Method: Puppet::Type.suitableprovider

Defined in:
lib/puppet/type.rb

.suitableprovider ⇒ Array<Puppet::Provider>

Note:

This method also does some special processing which rejects a provider named :fake (for testing purposes).

Returns a list of suitable providers for the given type. A call to this method will load all providers if not already loaded and ask each if it is suitable - those that are included in the result.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/puppet/type.rb', line 1911

def self.suitableprovider
  providerloader.loadall(Puppet.lookup(:current_environment)) if provider_hash.empty?
  provider_hash.find_all { |_name, provider|
    provider.suitable?
  }.collect { |_name, provider|
    provider
  }.reject { |p| p.name == :fake } # For testing
end