want to access more than one variable.

def build = new com.company.ci.Build()

def foo = build.execute()

Unless I can return the variables object.

def build = new com.company.ci.Build()

def variables = build.execute()
def foo = variables.getFoo()
def bar = variables.getBar()

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