On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:09 AM, David Schmitt <da...@dasz.at> wrote:
> On 29.06.2012 08:51, Brian Gupta wrote:
>>
>> According to the style guide, "Classes and defined resource types
>> must not be defined within other classes."
>>
>> However looking at
>>
>> https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-nginx/blob/master/manifests/init.pp
>> shows that there are a number of other classes defined in class nginx.
>>
>> What's the correct pattern? (And why?)
>>
>> Also can someone confirm the following class naming standards.:
>> 1) In init.pp, naming the main class associated with that module as
>> the same name as that module is best practice and will get applied,
>> when someone just does include modulename.
>> 2) For all classes that you want to include from other modules you
>> need to name them modulename::classname
>> 3) Other then option 1, one should avoid just using a simple classname
>> inside a module, but rather use modulename::classname. (Some
>> additional clarification here would be great.)
>
>
> These recommendations are rooted in the autoloader, who automatically finds
> modulename::some::class in modulename/manifests/some/class.pp.
>
> Additionally this improves orientation for others when reading or using the
> module because it ibues the names with meaning.
Thanks David. Could you clarify one thing?
The style guide says the following is bad:
" class foo {
...
class bar { ... }
}"
I think this largely works, and will register as classes apache and
apache::ssl, but the correct style would be?:
class foo {
---
}
class foo::bar {
...
}
>
>
> Best Regards, David
>
>
>
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