import org.apache.maven.model.Model
Model mavenProject = readMavenPom(file: pom)
The above groovy script causes a ClassCastException when executing a Pipeline script:
[Pipeline] echo
Marking build as failure due to the following error: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'com.rbc.rbcone.shared.authorization:rbcone-shared-authorization-api:jar:0.6.1-201612151515.0777507' with class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model' to class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model'
[Pipeline] stage
The above groovy script causes a ClassCastException when executing a Pipeline script:
{code:java} [Pipeline] echo Marking build as failure due to the following error: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'com.rbc.rbcone.shared.authorizationfoo:rbconebar-shared-authorization-api:jar:0.6.1-201612151515.0777507' with class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model' to class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model' [Pipeline] stage {code}
hudson.remoting.ProxyException: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'com.foo:bar-api:jar:0.6.1-201612161044.0777507' with class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model' to class 'org.apache.maven.model.Model'
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.continueCastOnSAM(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:405)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.continueCastOnNumber(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:319)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.castToType(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:232)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.castToType(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:603)
at Unknown.Unknown(Unknown)
at maven.purgeLocalRepository(/var/jenkins_home/jobs/rbcone-shared-authorization-api/branches/master/builds/16/libs/commons/vars/maven.groovy:9)
at WorkflowScript.cleanup(WorkflowScript:33)
at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.LocalVariableBlock$LocalVariable.set(LocalVariableBlock.java:45)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.AssignmentBlock$ContinuationImpl.assignAndDone(AssignmentBlock.java:70)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor288.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Outcome.resumeFrom(Outcome.java:73)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:146)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:18)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:33)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:30)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:30)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:163)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:324)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:78)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:236)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:224)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:63)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Finished: FAILURE
It is more reliable, more readable and does not require (like any maven plugin execution) a lot of network activity in order to download / check all dependencies. I have to admit, though, that I am OK to keep dynamic typing. It is just that it looks more like a bug that you avoid than something that you really want.