Passing a parameter from Jenkins into Java

Question

We've set up some parameters for executing a build in Jenkins (using the simple "parameterized build" setting). The job is set up as Maven test. Is there a way to programmatically pass those parameters into our Java code? We need to execute certain update functions based on the parameter set via Jenkins.

Answer 1

Yes you can pass your Jenkins parameters to your Java code through the maven execution like this:

mvn clean test -Dparam1=$JOB_PARAM_1

Note that the $JOB_PARAM_1 will capture the value of the parameter set on Jenkins. This is for Unix environments, if you are working with Jenkins on Windows, then use %JOB_PARAM_1% instead.