ptomulik-ptlib

Utility functions for puppet modules' developers.

Functions

pt_delete_undef_values

Deletes all instances of the undef value from an array or hash.

Examples:

$hash = pt_delete_undef_values({a=>'A', b=>'', c=>undef, d => false})

Would return: {a => 'A', b => '', d => false}

$array = pt_delete_undef_values(['A','',undef,false])

Would return: ['A','',false]

• Type: rvalue

pt_delete_values

Deletes all instances of a given value from a hash.

Examples:

pt_delete_values({'a'=>'A','b'=>'B','c'=>'C','B'=>'D'}, 'B')

Would return: {'a'=>'A','c'=>'C','B'=>'D'}

• Type: rvalue

pt_getparamdefault

Takes a type or resource reference and name of the parameter and returns default value of parameter for that type/resource (or empty string if default is not set).

Examples:

package { 'apache2': provider => apt }
pt_getparamdefault(Package['apache2'], provider)

Would return '' (default provider was not defined).

Package { provider => aptitude }

node example.com {
  package { 'apache2': provider => apt }
  pt_getparamdefault(Package['apache2'], provider)
}

Would return 'aptitude'.

Package { provider => aptitude }

node example.com {
  Package { provider => apt }
  package { 'apache2': }
  pt_getparamdefault(Package['apache2'], provider)
}

Would return 'apt'.

Package { provider => aptitude }

node example.com {
  Package { provider => apt }
  pt_getparamdefault(Package, provider)
}

Would return 'apt'.

pt_getparamdefault(Foo['bar'], geez)

Would not compile (resource Foo[bar] does not exist)

pt_getparamdefault(Foo, geez)

Would not compile (type Foo does not exist)

• Type: rvalue