Custom cause #57

src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gwt/GenericCause.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.jenkinsci.plugins.gwt;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 import hudson.model.Cause;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -10,16 +11,23 @@ public class GenericCause extends Cause {
   private final String postContent;
   private final boolean printContributedVariables;
   private final boolean printPostContent;
+  private final String cause;
 
   public GenericCause(
-      String postContent,
-      Map<String, String> resolvedVariables,
-      boolean printContributedVariables,
-      boolean printPostContent) {
+      final String postContent,
+      final Map<String, String> resolvedVariables,
+      final boolean printContributedVariables,
+      final boolean printPostContent,
+      final String cause) {
     this.postContent = postContent;
     this.resolvedVariables = resolvedVariables;
     this.printContributedVariables = printContributedVariables;
     this.printPostContent = printPostContent;
+    if (!isNullOrEmpty(cause)) {
+      this.cause = cause;
+    } else {
+      this.cause = "Generic Cause";
+    }
   }
 
   public boolean isPrintContributedVariables() {
@@ -40,6 +48,6 @@ public String getPostContent() {
 
   @Override
   public String getShortDescription() {
-    return "Generic Cause";
+    return cause;
   }
 }

src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gwt/GenericTrigger.java

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class GenericTrigger extends Trigger<Job<?, ?>> {
   private List<GenericHeaderVariable> genericHeaderVariables = newArrayList();
   private boolean printPostContent;
   private boolean printContributedVariables;
+  private String causeString;
 
   public static class GenericDescriptor extends TriggerDescriptor {
 
@@ -71,6 +72,15 @@ public GenericTrigger(
     this.genericHeaderVariables = genericHeaderVariables;
   }
 
+  @DataBoundSetter
+  public void setCauseString(final String causeString) {
+    this.causeString = causeString;
+  }
+
+  public String getCauseString() {
+    return causeString;
+  }
+
   @DataBoundSetter
   public void setPrintContributedVariables(final boolean printContributedVariables) {
     this.printContributedVariables = printContributedVariables;
@@ -111,14 +121,15 @@ public GenericTriggerResults trigger(
 
     hudson.model.Queue.Item item = null;
     if (isMatching) {
-      final GenericCause cause =
+      final String cause = renderText(causeString, resolvedVariables);
+      final GenericCause genericCause =
           new GenericCause(
-              postContent, resolvedVariables, printContributedVariables, printPostContent);
+              postContent, resolvedVariables, printContributedVariables, printPostContent, cause);
 
       final ParametersAction parameters = createParameters(job, resolvedVariables);
       item =
           retrieveScheduleJob(job) //
-              .scheduleBuild2(job, 0, new CauseAction(cause), parameters);
+              .scheduleBuild2(job, 0, new CauseAction(genericCause), parameters);
     }
     return new GenericTriggerResults(
         item, resolvedVariables, renderedRegexpFilterText, regexpFilterExpression);

src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/gwt/GenericTrigger/config.jelly

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
    </f:description>
  </f:entry>
 
+ <f:entry title="Cause">
+   <f:textbox field="causeString" default="Generic Cause"/>
+   <f:description>
+    This will be displayed in any triggered job. You can use the variables here to create a custom cause like <i>"$name committed to $branch"</i>, if you have configured variables named <b>name</b> and <b>branch</b>.
+   </f:description>
+ </f:entry>
 
  <f:entry title="Print post content" field="printPostContent">
    <f:checkbox/>