can't run gradle task from other task

Question

I have a Jenkins Job that is running some gradle task:

 gradle clean -Pendpoint=qab assembleFromJenkinsJob

Here is the task itself:

task assembleFromJenkinsJob << {

    logger.lifecycle("Value of 'endpoint': ${endpoint}")
    if (String.valueOf(endpoint).equalsIgnoreCase('qab')) {
        assembleJenkinsQa
    } else if (String.valueOf(endpoint).equalsIgnoreCase('prod')) {
        assembleRelease
    }
    else
        assembleJenkinsQa
}

The task assembleFromJenkinsJob is running:

:app:assembleFromJenkinsJob
Value of 'endpoint': qab

but assembleJenkinsQa or assembleRelease are not running.

I even tried to do it like this assembleRelease.execute() but nothing is happening.

Answer 1

You should never call a task directly. Also you don't need to call a task but rather define a dependency. And, finally, in an action ( << ) it's too late for running a task.

Let me know it this works:

task assembleFromJenkinsJob {
    logger.lifecycle("Value of 'endpoint': ${endpoint}")

    if (String.valueOf(endpoint).equalsIgnoreCase('qab')) {
        dependsOn assembleJenkinsQa
    } else if (String.valueOf(endpoint).equalsIgnoreCase('prod')) {
        dependsOn assembleRelease
    } else
        dependsOn assembleJenkinsQa
}

Answer 2

I would advice the use of finalizedBy

task assembleFromJenkinsJob {
    def ep = String.valueOf(endpoint).toLowerCase()
    logger.lifecycle("Value of 'endpoint': ${ep}")
    switch (ep) {
        case 'qab':
            finalizedBy 'assembleJenkinsQa'
            break
        case 'prod':
            finalizedBy 'assembleRelease'
            break
        default:
            finalizedBy 'assembleJenkinsQa'
    }
}