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+#
+# fqdn_rotate.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:fqdn_rotate, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Rotates an array a random number of times based on a nodes fqdn.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "fqdn_rotate(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+ value = arguments[0]
+ klass = value.class
+ require 'digest/md5'
+
+ unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'fqdn_rotate(): Requires either ' +
+ 'array or string to work with')
+ end
+
+ result = value.clone
+
+ string = value.is_a?(String) ? true : false
+
+ # Check whether it makes sense to rotate ...
+ return result if result.size <= 1
+
+ # We turn any string value into an array to be able to rotate ...
+ result = string ? result.split('') : result
+
+ elements = result.size
+
+ srand(Digest::MD5.hexdigest([lookupvar('::fqdn'),arguments].join(':')).hex)
+ rand(elements).times {
+ result.push result.shift
+ }
+
+ result = string ? result.join : result
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :