On 10/15/2010 10:39 AM, Bill Proud wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you nest classes like that then you probably do have to dump
> everything in init.pp
>
> If however you split the classes and define each in a separate file
> with the name <class>.pp in the manifests directory of the module, you
> will be able to "include m_feature::specialized".
>
> No problem with the inheritance - I do pretty much the same thing.
>
>
> Bill
Hi Bill,
thanks for the follow-up. I guess I shall have to either do the
init-stunt or change my naming conventions then, as per your suggestion.
If I come up with something resembling an alternative solution, I'll be
back :-)
Cheers,
Felix
> On Oct 15, 10:05 am, Felix Frank <felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm transitioning a large-ish manifest from plain files with lots of
>> import statements to modules.
>> I used to heavily rely on a pattern like the following
>>
>> class feature {
>> ...
>> class specialized inherits feature {
>> ...
>> class more_special inherits specialized {
>> ...
>> }
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> So on a central location I can "include feature", but certain nodes will
>> want to "include feature::specialized" and some even "include
>> feature::specialized::more_special".
>>
>> For the modules transition, I see fit to prepend all classes with their
>> module name, so if the module is named "m_feature", I'll substitute
>> "include feature" with "include m_feature::feature", which works.
>>
>> What won't work are the nested classes (e.g. "include
>> m_feature::feature::specialized").
>>
>> Is there a way I can maintain this naming scheme when using modules and
>> autoloading? (I guess dumping everything in init.pp would work, but I'd
>> prefer not to have to resort to that.)
>>
>> TIA,
>> Felix
>
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