Method: Puppet::Pops::Types::StringConverter#string_PRuntimeType

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

#string_PRuntimeType(val_type, val, format_map, indent) ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 



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# File 'lib/puppet/pops/types/string_converter.rb', line 582

def string_PRuntimeType(val_type, val, format_map, indent)
  # Before giving up on this, and use a string representation of the unknown
  # object, a check is made to see if the object can present itself as
  # a hash or an array. If it can, then that representation is used instead.
  if val.is_a?(Hash)
    hash = val.to_hash
    # Ensure that the returned value isn't derived from Hash
    return string_PHashType(val_type, hash, format_map, indent) if hash.instance_of?(Hash)
  elsif val.is_a?(Array)
    array = val.to_a
    # Ensure that the returned value isn't derived from Array
    return string_PArrayType(val_type, array, format_map, indent) if array.instance_of?(Array)
  end

  f = get_format(val_type, format_map)
  case f.format
  when :s
    val.to_s
  when :p
    puppet_quote(val.to_s)
  when :q
    val.inspect
  else
    raise FormatError.new('Runtime', f.format, 'spq')
  end
end