Method: Chef::Node::CommonAPI#write!

Defined in:
lib/chef/node/common_api.rb

#write!(*args, &block) ⇒ Object

this autovivifies, but can throw NoSuchAttribute when trying to access #[] on something that is not a container ("schema violation" issues).

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# File 'lib/chef/node/common_api.rb', line 57

def write!(*args, &block)
  value = block_given? ? yield : args.pop
  last = args.pop
  obj = args.inject(self) do |memo, key|
    raise Chef::Exceptions::AttributeTypeMismatch unless valid_container?(memo, key)

    memo[key]
  end
  raise Chef::Exceptions::AttributeTypeMismatch unless valid_container?(obj, last)

  obj[last] = value
end