IDE Support

Newer versions (14.1 or later) of IntelliJ IDEA can be configured to be aware of the Job DSL beyond the basic Groovy syntax. That enables autocompletion and better syntax highlighting and will provide more information about the DSL methods like "Parameter Info" and "Quick Documentation".

IDEA has a feature called GroovyDSL which enables IDE support for custom Groovy DSLs. To configure support for the Job DSL, a GroovyDSL script with the following content must be available on the classpath along with the job-dsl-core library.

// enable DSL support in IDEA, see https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/GRVY/Scripting+IDE+for+DSL+awareness

def jobPath = /.*\/jobs\/.*\.groovy/

def ctx = context(pathRegexp: jobPath)
contributor(ctx, {
    delegatesTo(findClass('javaposse.jobdsl.dsl.DslFactory'))
})

This GroovyDSL script will enable Job DSL IDE support in all script files matched by the jobPath regular expression, in this case all file below a folder class jobs with file extension .groovy.

An easy way to automatically configure IDEA is to use a Gradle build file for the project setup. The content of the following code block must be saved in a file called build.gradle. This file should be stored in the same source code repository as the Job DSL scripts. It assumes that the Job DSL scripts are located in a sub-directory called jobs. In IDEA, use the Gradle build file to open the project. That will setup the project along with all necessary libraries to enable the DSL support. Note that you must provide a local installation of Gradle or use the Gradle Wrapper since IDEA does not contain a Gradle installation.

apply plugin: 'groovy'

sourceSets {
    jobs {
        groovy {
            srcDirs 'jobs'
            compileClasspath += main.compileClasspath
        }
    }
}

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
        url 'https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.jenkins-ci.plugins:job-dsl-core:1.67'
}

In this example, the GroovyDSL script from above must be stored in src/main/resources/idea.gdsl.

For a complete example, have a look at Job DSL Gradle Example or Job DSL Sample.

IDE Support is currently not available for the Automatically Generated DSL or The Configure Block.