using nonCPS and xml builder

[niristotle okram]

Hi, 

i have forged the below pipeline workflow. The intent is to generate the XML file as a part of the pipeline and it will be used in the subsequent stages of the pipeline. I can invoke the pipeline successfully, but i dont find the XML generated in the workspace. I would expect the "file.XML" generated in the workspace. As you can see, i am not full fledge in groovy yet. 

How can i make sure that the file.xml is created in the workspace? If i execute the script ( without the class generateXML() )in a groovyconsole it works. 

Any idea on how to pass the values of the variable before triggering the job?

  def workflows = [

  [ name: 'A', file: 'fileA', objectName: 'wf_A', objectType: 'workflow', sourceRepository: 'DEV2', folderNames: [ multifolder: '{{multifolderTST}}', multifolder2: '{{multifolderTST2}}' ]],  [ name: 'B',

  file: 'fileB', objectName: 'wf_B',  objectType: 'workflow', sourceRepository: 'DEV2', folderNames: [ multifolder3: '{{multifolderTST3}}', multifolder4: '{{multifolderTST4}}' ]]

  ]

////////////////

import groovy.xml.*

node('linux') {

//clear workspace 

deleteDir()

  stage('Checkout') {

                //stuff to checkout

  }

  /*

  This will generate the manifest xml in the workspace of the running job

  */

generateXML()

}

@NonCPS

generateXML() {

  def workflows = [

  [ name: 'A', file: 'fileA', objectName: 'wf_A', objectType: 'workflow', sourceRepository: 'DEV2', folderNames: [ multifolder: '{{multifolderTST}}', multifolder2: '{{multifolderTST2}}' ]],  [ name: 'B',

  file: 'fileB', objectName: 'wf_B',  objectType: 'workflow', sourceRepository: 'DEV2', folderNames: [ multifolder3: '{{multifolderTST3}}', multifolder4: '{{multifolderTST4}}' ]]

  ]

  def writer = new FileWriter('file.xml')

  def builder = new StreamingMarkupBuilder()

  builder.encoding = 'UTF-8'

  writer << builder.bind {

    mkp.xmlDeclaration()

    mkp.declareNamespace(udm :'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema')

    mkp.declareNamespace(powercenter:'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema')

    delegate.udm.DeploymentPackage(version:'$BUILD_NUMBER', application: "informaticaApp"){

      delegate.deployables {

        workflows.each { item ->

          delegate.powercenter.PowercenterXml(name:item.name, file:item.file) {

            delegate.scanPlaceholders(true)

            delegate.sourceRepository(item.sourceRepository)

            delegate.folderNameMap {

              item.folderNames.each { name, value ->

                it.entry(key:name, value)

              }

            }

            delegate.objectNames {

              delegate.value(item.objectName)

            }

            delegate.objectTypes {

              delegate.value(item.objectType)

            }

          }

        }

      }

      delegate.dependencyResolution('LATEST')

      delegate.undeployDependencies(false)

    }

  }

}