Fix support for passing route type as a Stringroute_resource

Add a test for this as well so we don't break it again later.

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/route.rb b/lib/chef/resource/route.rb
index ee91ee2bc7..45a1266fd7 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/route.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/route.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Chef
                description: "The network interface to which the route applies.",
                desired_state: false # Has a partial default in the provider of eth0.
 
-      property :route_type, Symbol,
+      property :route_type, [Symbol, String],
                description: "",
                equal_to: [:host, :net], default: :host, desired_state: false
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/route_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/route_spec.rb
index d4248755b5..dd79d04024 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource/route_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/route_spec.rb
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ describe Chef::Resource::Route do
     expect(resource.device).to eql("eth0")
   end
 
-  it "allows you to specify the route type" do
-    resource.route_type "host"
+  it "allows you to specify the route type as a symbol" do
+    resource.route_type :host
+    expect(resource.route_type).to eql(:host)
+  end
+
+  it "allows you to specify the route type as a string" do
+    resource.route_type :host
     expect(resource.route_type).to eql(:host)
   end