Method: Puppet::Util::Settings#set_value

Defined in:

lib/vendor/puppet/util/settings.rb

#set_value(param, value, type, options = {}) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/vendor/puppet/util/settings.rb', line 472

def set_value(param, value, type, options = {})
  param = param.to_sym
  unless setting = @config[param]
    if options[:ignore_bad_settings]
      return
    else
      raise ArgumentError,
        "Attempt to assign a value to unknown configuration parameter #{param.inspect}"
    end
  end
  value = setting.munge(value) if setting.respond_to?(:munge)
  setting.handle(value) if setting.respond_to?(:handle) and not options[:dont_trigger_handles]
  if ReadOnly.include? param and type != :mutable_defaults
    raise ArgumentError,
      "You're attempting to set configuration parameter $#{param}, which is read-only."
  end
  type = legacy_to_mode(type, param)
  @sync.synchronize do # yay, thread-safe
    # Allow later inspection to determine if the setting was set on the
    # command line, or through some other code path.  Used for the
    # `dns_alt_names` option during cert generate. --daniel 2011-10-18
    setting.setbycli = true if type == :cli

    @values[type][param] = value
    @cache.clear

    clearused

    # Clear the list of environments, because they cache, at least, the module path.
    # We *could* preferentially just clear them if the modulepath is changed,
    # but we don't really know if, say, the vardir is changed and the modulepath
    # is defined relative to it. We need the defined?(stuff) because of loading
    # order issues.
    Puppet::Node::Environment.clear if defined?(Puppet::Node) and defined?(Puppet::Node::Environment)
  end

  value
end