- modified to use <descriptorList> for better reuse&consistency.

- support invisible JobProperty

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Job.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package hudson.model;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST;
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.infradna.tool.bridge_method_injector.WithBridgeMethods;
 import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
 import hudson.PermalinkList;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import hudson.util.ChartUtil;
 import hudson.util.ColorPalette;
 import hudson.util.CopyOnWriteList;
 import hudson.util.DataSetBuilder;
+import hudson.util.DescribableList;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
 import hudson.util.RunList;
 import hudson.util.ShiftedCategoryAxis;
@@ -936,25 +938,19 @@ public abstract class Job<JobT extends Job<JobT, RunT>, RunT extends Run<JobT, R
         keepDependencies = req.getParameter("keepDependencies") != null;
 
         try {
-            properties.clear();
-
             JSONObject json = req.getSubmittedForm();
 
             if (req.getParameter("logrotate") != null)
                 logRotator = LogRotator.DESCRIPTOR.newInstance(req,json.getJSONObject("logrotate"));
             else
                 logRotator = null;
-            
-            int i = 0;
-            for (JobPropertyDescriptor d : JobPropertyDescriptor
-                    .getPropertyDescriptors(Job.this.getClass())) {
-                String name = "jobProperty" + (i++);
-                JSONObject config = json.getJSONObject(name);
-                JobProperty prop = d.newInstance(req, config);
-                if (prop != null) {
-                    prop.setOwner(this);
-                    properties.add(prop);
-                }
+
+            DescribableList<JobProperty<?>, JobPropertyDescriptor> t = new DescribableList<JobProperty<?>, JobPropertyDescriptor>(NOOP,getAllProperties());
+            t.rebuild(req,json.optJSONObject("properties"),JobPropertyDescriptor.getPropertyDescriptors(Job.this.getClass()));
+            properties.clear();
+            for (JobProperty p : t) {
+                p.setOwner(this);
+                properties.add(p);
             }
 
             submit(req, rsp);

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/JobProperty.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package hudson.model;
 import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
 import hudson.Launcher;
 import hudson.Plugin;
+import hudson.model.Descriptor.FormException;
 import hudson.model.queue.SubTask;
 import hudson.tasks.BuildStep;
 import hudson.tasks.Builder;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
+import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
 
 /**
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
  * @since 1.72
  */
 @ExportedBean
-public abstract class JobProperty<J extends Job<?,?>> implements Describable<JobProperty<?>>, BuildStep, ExtensionPoint {
+public abstract class JobProperty<J extends Job<?,?>> implements ReconfigurableDescribable<JobProperty<?>>, BuildStep, ExtensionPoint {
     /**
      * The {@link Job} object that owns this property.
      * This value will be set by the Hudson code.
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ public abstract class JobProperty<J extends Job<?,?>> implements Describable<Job
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
+    public JobProperty<?> reconfigure(StaplerRequest req, JSONObject form) throws FormException {
+        return form==null ? null : getDescriptor().newInstance(req,form);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Contributes {@link SubTask}s to {@link AbstractProject#getSubTasks()}
      *

core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Job/configure.jelly

@@ -53,17 +53,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         </j:if>
 
         <!-- job property configurations. This should have been <f:descriptorList> -->
-        <j:set var="instances" value="${it.properties}" />
-        <j:forEach var="d" items="${h.getJobPropertyDescriptors(it.getClass())}" varStatus="loop">
-          <j:scope>
-            <j:set var="descriptor" value="${d}" />
-            <j:set var="instance" value="${instances[d]}" />
-
-            <f:rowSet name="jobProperty${loop.index}">
-              <st:include from="${d}" page="${d.configPage}" optional="true"/>
-            </f:rowSet>
-          </j:scope>
-        </j:forEach>
+        <f:descriptorList field="properties" descriptors="${h.getJobPropertyDescriptors(it.getClass())}" forceRowSet="true" />
 
         <!-- additional entries from derived classes -->
         <st:include page="configure-entries.jelly" />

core/src/main/resources/lib/form/descriptorList.jelly

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       the type for which descriptors will be configured.
       default to ${it.class}
     </st:attribute>
+    <st:attribute name="forceRowSet">
+      If specified, instead of a sequence of &lt;f:optionalBlock>s, draw a sequence of &lt;rowSet>s.
+    </st:attribute>
   </st:documentation>
 
   <j:if test="${attrs.field==null}">
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       <d:invokeBody />
       <j:forEach var="d" items="${descriptors}">
         <f:optionalBlock name="${d.jsonSafeClassName}" help="${d.helpFile}"
-          title="${d.displayName}" checked="${instances.get(d)!=null}">
+          title="${attrs.forceRowSet!=null?null:d.displayName}" checked="${instances.get(d)!=null}">
 
           <j:set var="descriptor" value="${d}" />
           <j:set var="instance" value="${instances.get(d)}" />