# Test whether a given class or definition is defined require 'puppet/parser/functions' Puppet::Parser::Functions.newfunction(:defined_with_params, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'ENDOFDOC' Takes a resource reference and an optional hash of attributes. Returns true if a resource with the specified attributes has already been added to the catalog, and false otherwise. user { 'dan': ensure => present, } if ! defined_with_params(User[dan], {'ensure' => 'present' }) { user { 'dan': ensure => present, } } ENDOFDOC ) do |vals| reference, params = vals raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a reference') unless reference if (! params) || params == '' params = {} end ret = false if resource = findresource(reference.to_s) matches = params.collect do |key, value| resource[key] == value end ret = params.empty? || !matches.include?(false) end Puppet.debug("Resource #{reference} was not determined to be defined") ret end