Method: Puppet::Type.defaultprovider

Defined in:
lib/puppet/type.rb

.defaultprovider ⇒ Puppet::Provider?

Note:

a warning will be issued if no default provider has been configured and a search for the most suitable provider returns more than one equally suitable provider.

The default provider, or the most suitable provider if no default provider was set.

Returns:

  • (Puppet::Provider, nil) —

    the default or most suitable provider, or nil if no provider was found



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# File 'lib/puppet/type.rb', line 1706

def self.defaultprovider
  return @defaultprovider if @defaultprovider

  suitable = suitableprovider

  # Find which providers are a default for this system.
  defaults = suitable.find_all(&:default?)

  # If we don't have any default we use suitable providers
  defaults = suitable if defaults.empty?
  max = defaults.collect(&:specificity).max
  defaults = defaults.find_all { |provider| provider.specificity == max }

  if defaults.length > 1
    Puppet.warning(_("Found multiple default providers for %{name}: %{provider_list}; using %{selected_provider}") %
                       { name: name, provider_list: defaults.collect { |i| i.name.to_s }.join(", "), selected_provider: defaults[0].name })
  end

  @defaultprovider = defaults.shift unless defaults.empty?
end