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-rw-r--r--lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_re.rb15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_re.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_re.rb
index 8033ca3..9c216d8 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_re.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_re.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
module Puppet::Parser::Functions
-
newfunction(:validate_re, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
Perform simple validation of a string against one or more regular
expressions. The first argument of this function should be a string to
@@ -8,6 +7,9 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
of the regular expressions match the string passed in, compilation will
abort with a parse error.
+ If a third argument is specified, this will be the error message raised and
+ seen by the user.
+
The following strings will validate against the regular expressions:
validate_re('one', '^one$')
@@ -17,17 +19,20 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
validate_re('one', [ '^two', '^three' ])
+ A helpful error message can be returned like this:
+
+ validate_re($::puppetversion, '^2.7', 'The $puppetversion fact value does not match 2.7')
+
ENDHEREDOC
- if args.length != 2 then
- raise Puppet::ParseError, ("validate_re(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 2)")
+ if (args.length < 2) or (args.length > 3) then
+ raise Puppet::ParseError, ("validate_re(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 2 or 3)")
end
- msg = "validate_re(): #{args[0].inspect} does not match #{args[1].inspect}"
+ msg = args[2] || "validate_re(): #{args[0].inspect} does not match #{args[1].inspect}"
raise Puppet::ParseError, (msg) unless args[1].any? do |re_str|
args[0] =~ Regexp.compile(re_str)
end
end
-
end