Override Default Jenkins Pipeline Node Block - jenkins

Question

My company has a small pipeline library that we implicitly load for every build. Is there a way to overload the node { block of every build transparently?
My specific case is that I'm provisioning kubernetes slaves with the kubernetes plugin, and I want to provide a default YAML template, while allowing users to pick another template or override specific values. Eg:
node {
// Gets you a Pod with a DinD engine with a low CPU/Mem request/limit
}
Optionally overridden by name:
node('2-core') {
// Gets you a Pod with a DinD engine with 2 CPU/ more Mem request/limit
}
Or overridden with a template:
import com.foo.utils.PodTemplates
slaveTemplates = new PodTemplates()
slaveTemplates.bigPod {
node {
// Big node
}
}
Or:
def label = "mypod-${UUID.randomUUID().toString()}"
podTemplate(label: label, yaml: """
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
labels:
some-label: some-label-value
spec:
containers:
- name: redis
image: redis
"""
) {
node (label) {
// Same small pod as before PLUS a redis container
}
}
This seems trickiest, since you want the values of the parent to override the values of the child.

Answer 1

You can do this, but, in my opinion, it will lead to confusing behavior and possibly strange error cases.
For example:
echo.groovy
def call(String string) {
steps.echo "Calling step echo: $string"
}
Jenkinsfile
echo 'hello'
Output:
Calling step echo: hello
There is a blog post here that demonstrates this a little more in depth
Paid support for some pipeline restriction tools are offered by CloudBees that might solve your use case
The heaviest way to accomplish this is to of course write a plugin.