module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:validate_email_address, :doc => <<-ENDHEREDOC Validate that all values passed are valid email addresses. Fail compilation if any value fails this check. The following values will pass: $my_email = "waldo@gmail.com" validate_email_address($my_email) validate_email_address("bob@gmail.com", "alice@gmail.com", $my_email) The following values will fail, causing compilation to abort: $some_array = [ 'bad_email@/d/efdf.com' ] validate_email_address($some_array) ENDHEREDOC ) do |args| rescuable_exceptions = [ArgumentError] if args.empty? raise Puppet::ParseError, "validate_email_address(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be > 0)" end args.each do |arg| raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a string." unless arg.is_a?(String) begin raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a valid email address" unless function_is_email_address([arg]) rescue *rescuable_exceptions raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a valid email address" end end end end