Puppet Function: type3x

Defined in:
puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/type3x.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

type3x() ⇒ Any

DEPRECATED: This function will be removed when puppet 3 support is dropped; please migrate to the new parser's typing system.

Returns the type when passed a value. Type can be one of:

  • string

  • array

  • hash

  • float

  • integer

  • boolean

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/type3x.rb', line 6

newfunction(:type3x, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
DEPRECATED: This function will be removed when puppet 3 support is dropped; please migrate to the new parser's typing system.

Returns the type when passed a value. Type can be one of:

* string
* array
* hash
* float
* integer
* boolean
  EOS
) do |args|
  raise(Puppet::ParseError, "type3x(): Wrong number of arguments " +
    "given (#{args.size} for 1)") if args.size < 1

  value = args[0]

  klass = value.class

  if not [TrueClass, FalseClass, Array, Bignum, Fixnum, Float, Hash, String].include?(klass)
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'type3x(): Unknown type')
  end

  klass = klass.to_s # Ugly ...

  # We note that Integer is the parent to Bignum and Fixnum ...
  result = case klass
    when /^(?:Big|Fix)num$/ then 'integer'
    when /^(?:True|False)Class$/ then 'boolean'
    else klass
  end

  if result == "String" then
    if value == value.to_i.to_s then
      result = "Integer"
    elsif value == value.to_f.to_s then
      result = "Float"
    end
  end

  return result.downcase
end