Add Knife::Core::UI#edit_hash

edit_hash is similar to edit_data except that it returns an uninflated
hash. edit_data returns either a string/IO, a hash, or a full ruby
object, making it difficult to work with.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/knife.rb b/lib/chef/knife.rb
index 10774acc46..e13f80b5a8 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Chef
     def_delegator :@ui, :format_for_display
     def_delegator :@ui, :format_cookbook_list_for_display
     def_delegator :@ui, :edit_data
+    def_delegator :@ui, :edit_hash
     def_delegator :@ui, :edit_object
     def_delegator :@ui, :confirm
 
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/core/ui.rb b/lib/chef/knife/core/ui.rb
index 00a4834638..a54f14afc1 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/core/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/core/ui.rb
@@ -163,9 +163,17 @@ class Chef
         end
       end
 
+
+      # Hash -> Hash
+      # Works the same as edit_data but
+      # returns a hash rather than a JSON string/Fully infated object
+      def edit_hash(hash)
+        raw = edit_data(hash, false)
+        Chef::JSONCompat.parse(raw)
+      end
+
       def edit_data(data, parse_output=true)
         output = Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(data)
-
         if (!config[:disable_editing])
           Tempfile.open([ 'knife-edit-', '.json' ]) do |tf|
             tf.sync = true