Method: Puppet::Pops::Serialization::ToDataConverter.convert

Defined in:

lib/puppet/pops/serialization/to_data_converter.rb

.convert(value, options = EMPTY_HASH) ⇒ Data

Convert the given value according to the given options and return the result of the conversion

Parameters:

• value (Object) —

  the value to convert

• options (Symbol => <Boolean,String>) (defaults to: EMPTY_HASH) —

  options hash

Options Hash (options):

• :rich_data (Boolean) —

  true if rich data is enabled

• :local_reference (Boolean) —

  use local references instead of duplicating complex entries

• :type_by_reference (Boolean) —

  true if Object types are converted to references rather than embedded.

• :symbol_as_string (Boolean) —

  true if Symbols should be converted to strings (with type loss)

• :message_prefix (String) —

  String to prepend to in warnings and errors

Returns:

• (Data) —

  the processed result. An object assignable to Data.

# File 'lib/puppet/pops/serialization/to_data_converter.rb', line 23

def self.convert(value, options = EMPTY_HASH)
  new(options).convert(value)
end