(#3) Add an anchor type to provide containment
With Puppet 2.6.x we do not have a way to specify containment relationships. In the use case of class ntp { } declaring ntp::{package,config,service} classes, the ntp class itself should allow the user to specify before and require relationships to the main ntp class. The anchor resource type allows module authors to close the loop on classes composing the main top level module. For example: class ntp { class { 'ntp::package': } -> class { 'ntp::config': } -> class { 'ntp::service': } # These two resources "anchor" the composed classes # such that the end user may use "require" and "before" # relationships with Class['ntp'] anchor { 'ntp::begin': } -> class { 'ntp::package': } class { 'ntp::service': } -> anchor { 'ntp::end': } } Using this pattern, the module user may then simply declare relationships to the ntp class as they expect: class { 'ntp': } -> class { 'mcollective': } # OR class { 'mcollective': } -> class { 'ntp': }
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Puppet::Type.newtype(:anchor) do
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desc <<-'ENDOFDESC'
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A simple resource type intended to be used as an anchor in a composite class.
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class ntp {
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class { 'ntp::package': }
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-> class { 'ntp::config': }
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-> class { 'ntp::service': }
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# These two resources "anchor" the composed classes
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# such that the end user may use "require" and "before"
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# relationships with Class['ntp']
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anchor { 'ntp::begin': } -> class { 'ntp::package': }
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class { 'ntp::service': } -> anchor { 'ntp::end': }
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}
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This resource allows all of the classes in the ntp module to be contained
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within the ntp class from a dependency management point of view.
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This allows the end user of the ntp module to establish require and before
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relationships easily:
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class { 'ntp': } -> class { 'mcollective': }
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class { 'mcollective': } -> class { 'ntp': }
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ENDOFDESC
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newparam :name do
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desc "The name of the anchor resource."
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end
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end
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