Jira (PUP-6926) lookup should allow rich data as values

[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

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Henrik Lindberg commented on PUP-6926   Re: lookup should allow rich data as values This is an API feature as opposed to a data file feature. There is no way to construct rich data types with the hiera data format (in json or yaml). Only functions can return rich data types (at least until some other data format is made available by someone). In a Puppet function you naturally use the Puppet language to create those - for example Sensitive("toe, don't step on it"). If writing a Ruby function, instances of puppet type system types are created by creating instances of the corresponding run time value - how that is done depends on the data type - most easily and robustly achieved by calling the puppet function new with the type and arguments. The direct way (depends on the type and its runtime class): val = Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new("toe, don't step on it") Or via call to new from within a function: call_function('new', Puppet::Pops::Types::TypeFactory.sensitive(), "toe, don't step on it") You can also test this by returning instances of regular expressions as that is considered a rich data type - for regexp we simply use Ruby's regexp. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.