Puppet Function: is_hash

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_hash.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Summary

**Deprecated:** Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a hash.

Overview

is_hash() ⇒ Boolean

> *Note: Deprecated Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. See [‘validate_legacy`](#validate_legacy).

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    Returns ‘true` or `false`



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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_hash.rb', line 5

newfunction(:is_hash, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
  @summary
    **Deprecated:** Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a hash.

  @return [Boolean]
    Returns `true` or `false`

  > **Note:* **Deprecated** Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. See
  [`validate_legacy`](#validate_legacy).
  DOC
           ) do |arguments|

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

  type = arguments[0]

  result = type.is_a?(Hash)

  return result
end