[JENKINS-42360] Globals not accessible in Declarative Pipeline outside script directive

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See jenkins-infra/jenkins.io#611

Basically, it was a design decision to not allow any form of thing.method() in Declarative. This was needed to support validation.

It is possible to circumvent this in several ways and there are bugs that might address this, but it is a hard problem.

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Originally reported by bitwiseman, imported from: Globals not accessible in Declarative Pipeline outside script directive

• assignee: abayer
• status: Closed
• priority: Major
• component(s): pipeline-model-definition-plugin
• resolution: Won't Fix
• resolved: 2017-07-06T12:16:18+00:00
• votes: 2
• watchers: 9
• imported: 2025-12-06

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See jenkins-infra/jenkins.io#611

Basically, it was a design decision to not allow any form of thing.method() in Declarative.  This was needed to support validation.  

It is possible to circumvent this in several ways and there are bugs that might address this, but it is a hard problem. 

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• Remote links associated with this issue:

  • PR 611
  • PR #​127 (better error reporting)

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abayer:

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  Note that globals are usable within script blocks.
  

Note that globals are usable within script blocks.

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abayer:

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  I've got a PR up at [JENKINS-42360] Improve validation on object method calls #127 with better error reporting of an object method call - doesn't enable usage of them, but does at least explain the error.
  

I've got a PR up at #127 with better error reporting of an object method call - doesn't enable usage of them, but does at least explain the error.

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  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Andrew Bayer
  Path:
   pipeline-model-definition/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/parser/ModelParser.groovy
   pipeline-model-definition/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/Messages.properties
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/BasicModelDefTest.java
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ValidatorTest.java
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectDefinedOutsidePipeline.groovy
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectOutsideScript.groovy
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/pipeline-model-definition-plugin/2750f57fad326f173fb81012d522dfc7639197b3
  Log:
    JENKINS-42360 Improve validation on object method calls
  
  Actually distinguish object method calls from generalized "expected a
  symbol", and report accordingly.
  
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Andrew Bayer
Path:
pipeline-model-definition/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/parser/ModelParser.groovy
pipeline-model-definition/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/Messages.properties
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/BasicModelDefTest.java
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ValidatorTest.java
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectDefinedOutsidePipeline.groovy
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectOutsideScript.groovy
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/pipeline-model-definition-plugin/2750f57fad326f173fb81012d522dfc7639197b3
Log:
JENKINS-42360 Improve validation on object method calls

Actually distinguish object method calls from generalized "expected a
symbol", and report accordingly.

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scm_issue_link:

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  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Andrew Bayer
  Path:
   pipeline-model-definition/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/parser/ModelParser.groovy
   pipeline-model-definition/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/Messages.properties
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/BasicModelDefTest.java
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ValidatorTest.java
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectDefinedOutsidePipeline.groovy
   pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectOutsideScript.groovy
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/pipeline-model-definition-plugin/5c215ff0cdbf81bb517d34451aeb5d6a32fe7044
  Log:
    Merge pull request #127 from abayer/jenkins-42360
  
  JENKINS-42360 Improve validation on object method calls
  
  
  Compare: faa4b12...5c215ff
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Andrew Bayer
Path:
pipeline-model-definition/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/parser/ModelParser.groovy
pipeline-model-definition/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/Messages.properties
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/BasicModelDefTest.java
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ValidatorTest.java
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectDefinedOutsidePipeline.groovy
pipeline-model-definition/src/test/resources/libraryObjectOutsideScript.groovy
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/pipeline-model-definition-plugin/5c215ff0cdbf81bb517d34451aeb5d6a32fe7044
Log:
Merge pull request #127 from abayer/jenkins-42360

JENKINS-42360 Improve validation on object method calls

Compare: faa4b12...5c215ff

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abayer:

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  fyi, this was resolved because the validation improvements are all we're gonna do here - we're not actually going to allow the behavior, but now we're erroring out on more of it, at least.
  

fyi, this was resolved because the validation improvements are all we're gonna do here - we're not actually going to allow the behavior, but now we're erroring out on more of it, at least.

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bitwiseman:

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  Bulk closing resolved issues. 
  

Bulk closing resolved issues.