Adding "type" instance method to enhance Demeterness

Signed-off-by: Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type.rb b/lib/puppet/type.rb
index 2f7b57afc..84f0b93d0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type.rb
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ class Type
         rethash
     end
 
+    def type
+        self.class.name
+    end
+
     # Return a specific value for an attribute.
     def value(name)
         name = attr_alias(name)
diff --git a/spec/unit/type.rb b/spec/unit/type.rb
index 11bedaaa2..575b6c093 100755
--- a/spec/unit/type.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ describe Puppet::Type do
         resource.source_descriptors.should == {:version=>50, :tags=>["mount", "foo"], :path=>"/Mount[foo]"}
     end
 
+    it "should consider its type to be the name of its class" do
+        Puppet::Type.type(:mount).new(:name => "foo").type.should == :mount
+    end
+
     describe "when choosing a default provider" do
         it "should choose the provider with the highest specificity" do
             # Make a fake type