as setting a hash first is a bit cumbersome, we provide the possibility to pass a yaml string

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/trocla.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/trocla.rb
index 487d1fd..e042872 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/trocla.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/trocla.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Create or get the mysql style sha1 hashed password.
                                                # this needs to be assigned
                                                # like that.
     $password_user3 = trocla('user3','pgsql', $options_user3)
+
+Options can also be passed as a yaml string:
+
+    $password_user3 = trocla('user3','pgsql', \"username: 'user3'\")
   "
   ) do |*args|
     require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../util/trocla_helper'
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/trocla_helper.rb b/lib/puppet/util/trocla_helper.rb
index ea4edee..9a41c0e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/trocla_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/trocla_helper.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ module Puppet::Util::TroclaHelper
         key = args[0] || raise(Puppet::ParseError, "You need to pass at least a key as an argument!")
         format = args[1] || 'plain'
         options = args[2] || {}
-        
+        if options.is_a?(String)
+          require 'yaml'
+          options = YAML.load(options)
+        end
+
         configfile = File.join(File.dirname(Puppet.settings[:config]), "troclarc.yaml")
 
         raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Trocla config file #{configfile} not readable") unless File.exist?(configfile)