Method: Chef::Node::CommonAPI#write

Defined in:
lib/chef/node/common_api.rb

#write(*args, &block) ⇒ Object

  • autovivifying / autoreplacing writer
  • non-container-ey intermediate objects are replaced with hashes


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# File 'lib/chef/node/common_api.rb', line 34

def write(*args, &block)
  value = block_given? ? yield : args.pop
  last = args.pop
  prev_memo = prev_key = nil
  chain = args.inject(self) do |memo, key|
    unless valid_container?(memo, key)
      prev_memo[prev_key] = {}
      memo = prev_memo[prev_key]
    end
    prev_memo = memo
    prev_key = key
    memo[key]
  end
  unless valid_container?(chain, last)
    prev_memo[prev_key] = {}
    chain = prev_memo[prev_key]
  end
  chain[last] = value
end