The workaround of Raul Arabaolaza is working for me. Instantiating the object before it is used inside the shared library itself.

So something like

def lib = library("libs")
def o = lib.com.package.classA.new()

customStep() // step which is defined in "lib" and also instantiates classA

o.method()

works, while something like

def lib = library("libs")

customStep() // step which is defined in "lib" and instantiates classA

lib.com.package.classA.new().method() // java.lang.IllegalAccessException

does not

Raul Arabaolaza  Did you try that code ? because it returns the same error as Matthew Mitchell ! 

Did someone figured out this error ?

I have been able to workaround this by using the following code:

// JENKINS-42730
def lib = library("libs")
def ocathpr = lib.com.package.qe.helpers.Helper.new(this)
// END JENKINS_42730

pipeline {
......

I've hit the same issue in my scripted pipeline.  Specifically 

java.lang.IllegalAccessException: com.acme.Constants was defined in file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/45/libs/acme-shared-library/vars/acme.groovy which was not inside file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/45/libs/acme-shared-library/src/

I stumbled over this issue as well (when using global vars from "vars/" and using classes from the "src/"), but was not able to resolve the problem to my satisfation:

• either the linter complains about the import (initial/old approach via @Library and import), while the pipeline works
• or the pipeline fails

I tried many unsuccessful approaches, here are some of them:

1. Using library directive on top (before pipeline) and a second library for dynamic class usage

   --- old/Jenkinsfile
   +++ new/Jenkinsfile
    
   -@Library('acme-shared-library') _
   -import com.acme.Constants
   +library('acme-shared-library')
    
    pipeline {
   ...
          steps {
            script {
              acme.setBuildDisplayName()
   +          
   +          def lib = library('acme-shared-library').com.acme // preselect the package
   +          echo lib.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL
            }
          }
        }
   

   • Interesting log output:

     Only using first definition of library acme-shared-library
     

   • Failure:

     java.lang.IllegalAccessException: com.acme.Constants was defined in file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/42/libs/acme-shared-library/vars/acme.groovy which was not inside file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/42/libs/acme-shared-library/src/
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$LoadedClasses.loadClass(LibraryStep.java:287)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$LoadedClasses.getProperty(LibraryStep.java:240)
     	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:174)
     	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.getProperty(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:456)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:243)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onGetProperty(GroovyInterceptor.java:52)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onGetProperty(SandboxInterceptor.java:308)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:241)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:238)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.getProperty(SandboxInvoker.java:28)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.PropertyAccessBlock.rawGet(PropertyAccessBlock.java:20)
     	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:28)
     	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
       ...
     

2. Using library directive on top (before pipeline) (without a second library for dynamic class usage) and direct FQ access to class

   --- old/Jenkinsfile
   +++ new/Jenkinsfile
    
   -@Library('acme-shared-library') _
   -import com.acme.Constants
   +library('acme-shared-library')
    
    pipeline {
   ...
          steps {
            script {
              acme.setBuildDisplayName()
   +          
   +          echo "devops email: ${com.acme.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL}"
            }
          }
        }
   

   • No interesting log output anymore (cf. "Only using first definition of library acme-shared-library")
   • Failure:

     groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: com for class: groovy.lang.Binding
     	at groovy.lang.Binding.getVariable(Binding.java:63)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onGetProperty(SandboxInterceptor.java:224)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:241)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:238)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.getProperty(SandboxInvoker.java:28)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.PropertyAccessBlock.rawGet(PropertyAccessBlock.java:20)
     	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:27)
     	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
       ...
     

3. Using library directive in pipeline before first global var usage

   --- old/Jenkinsfile
   +++ new/Jenkinsfile
    
   -@Library('acme-shared-library') _
   -import com.acme.Constants
    
    pipeline {
   ...
          steps {
            script {
   +          def lib = library('acme-shared-library').com.acme // preselect the package
              acme.setBuildDisplayName()
   +          echo "devops email: ${lib.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL}"         }
          }
        }
   

   • Failure:

     java.lang.IllegalAccessException: com.acme.Constants was defined in file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/45/libs/acme-shared-library/vars/acme.groovy which was not inside file:///var/lib/jenkins/jobs/***/builds/45/libs/acme-shared-library/src/
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$LoadedClasses.loadClass(LibraryStep.java:287)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$LoadedClasses.getProperty(LibraryStep.java:240)
     	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.getProperty(InvokerHelper.java:174)
     	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.getProperty(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:456)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:243)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onGetProperty(GroovyInterceptor.java:52)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onGetProperty(SandboxInterceptor.java:308)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:241)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:238)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.getProperty(SandboxInvoker.java:28)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.PropertyAccessBlock.rawGet(PropertyAccessBlock.java:20)
     	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:25)
     	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
       ...
     

4. Same for using library directive in pipeline before first global var usage and FQ access to class instead of preselect package

   --- old/Jenkinsfile
   +++ new/Jenkinsfile
    
   -@Library('acme-shared-library') _
   -import com.acme.Constants
    
    pipeline {
   ...
          steps {
            script {
   +          def lib = library('acme-shared-library')
              acme.setBuildDisplayName()
   +          echo "devops email: ${lib.com.acme.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL}"
          }
        }
   

5. Using new libraries section in pipeline

   --- old/Jenkinsfile
   +++ new/Jenkinsfile
    
   -@Library('acme-shared-library') _
   -import com.acme.Constants
    
    pipeline {
   ...
   +  libraries {
   +    lib('acme-shared-library')
   +  }
   +
          steps {
            script {
              acme.setBuildDisplayName()
   +          echo "devops email: ${com.acme.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL}"
          }
        }
   

   • Failure:

     groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: com for class: groovy.lang.Binding
     	at groovy.lang.Binding.getVariable(Binding.java:63)
     	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onGetProperty(SandboxInterceptor.java:224)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$4.call(Checker.java:241)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:238)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedGetProperty(Checker.java:221)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.getProperty(SandboxInvoker.java:28)
     	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.PropertyAccessBlock.rawGet(PropertyAccessBlock.java:20)
     	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:29)
     	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
       ...
     

Oh! The following approach seems to work (linter is happy and pipeline works), but is a rather inconvenient/surprising workaround; thus, this is rather interesting for the bug fix, but not a real workaround, let alone a solution, I claim:

• not using libraries block in pipeline block, but using library including suffix for class in "src/" (as seen above it does not work, if the first library statement is without class usage suffix!)

--- old/Jenkinsfile
+++ new/Jenkinsfile
 
-@Library('acme-shared-library') _
-import com.acme.Constants
 
 pipeline {
...
       steps {
         script {
+          echo "devops email: ${library('acme-shared-library').com.acme.Constants.DEVOPS_EMAIL}"
           acme.setBuildDisplayName()
+          
       }
     }

IMHO this is very confusing and should be addressed in another issue, but presumably not in the linter (unless the initial/old approach via @Library and import will be re-recommended, and the linter accepts it).

hi,

I have found the doc (https://jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/shared-libraries/#loading-libraries-dynamically ), and resolved my problem . So you can close this bug.

hi,

I don't see any doc for this new libraries directive.

do you have a working example?

thank

First, I'd suggest upgrading to Declarative 1.1 and using the new libraries directive -

pipeline {
  agent any
  libraries {
    lib('gconftools')
  }
  stages {
    ...
  }
}

And then let me know if that works, and if not, what the error is along with (ideally) a copy of the Jenkinsfile having the problem.