Method: Puppet::Pops::Types::TypeFactory.pattern

Defined in:

lib/puppet/pops/types/type_factory.rb

.pattern(*regular_expressions) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/puppet/pops/types/type_factory.rb', line 267

def self.pattern(*regular_expressions)
  patterns = regular_expressions.map do |re|
    case re
    when String
      re_t = PRegexpType.new(re)
      re_t.regexp  # compile it to catch errors
      re_t

    when Regexp
      PRegexpType.new(re)

    when PRegexpType
      re

    when PPatternType
      re.patterns

   else
     raise ArgumentError, "Only String, Regexp, Pattern-Type, and Regexp-Type are allowed: got '#{re.class}"
    end
  end.flatten.uniq
  PPatternType.new(patterns)
end