+++ /dev/null
-#
-# type.rb
-#
-
-module Puppet::Parser::Functions
- newfunction(:type, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
-Returns the type when passed a variable. Type can be one of:
-
-* string
-* array
-* hash
-* float
-* integer
-* boolean
- EOS
- ) do |arguments|
-
- raise(Puppet::ParseError, "type(): Wrong number of arguments " +
- "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
-
- value = arguments[0]
-
- klass = value.class
-
- if not [TrueClass, FalseClass, Array, Bignum, Fixnum, Float, Hash, String].include?(klass)
- raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'type(): 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
-end
-
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :