require_relative "exceptions" class Chef class AttributeBlocklist # filter takes two arguments - the data you want to filter, and an array # of keys you want discarded. You can capture a subtree of the data to filter by # providing a "/"-delimited string of keys. If some key includes "/"-characters, # you must provide an array of keys instead. # # AttributeBlocklist.filter( # { "filesystem" => { # "/dev/disk" => { # "size" => "10mb" # }, # "map - autohome" => { # "size" => "10mb" # } # }, # "network" => { # "interfaces" => { # "eth0" => {...}, # "eth1" => {...} # } # } # }, # ["network/interfaces/eth0", ["filesystem", "/dev/disk"]]) # will exclude the eth0 and /dev/disk subtrees. def self.filter(data, blocklist = nil) return data if blocklist.nil? blocklist.each do |item| Chef::Log.warn("Removing item #{item}") remove_data(data, item) end data end # Walk the data according to the keys provided by the blocklisted item # to get a reference to the item that will be removed. def self.remove_data(data, item) parts = to_array(item) item_ref = data parts[0..-2].each do |part| unless item_ref[part] Chef::Log.warn("Could not find blocklist attribute #{item}.") return nil end item_ref = item_ref[part] end unless item_ref.key?(parts[-1]) Chef::Log.warn("Could not find blocklist attribute #{item}.") return nil end item_ref.delete(parts[-1]) data end private_class_method :remove_data # Accepts a String or an Array, and returns an Array of String keys that # are used to traverse the data hash. Strings are split on "/", Arrays are # assumed to contain exact keys (that is, Array elements will not be split # by "/"). def self.to_array(item) return item if item.is_a? Array parts = item.split("/") parts.shift if !parts.empty? && parts[0].empty? parts end private_class_method :to_array end end