Discover Groovy Properties and Methods

explore.groovy

// These two functions prove invaluable to understand and explore
// the jenkins data model. Include in a system groovy script or in
// the script console, and discover where the data really sits.

// See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32876496/how-can-i-retrieve-the-build-parameters-from-a-queued-job
// Credit to http://stackoverflow.com/users/172599/dave-bacher

def showProps(inst, prefix="Properties:") {
  println prefix
  for (prop in inst.properties) {
    def pc = ""
    if (prop.value != null) {
      pc = prop.value.class
    }
    println("  $prop.key : $prop.value ($pc)")
  }
}

def showMethods(inst, prefix="Methods:") {
  println prefix
  inst.metaClass.methods.name.unique().each { 
    println "  $it"
  }
}