Method: Puppet::Pops::Types::TypeFactory.optional

Defined in:
lib/puppet/pops/types/type_factory.rb

.optional(optional_type = nil) ⇒ POptionalType

Produces the Optional type, i.e. a short hand for Variant[T, Undef] If the given ‘optional_type’ argument is a String, then it will be converted into a String type that represents that string.

Parameters:

  • optional_type (String, PAnyType, nil) (defaults to: nil) —

    the optional type

Returns:



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# File 'lib/puppet/pops/types/type_factory.rb', line 133

def self.optional(optional_type = nil)
  if optional_type.nil?
    POptionalType::DEFAULT
  else
    POptionalType.new(type_of(optional_type.is_a?(String) ? string(optional_type) : type_of(optional_type)))
  end
end