Method: Inspec::DSL#method_missing

Defined in:
lib/inspec/dsl.rb

#method_missing(method_name, *arguments, &block) ⇒ Object

Support for Outer Profile DSL plugins This is called when an unknown method is encountered “bare” in a control file - outside of a control or describe block.



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# File 'lib/inspec/dsl.rb', line 34

def method_missing(method_name, *arguments, &block)
  # Check to see if there is a outer_profile_dsl plugin activator hook with the method name
  registry = Inspec::Plugin::V2::Registry.instance
  hook = registry.find_activators(plugin_type: :outer_profile_dsl, activator_name: method_name).first
  if hook
    # OK, load the hook if it hasn't been already.  We'll then know a module,
    # which we can then inject into the context
    hook.activate
    # Inject the module's methods into the context
    # implementation_class is the field name, but this is actually a module.
    self.class.include(hook.implementation_class)
    # Now that the module is loaded, it defined one or more methods
    # (presumably the one we were looking for.)
    # We still haven't called it, so do so now.
    send(method_name, *arguments, &block)
  else
    super
  end
end