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+@Library('ni-utils') _
+
+//service name is extrapolated from repository name check
+def svcName = currentBuild.rawBuild.project.parent.displayName
+
+//get pod template definition
+def pod = libraryResource 'com/naturalint/kafka-agent-gradle.yaml'
+def template_vars = [
+   'java_version': '8'
+]
+pod = renderTemplate(pod, template_vars)
+print pod
+
+// Define sharedLibrary
+def sharedLibrary = new com.naturalint.kafkaConnectGradle()
+
+// Custom maven build command
+// def mavenBuildCommand=""
+
+// Custom unit test command
+
+// Set slack channel
+def slackChannel = "kafka-connect-cicd"
+//def mavenBuildCommand = "./gradlew build :spotlessApply"
+def mavenBuildCommand = "./gradlew publishToMavenLocal"
+
+// Args for pipeline
+def initiateData = [projectPathVersion: "client/java", projectArtifact: "jar", projectBucketName: "openlineage", grepVersion: "version"]
+def compileData = [run: true, maven_build_cmd: mavenBuildCommand, projectToCompile: ["client/java","integration/spark" ]]
+def testData = [run: false] // Default is: python -m unittest
+def artifactData = [run: true]
+def intTestData = [run: false]
+def deploymentData = [run: false]
+def buildCommands = [
+    initiateData: initiateData,
+    compileData: compileData,
+    testData: testData,
+    artifactData: artifactData,
+    intTestData: intTestData,
+    deploymentData: deploymentData
+]
+
+timestamps {
+    commonPipeline(sharedLibrary, svcName, buildCommands, pod, slackChannel)
+}