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Diffstat (limited to 'puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_array.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_array.rb | 33 |
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diff --git a/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_array.rb b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_array.rb new file mode 100644 index 00000000..34b51182 --- /dev/null +++ b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_array.rb @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +module Puppet::Parser::Functions + + newfunction(:validate_array, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args| + Validate that all passed values are array data structures. Abort catalog + compilation if any value fails this check. + + The following values will pass: + + $my_array = [ 'one', 'two' ] + validate_array($my_array) + + The following values will fail, causing compilation to abort: + + validate_array(true) + validate_array('some_string') + $undefined = undef + validate_array($undefined) + + ENDHEREDOC + + unless args.length > 0 then + raise Puppet::ParseError, ("validate_array(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be > 0)") + end + + args.each do |arg| + unless arg.is_a?(Array) + raise Puppet::ParseError, ("#{arg.inspect} is not an Array. It looks to be a #{arg.class}") + end + end + + end + +end |