Method: Puppet::Type#value

Defined in:
lib/puppet/type.rb

#value(name) ⇒ Object?

TODO:

Comment says “Return a specific value for an attribute.”, as opposed to what “An unspecific value”???

TODO:

is this the ‘is’ or the ‘should’ value?

TODO:

why is the return restricted to things that respond to :value? (Only non structural basic data types supported?

Returns the value of the attribute having the given name, or nil if the given name is not an attribute, or the referenced attribute does not respond to ‘:value`.

Returns:

  • the value of the attribute having the given name, or nil if the given name is not an attribute, or the referenced attribute does not respond to ‘:value`.



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# File 'lib/puppet/type.rb', line 901

def value(name)
  name = name.intern

  obj = @parameters[name]
  if obj && obj.respond_to?(:value)
    obj.value
  else
    nil
  end
end