Cause (Jenkins core 2.401.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- hudson.model.Cause

Direct Known Subclasses:

Cause.LegacyCodeCause, Cause.RemoteCause, Cause.UpstreamCause, Cause.UpstreamCause.DeeplyNestedUpstreamCause, Cause.UserCause, Cause.UserIdCause, SCMTrigger.SCMTriggerCause, TimerTrigger.TimerTriggerCause
```
@ExportedBean
public abstract class Cause
extends Object
```
Cause object base class. This class hierarchy is used to keep track of why a given build was started. This object encapsulates the UI rendering of the cause, as well as providing more useful information in respective subtypes. The Cause object is connected to a build via the CauseAction object.
Views

description.jelly
Renders the cause to HTML. By default, it puts the short description.

Author:

Michael Donohue

See Also:

Run.getCauses(), Queue.Item.getCauses()

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static class`	`Cause.LegacyCodeCause`	Deprecated. since 2009-02-08
`static class`	`Cause.RemoteCause`
`static class`	`Cause.UpstreamCause`	A build is triggered by another build (AKA upstream build.)
`static class`	`Cause.UserCause`	Deprecated. 1.428 use `Cause.UserIdCause`
`static class`	`Cause.UserIdCause`	A build is started by an user action.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Cause()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract String`	`getShortDescription()`	One-line human-readable text of the cause.
`void`	`onAddedTo(AbstractBuild build)`	Deprecated.
`void`	`onAddedTo(Run build)`	Called when the cause is registered.
`void`	`onLoad(AbstractBuild<?,?> build)`	Deprecated.
`void`	`onLoad(Run<?,?> build)`	Called when a build is loaded from disk.
`void`	`print(TaskListener listener)`	Report a line to the listener about this cause.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Cause
```
public Cause()
```
- Method Detail
  - getShortDescription
```
@Exported(visibility=3)
public abstract String getShortDescription()
```
    One-line human-readable text of the cause. Historically, this method's return value was used to render HTML on the UI as well. Since Jenkins 2.315 and 2.303.2, the return value is interpreted as text. To have rich HTML output on the UI, provide a custom description.jelly view for your subclass. See the documentation.
  - onAddedTo
```
public void onAddedTo(@NonNull
                      Run build)
```
    Called when the cause is registered.
    
    Since:
    
    1.568
  - onAddedTo
```
@Deprecated
public void onAddedTo(AbstractBuild build)
```
    Deprecated.
  - onLoad
```
public void onLoad(@NonNull
                   Run<?,?> build)
```
    Called when a build is loaded from disk. Useful in case the cause needs to keep a build reference; this ought to be transient.
    
    Since:
    
    1.568
  - onLoad
```
@Deprecated
public void onLoad(AbstractBuild<?,?> build)
```
    Deprecated.
  - print
```
public void print(TaskListener listener)
```
    Report a line to the listener about this cause.
    
    Since:
    
    1.362