Module Mixlib::Config
In: lib/mixlib/config/reopened_config_context_with_configurable_error.rb
lib/mixlib/config/unknown_config_option_error.rb
lib/mixlib/config/reopened_configurable_with_config_context_error.rb
lib/mixlib/config/version.rb
lib/mixlib/config/configurable.rb
lib/mixlib/config.rb

Methods

Classes and Modules

Class Mixlib::Config::Configurable
Class Mixlib::Config::ReopenedConfigContextWithConfigurableError
Class Mixlib::Config::ReopenedConfigurableWithConfigContextError
Class Mixlib::Config::UnknownConfigOptionError

Constants

VERSION = "2.1.0"
NOT_PASSED = Object.new

Public Class methods

Public Instance methods

Get the value of a config option

Parameters

config_option<Symbol>:The config option to return

Returns

value:The value of the config option

Raises

<UnknownConfigOptionError>:If the config option does not exist and strict mode is on.

Set the value of a config option

Parameters

config_option<Symbol>:The config option to set (within the [])
value:The value for the config option

Returns

value:The new value of the config option

Raises

<UnknownConfigOptionError>:If the config option does not exist and strict mode is on.

metaprogramming to ensure that the slot for method_symbol gets set to value after any other logic is run

Parameters

method_symbol<Symbol>:Name of the method (variable setter)
blk<Block>:logic block to run in setting slot method_symbol to value
value<Object>:Value to be set in config hash

Allows you to create a new config context where you can define new options with default values.

This method allows you to open up the configurable more than once.

For example:

config_context :server_info do

  configurable(:url).defaults_to("http://localhost")

end

Parameters

symbol<Symbol>: the name of the context block<Block>: a block that will be run in the context of this new config class.

Gets or sets strict mode. When strict mode is on, only values which were specified with configurable(), default() or writes_with() may be retrieved or set. Getting or setting anything else will cause Mixlib::Config::UnknownConfigOptionError to be thrown.

If this is set to :warn, unknown values may be get or set, but a warning will be printed with Chef::Log.warn if this occurs.

Parameters

value<String>:pass this value to set strict mode [optional]

Returns

Current value of config_strict_mode

Raises

<ArgumentError>:if value is set to something other than true, false, or :warn

Sets strict mode. When strict mode is on, only values which were specified with configurable(), default() or writes_with() may be retrieved or set. All other values

If this is set to :warn, unknown values may be get or set, but a warning will be printed with Chef::Log.warn if this occurs.

Parameters

value<String>:pass this value to set strict mode [optional]

Raises

<ArgumentError>:if value is set to something other than true, false, or :warn

metaprogramming to set information about a config option. This may be used in one of two ways:

  1. Block-based:

configurable(:attr) do

  defaults_to 4
  writes_value { |value| 10 }

end

  1. Chain-based:

configurable(:attr).defaults_to(4).writes_value { |value| 10 }

Currently supported configuration:

defaults_to(value): value returned when configurable has no explicit value defaults_to BLOCK: block is run when the configurable has no explicit value writes_value BLOCK: block that is run to filter a value when it is being set

Parameters

symbol<Symbol>:Name of the config option
default_value<Object>:Default value [optional]
block<Block>:Logic block that calculates default value [optional]

Returns

The value of the config option.

Pass Mixlib::Config.configure() a block, and it will yield itself

Parameters

block<Block>:A block that is called with self.configuration as the arugment.

metaprogramming to set the default value for the given config option

Parameters

symbol<Symbol>:Name of the config option
default_value<Object>:Default value (can be unspecified)
block<Block>:Logic block that calculates default value

Resets a config option to its default.

Parameters

symbol<Symbol>:Name of the config option

Loads a given ruby file, and runs instance_eval against it in the context of the current object.

Raises an IOError if the file cannot be found, or is not readable.

Parameters

filename<String>:A filename to read from

Check if Mixlib::Config has a config option.

Parameters

key<Symbol>:The config option to check for

Returns

<True>:If the config option exists
<False>:If the config option does not exist

Creates a shallow copy of the internal hash NOTE: remove this in 3.0 in favor of save. This is completely useless with default values and configuration_context.

Returns

result of Hash#dup

Return the set of config hash keys. This only returns hash keys which have been set by the user. In future versions this will likely be removed in favor of something more explicit. For now though, we want this to match has_key?

Returns

result of Hash#keys

Merge an incoming hash with our config options

Parameters

hash<Hash>: a hash in the same format as output by save.

Returns

self

Allows for simple lookups and setting of config options via method calls on Mixlib::Config. If there any arguments to the method, they are used to set the value of the config option. Otherwise, it‘s a simple get operation.

Parameters

method_symbol<Symbol>:The method called. Must match a config option.
*args:Any arguments passed to the method

Returns

value:The value of the config option.

Raises

<UnknownConfigOptionError>:If the config option does not exist and strict mode is on.

Resets all config options to their defaults.

Restore non-default values from the given hash.

This method is the equivalent of reset followed by +merge!(hash)+.

Parameters

hash<Hash>: a hash in the same format as output by save.

Returns

self

Makes a copy of any non-default values.

This returns a shallow copy of the hash; while the hash itself is duplicated a la dup, modifying data inside arrays and hashes may modify the original Config object.

Returns

Hash of values the user has set.

Examples

For example, this config class:

    class MyConfig < Mixlib::Config
      default :will_be_set, 1
      default :will_be_set_to_default, 1
      default :will_not_be_set, 1
      configurable(:computed_value) { |x| x*2 }
      config_context :group do
        default :will_not_be_set, 1
      end
      config_context :group_never_set
    end

    MyConfig.x = 2
    MyConfig.will_be_set = 2
    MyConfig.will_be_set_to_default = 1
    MyConfig.computed_value = 2
    MyConfig.group.x = 3

produces this:

    MyConfig.save == {
      :x => 2,
      :will_be_set => 2,
      :will_be_set_to_default => 1,
      :computed_value => 4,
      :group => {
        :x => 3
      }
    }

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