Method: Puppet::Provider::DscBaseProvider#enum_values

Defined in:
lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb

#enum_values(context, attribute) ⇒ Array

Parses the DSC resource type definition to retrieve the values of any attributes which are specified as enums

Parameters:

  • context (Object) —

    the Puppet runtime context to operate in and send feedback to

  • attribute (String) —

    the enum attribute to retrieve the allowed values from

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    returns an array of attribute names as symbols which are enums



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# File 'lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb', line 713

def enum_values(context, attribute)
  # Get the attribute's type string for the given key
  type_string = context.type.attributes[attribute][:type]

  # Return an empty array if the key doesn't have an Enum type or doesn't exist
  return [] unless type_string&.include?('Enum[')

  # Extract the enum values from the type string
  enum_content = type_string.match(/Enum\[(.*?)\]/)&.[](1)

  # Return an empty array if we couldn't find the enum values
  return [] if enum_content.nil?

  # Return an array of the enum values, stripped of extra whitespace and quote marks
  enum_content.split(',').map { |val| val.strip.delete('\'') }
end