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+#
+# fqdn_rotate.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:fqdn_rotate, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Rotates an array a random number of times based on a nodes fqdn.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "fqdn_rotate(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+ value = arguments[0]
+ require 'digest/md5'
+
+ unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(String)
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'fqdn_rotate(): Requires either ' +
+ 'array or string to work with')
+ end
+
+ result = value.clone
+
+ string = value.is_a?(String) ? true : false
+
+ # Check whether it makes sense to rotate ...
+ return result if result.size <= 1
+
+ # We turn any string value into an array to be able to rotate ...
+ result = string ? result.split('') : result
+
+ elements = result.size
+
+ seed = Digest::MD5.hexdigest([lookupvar('::fqdn'),arguments].join(':')).hex
+ # deterministic_rand() was added in Puppet 3.2.0; reimplement if necessary
+ if Puppet::Util.respond_to?(:deterministic_rand)
+ offset = Puppet::Util.deterministic_rand(seed, elements).to_i
+ else
+ if defined?(Random) == 'constant' && Random.class == Class
+ offset = Random.new(seed).rand(elements)
+ else
+ srand(seed)
+ offset = rand(elements)
+ srand()
+ end
+ end
+ offset.times {
+ result.push result.shift
+ }
+
+ result = string ? result.join : result
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :