Package hudson.triggers

Class Trigger<J extends Item>

java.lang.Object
hudson.triggers.Trigger<J>
All Implemented Interfaces:
ExtensionPoint, Describable<Trigger<?>>
Direct Known Subclasses:
ReverseBuildTrigger, SCMTrigger, TimerTrigger
public abstract class Trigger<J extends Item> extends Object implements Describable<Trigger<?>>, ExtensionPoint
Triggers a Build.

To register a custom Trigger from a plugin, put Extension on your TriggerDescriptor class.

Author:
Kohsuke Kawaguchi
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • spec

      protected final String spec

    • tabs

      protected transient CronTabList tabs

    • job

      @CheckForNull protected transient J extends Item job

    • CRON_THRESHOLD

      @Restricted(org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.NoExternalUse.class) @RestrictedSince("2.289") public static long CRON_THRESHOLD
      Used to be milliseconds, now is seconds since Jenkins 2.289.

    • timer

      @Deprecated @CheckForNull public static Timer timer
      Deprecated.
      Use Timer.get() instead.
      This timer is available for all the components inside Hudson to schedule some work. Initialized and cleaned up by Jenkins, but value kept here for compatibility. If plugins want to run periodic jobs, they should implement PeriodicWork.

  • Constructor Details

    • Trigger

      protected Trigger(@NonNull String cronTabSpec)
      Creates a new Trigger that gets run periodically. This is useful when your trigger does some polling work.
      Parameters:
      cronTabSpec - the crontab entry to be parsed
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the crontab entry cannot be parsed

    • Trigger

      protected Trigger()
      Creates a new Trigger without using cron.

  • Method Details

    • start

      public void start(J project, boolean newInstance)
      Called when a Trigger is loaded into memory and started.
      Parameters:
      project - given so that the persisted form of this object won't have to have a back pointer.
      newInstance - True if this may be a newly created trigger first attached to the Project (generally if the project is being created or configured). False if this is invoked for a Project loaded from disk.
      See Also:

    • run

      public void run()
      Executes the triggered task. This method is invoked when Trigger(String) is used to create an instance, and the crontab matches the current time.

      Maybe run even before start(hudson.model.Item, boolean), prepare for it.

    • stop

      public void stop()
      Called before a Trigger is removed. Under some circumstances, this may be invoked more than once for a given Trigger, so be prepared for that.

      When the configuration is changed for a project, all triggers are removed once and then added back.

    • getProjectAction

      @Deprecated public Action getProjectAction()
      Deprecated.
      as of 1.341 Use getProjectActions() instead.
      Returns an action object if this Trigger has an action to contribute to a Project.

    • getProjectActions

      public Collection<? extends Action> getProjectActions()
      Actions to be displayed in the job page.
      Returns:
      can be empty but never null
      Since:
      1.341

    • getDescriptor

      public TriggerDescriptor getDescriptor()
      Description copied from interface: Describable
      Gets the descriptor for this instance.

      Descriptor is a singleton for every concrete Describable implementation, so if a.getClass() == b.getClass() then by default a.getDescriptor() == b.getDescriptor() as well. (In rare cases a single implementation class may be used for instances with distinct descriptors.)

      By default looks for a nested class (conventionally named DescriptorImpl) implementing Descriptor and marked with Extension.

      Specified by:
      getDescriptor in interface Describable<J extends Item>

    • getSpec

      public final String getSpec()
      Gets the crontab specification. If you are not using cron service, just ignore it.

    • readResolve

      protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException
      Throws:
      ObjectStreamException

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object

    • checkTriggers

      public static void checkTriggers(Calendar cal)

    • all

      public static DescriptorExtensionList<Trigger<?>,TriggerDescriptor> all()
      Returns all the registered Trigger descriptors.

    • for_

      public static List<TriggerDescriptor> for_(Item i)
      Returns a subset of TriggerDescriptors that applies to the given item.