Method: Puppet::Type#parent

Defined in:
lib/puppet/type.rb

#parent ⇒ Puppet::Type?

Returns the parent of this in the catalog. In case of an erroneous catalog where multiple parents have been produced, the first found (non deterministic) parent is returned.



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# File 'lib/puppet/type.rb', line 2509

def parent
  return nil unless catalog
  return @parent if @parent

  parents = catalog.adjacent(self, :direction => :in)
  @parent = if parents
              parents.shift
            else
              nil
            end
end