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+#
+# prefix.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:prefix, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+This function applies a prefix to all elements in an array or a hash.
+
+*Examples:*
+
+ prefix(['a','b','c'], 'p')
+
+Will return: ['pa','pb','pc']
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ # Technically we support two arguments but only first is mandatory ...
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "prefix(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+ enumerable = arguments[0]
+
+ unless enumerable.is_a?(Array) or enumerable.is_a?(Hash)
+ raise Puppet::ParseError, "prefix(): expected first argument to be an Array or a Hash, got #{enumerable.inspect}"
+ end
+
+ prefix = arguments[1] if arguments[1]
+
+ if prefix
+ unless prefix.is_a?(String)
+ raise Puppet::ParseError, "prefix(): expected second argument to be a String, got #{prefix.inspect}"
+ end
+ end
+
+ if enumerable.is_a?(Array)
+ # Turn everything into string same as join would do ...
+ result = enumerable.collect do |i|
+ i = i.to_s
+ prefix ? prefix + i : i
+ end
+ else
+ result = Hash[enumerable.map do |k,v|
+ k = k.to_s
+ [ prefix ? prefix + k : k, v ]
+ end]
+ end
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :