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author | Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> | 2012-11-15 08:57:40 -0500 |
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committer | Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> | 2012-11-15 08:57:40 -0500 |
commit | fda49d4ab37e360a81e2f48bd28ac7075034ee4f (patch) | |
tree | a7b84c96c7b5171e53e566ad14e0818b1e5eab7c /lib | |
parent | 747dcc6fc7df12d4d64502b0d4a0e35c3d4f8ec7 (diff) | |
parent | 598ef3a62cfe7f327062f2551e00c818a13345ff (diff) |
Merge branch '4.x'
* 4.x:
Add the pick() function
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/parser/functions/pick.rb | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/pick.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/pick.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbc0300 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/pick.rb @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +module Puppet::Parser::Functions + newfunction(:pick, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS + +This function is similar to a coalesce function in SQL in that it will return +the first value in a list of values that is not undefined or an empty string +(two things in Puppet that will return a boolean false value). Typically, +this function is used to check for a value in the Puppet Dashboard/Enterprise +Console, and failover to a default value like the following: + + $real_jenkins_version = pick($::jenkins_version, '1.449') + +The value of $real_jenkins_version will first look for a top-scope variable +called 'jenkins_version' (note that parameters set in the Puppet Dashboard/ +Enterprise Console are brought into Puppet as top-scope variables), and, +failing that, will use a default value of 1.449. + +EOS +) do |args| + args = args.compact + args.delete(:undef) + args.delete(:undefined) + args.delete("") + if args[0].to_s.empty? then + fail "Must provide non empty value." + else + return args[0] + end + end +end |