Class: Inspec::Backend

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/inspec/backend.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(backend) ⇒ Backend

Returns a new instance of Backend.



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 66

def initialize(backend)
  self.backend = backend
  self.class.add_resource_methods
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(id, *args, &blk) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 97

def method_missing(id, *args, &blk)
  Inspec::DSL.method_missing_resource(self, id, *args)
rescue LoadError
  super
end

Instance Attribute Details

#backendObject

Returns the value of attribute backend.



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 11

def backend
  @backend
end

#profileObject

Returns the value of attribute profile.



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 12

def profile
  @profile
end

Class Method Details

.add_resource_methodsObject

Creates a bunch of predefined resource methods based on the current registry at the time. See #method_missing for what else can happen.



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 18

def self.add_resource_methods # TODO: remove
  Inspec::Resource.registry.each do |id, r|
    define_method id.to_sym do |*args|
      r.new(self, id.to_s, *args)
    end
  end
end

.create(config) ⇒ TransportBackend

Create the transport backend with aggregated resources.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (TransportBackend)

    enriched transport instance



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 30

def self.create(config) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
  train_credentials = config.unpack_train_credentials
  transport_name = Train.validate_backend(train_credentials)
  transport = Train.create(transport_name, train_credentials)
  if transport.nil?
    raise "Can't find transport backend '#{transport_name}'."
  end

  connection = transport.connection
  if connection.nil?
    raise "Can't connect to transport backend '#{transport_name}'."
  end

  # Set caching settings. We always want to enable caching for
  # the Mock transport for testing.
  if config[:backend_cache] || config[:backend] == :mock
    Inspec::Log.debug "Option backend_cache is enabled"
    connection.enable_cache(:file)
    connection.enable_cache(:command)
  elsif config[:debug_shell]
    Inspec::Log.debug "Option backend_cache is disabled"
    connection.disable_cache(:file)
    connection.disable_cache(:command)
  else
    Inspec::Log.debug "Option backend_cache is disabled"
    connection.disable_cache(:file)
    connection.disable_cache(:command)
  end

  Inspec::Backend.new(connection)
rescue Train::ClientError => e
  raise "Client error, can't connect to '#{transport_name}' backend: #{e.message}"
rescue Train::TransportError => e
  raise "Transport error, can't connect to '#{transport_name}' backend: #{e.message}"
end

Instance Method Details

#inspectObject

Ruby internal for pretty-printing a summary for this class



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 93

def inspect
  "Inspec::Backend::Class @transport=#{backend.class}"
end

#local_transport?Boolean

Determine whether the connection/transport is a local connection Useful for resources to modify behavior as necessary, such as using the Ruby stdlib for a better experience.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 81

def local_transport?
  return false unless defined?(Train::Transports::Local)

  backend.is_a?(Train::Transports::Local::Connection)
end

#to_sObject

Ruby internal for printing a nice name for this class



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 88

def to_s
  "Inspec::Backend::Class"
end

#versionString

Provide a shorthand to retrieve the inspec version from within a profile

Returns:

  • (String)

    inspec version



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# File 'lib/inspec/backend.rb', line 74

def version
  Inspec::VERSION
end