Puppet Function: loadanyyaml

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

Overview

loadanyyaml() ⇒ Any

Load a YAML file containing an array, string, or hash, and return the data in the corresponding native data type.

For example:

$myhash = loadanyyaml('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.yaml')

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/loadanyyaml.rb', line 3

newfunction(:loadanyyaml, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
  Load a YAML file containing an array, string, or hash, and return the data
  in the corresponding native data type.

  For example:

      $myhash = loadanyyaml('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.yaml')
  ENDHEREDOC

  args.delete_if { |filename| not File.exist? filename }

  if args.length == 0
    raise Puppet::ParseError, ("loadanyyaml(): No files to load")
  end

  YAML.load_file(args[0])

end