Method: Puppet::Interface::DocGen#attr_doc

Defined in:
lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb

#attr_doc(name, &validate) ⇒ Object

This method is part of a private API. You should avoid using this method if possible, as it may be removed or be changed in the future. 



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# File 'lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb', line 23

def attr_doc(name, &validate)
  # Now, which form of the setter do we want, validated or not?
  get_arg = "value.to_s"
  if validate
    define_method(:"_validate_#{name}", validate)
    get_arg = "_validate_#{name}(#{get_arg})"
  end

  # We use module_eval, which I don't like much, because we can't have an
  # argument to a block with a default value in Ruby 1.8, and I don't like
  # the side-effects (eg: no argument count validation) of using blocks
  # without as methods.  When we are 1.9 only (hah!) you can totally
  # replace this with some up-and-up define_method. --daniel 2011-04-29
  module_eval("    def \#{name}(value = nil)                 # def attribute(value=nil)\n      self.\#{name} = value unless value.nil? #   self.attribute = value unless value.nil?\n      @\#{name}                               #   @value\n    end                                      # end\n\n    def \#{name}=(value)                                                 # def attribute=(value)\n      @\#{name} = Puppet::Interface::DocGen.strip_whitespace(\#{get_arg}) #   @value = Puppet::Interface::DocGen.strip_whitespace(\#{get_arg})\n    end                                                                 # end\n  EOT\nend\n", __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)