Unable to use input parameters as arguments for freestyle job sub-elements

[Eric Boehm]

I have not been able to use an input parameter for the job that is processing the DSL within the DSL itself

For example, given input parameters

"NEW_NAME=my-job"

"FOO=bar"

and

freeStyleJob('my-job') {

  customWorkspace(${FOO})

  parameters {

    string {
        name('NEW_FOO')

        defaultValue(${FOO})

    }

  }

}

I get errors no mater if I use

FOO

${FOO}

"${FOO}"

The only solution I have found is to assign it to a new variable

new_foo = "${FOO}"

freeStyleJob('my-job') {

  customWorkspace(new_foo)

  parameters {

    string {
        name('NEW_FOO')

        defaultValue(new_foo)

    }

  }

}

Is this expected?

Is there a better way?

Oddly enough, freeStyleJob("${NEW_NAME}") is accepted but freeStyleJob(${NEW_NAME}) is not.

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Eric Boehm