Merge branch 'enhancement/use-a-tag-to-disable-parsing-for-a-single-a…

…ttribute-value-254'

closes #254

README.md

@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ To generate a valid Icinga 2 configuration all object attributes are parsed. Thi
 decision for each attribute, whether part of the string is to be quoted or not, and how an array or dictionary is to be
 formatted.
 
+Parsing of a single attribute can be disabled by tagging it with -: at the front of the string.
+```
+   attr => '-:"unparsed string with quotes"'
+```
 An array, a hash or a string can be assigned to an object attribute. True and false are also valid values.
 
 Hashes and arrays are created recursively, and all parts – such as single items of an array, keys and its values

lib/puppet_x/icinga2/utils.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 # simple parsing algorithm takes a decision for each attribute, whether part of the
 # string is to be quoted or not, and how an array or dictionary is to be formatted.
 #
+# Parsing of a single attribute can be disabled by tagging it with -: at the front
+# of the string.
+#
+#   attr => '-:"unparsed string with quotes"'
+#
 # An array, a hash or a string can be assigned to an object attribute. True and false
 # are also valid values.
 #
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@
 #
 #   attr => 'array1 + [ item1, item2, ... ]' or attr => 'hash1 + { item1, ... }'
 #
+# Assignments other than simple attribution are not currently possible either, e.g. building something like
+#
+#   vars += config
+#
 #
 require 'puppet'
 
@@ -101,6 +110,11 @@ def self.attribute_types(attr)
         def self.parse(row)
           result = ''
 
+          # parser is disabled
+          if row =~ /^-:(.*)$/
+            return $1
+          end
+
           # scan function
           if row =~ /^\{{2}(.+)\}{2}$/
             result += "{{%s}}" % [ $1 ]

spec/defines/object_spec.rb

@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@
     end
 
 
+    context "#{os} with attrs => { vars => { bar => unparsed string } }" do
+      let(:params) { {:attrs => { 'vars' => { 'bar' => '-:"unparsed string"' } }, :object_type => 'foo', :target => '/bar/baz', :order => '10'} }
+
+      it { is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('bar')
+        .with_content(/vars.bar = "unparsed string"/) }
+    end
+
+
     context "#{os} with attrs => { vars => { bar => {} } }" do
       let(:params) { {:attrs => { 'vars' => { 'bar' => {} } }, :object_type => 'foo', :target => '/bar/baz', :order => '10'} }
 
@@ -447,6 +455,14 @@
   end
 
 
+  context "Windows 2012 R2 with attrs => { vars => { bar => unparsed string } }" do
+    let(:params) { {:attrs => { 'vars' => { 'bar' => '-:"unparsed string"' } }, :object_type => 'foo', :target => 'C:/bar/baz', :order => '10'} }
+
+    it { is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('bar')
+      .with_content(/vars.bar = "unparsed string"/) }
+  end
+
+
   context "Windows 2012 R2 with attrs => { vars => { bar => {} } }" do
     let(:params) { {:attrs => { 'vars' => { 'bar' => {} } }, :object_type => 'foo', :target => 'C:/bar/baz', :order => '10'} }