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+@Library('shared-libraries') _
+pipeline{
+    agent none;
+    environment{
+        JAVA_HOME_DIR="/home/builder/java/jdk-11.0.2"
+        GRADLE_DIR   =".gradle"
+    }
+    options {
+        checkoutToSubdirectory 'marklogic-python-client'
+        buildDiscarder logRotator(artifactDaysToKeepStr: '7', artifactNumToKeepStr: '', daysToKeepStr: '30', numToKeepStr: '')
+    }
+    stages{
+        stage('tests'){
+            agent {label 'devExpLinuxPool'}
+            steps{
+                script{
+                    copyRPM 'Latest','11'
+                    setUpML '$WORKSPACE/xdmp/src/Mark*.rpm'
+                    sh label:'deploy project', script: '''#!/bin/bash
+                        export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_DIR
+                        export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$WORKSPACE/$GRADLE_DIR
+                        export PATH=$GRADLE_USER_HOME:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+                        cd marklogic-python-client/test-app
+                        ./gradlew -i mlDeploy -PmlPassword=admin
+                    '''
+                    sh label:'Run tests', script: '''#!/bin/bash
+                        cd marklogic-python-client
+                        python -m venv .venv;
+                        source .venv/bin/activate;
+                        pip install poetry;
+                        poetry install;
+                        pytest --junitxml=TestReport.xml || true
+                    '''
+                    junit 'marklogic-python-client/TestReport.xml'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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