Groovy script to help Jenkins identify the version of the artifact it just built.

artifact-version-yaml.groovy

/**
 * Reads the version of the artifact from the Spring Boot application.yml.
 * Depends on the following in build.gradle:
 <pre>
  processResources {
    filesMatching('application.yml') {
        expand(project.properties)
    }
  }
 </pre>
 */

import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
import hudson.model.*

def build = Thread.currentThread().executable
Yaml yaml = new Yaml()
Object data = yaml.load(new File("${build.workspace}/build/resources/main/application.yml").newDataInputStream())
def version = data['info']['release']['version']
println "Artifact version is $version"
build.addAction(
  new ParametersAction([
    new StringParameterValue("ARTIFACT_VERSION", version),
  ])
)