Class: Puppet::Pops::Types::ClassLoader

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/puppet/pops/types/class_loader.rb

Overview

The ClassLoader provides a Class instance given a class name or a meta-type. If the class is not already loaded, it is loaded using the Puppet Autoloader. This means it can load a class from a gem, or from puppet modules.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.provide(name) ⇒ Class?

Returns a Class given a fully qualified class name. Lookup of class is never relative to the calling namespace.

Raises:

  • ArgumentError If the given argument has the wrong type



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# File 'lib/puppet/pops/types/class_loader.rb', line 19

def self.provide(name)
  case name
  when String
    provide_from_string(name)

  when Array
    provide_from_name_path(name.join('::'), name)

  when Puppet::Pops::Types::PAnyType, Puppet::Pops::Types::PType
    provide_from_type(name)

  else
    raise ArgumentError, "Cannot provide a class from a '#{name.class.name}'"
  end
end