Method: Chef::Cookbook::Metadata#depends

Defined in:

lib/chef/cookbook/metadata.rb

#depends(cookbook, *version_args) ⇒ Object

Adds a dependency on another cookbook, with version checking strings.

Parameters

cookbook<String>

The cookbook

version<String>

A version constraint of the form “OP VERSION”,

where OP is one of < <= = > >= ~> and VERSION has the form x.y.z or x.y.

Returns

versions<Array>

Returns the list of versions for the platform

# File 'lib/chef/cookbook/metadata.rb', line 284

def depends(cookbook, *version_args)
  if cookbook == name
    raise "Cookbook depends on itself in cookbook #{name}, please remove the this unnecessary self-dependency"
  else
    version = new_args_format(:depends, cookbook, version_args)
    constraint = validate_version_constraint(:depends, cookbook, version)
    @dependencies[cookbook] = constraint.to_s
  end

  @dependencies[cookbook]
end