class Facter::Util::Fact
This class represents a fact. Each fact has a name and multiple {Facter::Util::Resolution resolutions}.
Create facts using {Facter.add}
@api public
Attributes
@return [String] @deprecated
The name of the fact @return [String]
Public Class Methods
Creates a new fact, with no resolution mechanisms. See {Facter.add} for the public API for creating facts. @param name [String] the fact name @param options [Hash] optional parameters @option options [String] :ldapname set the ldapname property on the fact
@api private
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 27 def initialize(name, options = {}) @name = name.to_s.downcase.intern extract_ldapname_option!(options) @ldapname ||= @name.to_s @resolves = [] @searching = false @value = nil end
Public Instance Methods
Adds a new {Facter::Util::Resolution resolution}. This requires a block, which will then be evaluated in the context of the new resolution.
@param options [Hash] A hash of options to set on the resolution
@return [Facter::Util::Resolution]
@api private
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 49 def add(options = {}, &block) define_resolution(nil, options, &block) end
Define a new named resolution or return an existing resolution with the given name.
@param resolution_name [String] The name of the resolve to define or look up @param options [Hash] A hash of options to set on the resolution @return [Facter::Util::Resolution]
@api public
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 61 def define_resolution(resolution_name, options = {}, &block) resolution_type = options.delete(:type) || :simple resolve = create_or_return_resolution(resolution_name, resolution_type) resolve.set_options(options) unless options.empty? resolve.evaluate(&block) if block resolve rescue => e Facter.log_exception(e, "Unable to add resolve #{resolution_name.inspect} for fact #{@name}: #{e.message}") end
@api private @deprecated
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 124 def extract_ldapname_option!(options) if options[:ldapname] Facter.warnonce("ldapname is deprecated and will be removed in a future version") self.ldapname = options.delete(:ldapname) end end
Flushes any cached values.
@return [void]
@api private
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 92 def flush @resolves.each { |r| r.flush } @value = nil end
Retrieve an existing resolution by name
@param name [String]
@return [Facter::Util::Resolution, nil] The resolution if exists, nil if
it doesn't exist or name is nil
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 81 def resolution(name) return nil if name.nil? @resolves.find { |resolve| resolve.name == name } end
Returns the value for this fact. This searches all resolutions by suitability and weight (see {Facter::Util::Resolution}). If no suitable resolution is found, it returns nil.
@api public
# File lib/facter/util/fact.rb, line 102 def value return @value if @value if @resolves.empty? Facter.debug "No resolves for %s" % @name return nil end searching do suitable_resolutions = sort_by_weight(find_suitable_resolutions(@resolves)) @value = find_first_real_value(suitable_resolutions) announce_when_no_suitable_resolution(suitable_resolutions) announce_when_no_value_found(@value) @value end end