parseyaml.rb #1

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# parseyaml.rb
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module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:parseyaml, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
This function accepts YAML as a string and converts it into the correct
Puppet structure.
    EOS
  ) do |arguments|

    if (arguments.size != 1) then
      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "parseyaml(): Wrong number of arguments "+
        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
    end

    require 'yaml'

    YAML::load(arguments[0])

  end
end

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