RSpec test to verify variable/parameter declaration

[Shantanu]

I have a module in which parameterized classes inherit regular (non-
parameterized) 'params' class. I am writing RSpec tests for this
module and would like to make sure that required variables have been
declared in the params class. Also, is it possible to write RSpec test
to make sure that these variables/parameters are accepted by the
required parameterized classes? Any pointers will be really helpful.

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Thanks,
Shantanu Pavgi

[Craig Dunn]

Funnily enough I was asking a similar thing on IRC the other day but
didn't get much luck. We're implementing Hiera across modules that
require significant amounts of variables. We have a lot of environments
(>20) and we often get problems where someone introduces a new variable,
adds it to a template and tests it in dev but dont add a default, or add
it to each environment, therefore catalog compilation fails in non-dev
environments.

Ideally I'd like to be able to catch this with rspec-puppet but can't
see an easy way to say "class bar should have variable foo and it
shouldn't be undefined", or something when sourcing variables from other
classes or hiera.

Craig

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[Tim Sharpe]

So, rspec-puppet can't and won't ever work this way.  What it's testing is the resulting catalogue of Puppet resources that your host executes (the behaviour of Puppet).  Instead of testing that a variable is defined, you should be testing the resource(s) that those variables control/adjust.

For example, if your variable changes the templated contents of a file resource, then you should be testing the contents of that file resource.

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[Shantanu]

On Apr 23, 5:49 pm, Tim Sharpe <t...@sharpe.id.au> wrote:
> So, rspec-puppet can't and won't ever work this way.  What it's testing is the resulting catalogue of Puppet resources that your host executes (the behaviour of Puppet).  Instead of testing that a variable is defined, you should be testing the resource(s) that those variables control/adjust.
>
> For example, if your variable changes the templated contents of a file resource, then you should be testing the contents of that file resource.
>

Thanks for the details Tim. That's helpful.

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Shantanu

[Markus Falb]

On 24.4.2012 00:49, Tim Sharpe wrote:
> So, rspec-puppet can't and won't ever work this way. What it's testing is the resulting catalogue of Puppet resources that your host executes (the behaviour of Puppet). Instead of testing that a variable is defined, you should be testing the resource(s) that those variables control/adjust.
>
> For example, if your variable changes the templated contents of a file resource, then you should be testing the contents of that file resource.

What's with virtual resources that are realized on another host?
Is there any way to test that?
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Kind Regards, Markus Falb