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+Puppet::Type.newtype(:anchor) do
+  desc <<-'ENDOFDESC'
+  A simple resource type intended to be used as an anchor in a composite class.
+
+  In Puppet 2.6, when a class declares another class, the resources in the
+  interior class are not contained by the exterior class. This interacts badly
+  with the pattern of composing complex modules from smaller classes, as it
+  makes it impossible for end users to specify order relationships between the
+  exterior class and other modules.
+
+  The anchor type lets you work around this. By sandwiching any interior
+  classes between two no-op resources that _are_ contained by the exterior
+  class, you can ensure that all resources in the module are contained.
+
+      class ntp {
+        # These classes will have the correct order relationship with each
+        # other. However, without anchors, they won't have any order
+        # relationship to Class['ntp'].
+        class { 'ntp::package': }
+        -> class { 'ntp::config': }
+        -> class { 'ntp::service': }
+
+        # These two resources "anchor" the composed classes within the ntp
+        # class.
+        anchor { 'ntp::begin': } -> Class['ntp::package']
+        Class['ntp::service']    -> anchor { 'ntp::end': }
+      }
+
+  This allows the end user of the ntp module to establish require and before
+  relationships with Class['ntp']:
+
+      class { 'ntp': } -> class { 'mcollective': }
+      class { 'mcollective': } -> class { 'ntp': }
+
+  ENDOFDESC
+
+  newparam :name do
+    desc "The name of the anchor resource."
+  end
+
+  def refresh
+    # We don't do anything with them, but we need this to
+    #   show that we are "refresh aware" and not break the
+    #   chain of propagation.
+  end
+end