Method: Puppet::Type.attrclass

Defined in:
lib/puppet/type.rb

.attrclass(name) ⇒ Class?

Returns the class associated with the given attribute name.

Parameters:

  • name (String) —

    the name of the attribute to obtain the class for

Returns:

  • (Class, nil) —

    the class for the given attribute, or nil if the name does not refer to an existing attribute



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# File 'lib/puppet/type.rb', line 133

def self.attrclass(name)
  @attrclasses ||= {}

  # We cache the value, since this method gets called such a huge number
  # of times (as in, hundreds of thousands in a given run).
  unless @attrclasses.include?(name)
    @attrclasses[name] = case attrtype(name)
                         when :property; @validproperties[name]
                         when :meta; @@metaparamhash[name]
                         when :param; @paramhash[name]
                         end
  end
  @attrclasses[name]
end