fix method_access and array handling in node presenter

Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rb b/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rb
index f273cb5bca..323c2cf350 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/core/generic_presenter.rb
@@ -175,23 +175,19 @@ class Chef
 
         def extract_nested_value(data, nested_value_spec)
           nested_value_spec.split(".").each do |attr|
-            if data.nil?
-              nil # don't get no method error on nil
-              # Must check :[] before attr because spec can include
-              #   `keys` - want the key named `keys`, not a list of
-              #   available keys.
-            elsif data.respond_to?(:[]) && data.has_key?(attr)
-              data = data[attr]
-            elsif data.respond_to?(attr.to_sym)
-              data = data.send(attr.to_sym)
-            else
-              data = begin
-                       data.send(attr.to_sym)
-                     rescue NoMethodError
-                       nil
-                     end
-            end
+            data =
+              if data.is_a?(Array)
+                data[attr.to_i]
+              elsif data.respond_to?(:[], false) && data.key?(attr)
+                data[attr]
+              elsif data.respond_to?(attr.to_sym, false)
+                # handles -a chef_environment and other things that hang of the node and aren't really attributes
+                data.public_send(attr.to_sym)
+              else
+                nil
+              end
           end
+          # necessary for coercing hashable non-attribute objects hanging off the node into real hashes
           ( !data.kind_of?(Array) && data.respond_to?(:to_hash) ) ? data.to_hash : data
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/knife/core/ui_spec.rb b/spec/unit/knife/core/ui_spec.rb
index 9f525f22f0..59c308e692 100644
--- a/spec/unit/knife/core/ui_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/knife/core/ui_spec.rb
@@ -377,12 +377,19 @@ EOM
       end
 
       it "should return the name attribute" do
-        allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Node).to receive(:name).and_return("chef.localdomain")
         input = Chef::Node.new
+        input.name("chef.localdomain")
         @ui.config[:attribute] = "name"
         expect(@ui.format_for_display(input)).to eq( { "chef.localdomain" => { "name" => "chef.localdomain" } })
       end
 
+      it "works with arrays" do
+        input = Chef::Node.new
+        input.default["array"] = %w{zero one two}
+        @ui.config[:attribute] = "array.1"
+        expect(@ui.format_for_display(input)).to eq( nil => { "array.1" => "one" })
+      end
+
       it "returns nil when given an attribute path that isn't a name or attribute" do
         input = { "keys" => { "keys" => "values" }, "hi" => "ho", "id" => "sample-data-bag-item" }
         non_existing_path = "nope.nada.nothingtoseehere"