Merge branch 'feature/master/5061' into 2.6.next

* feature/master/5061:
  (#5061) - allow special hostclass/define variables to be evaluated as defaults.

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb b/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
index 92e1ef719..34fddf135 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource/type.rb
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ class Puppet::Resource::Type
       set[param] = true
     end
 
+    if @type == :hostclass
+      scope.setvar("title", resource.title.to_s.downcase) unless set.include? :title
+      scope.setvar("name",  resource.name.to_s.downcase ) unless set.include? :name
+    else
+      scope.setvar("title", resource.title              ) unless set.include? :title
+      scope.setvar("name",  resource.name               ) unless set.include? :name
+    end
+    scope.setvar("module_name", module_name) if module_name and ! set.include? :module_name
+
+    if caller_name = scope.parent_module_name and ! set.include?(:caller_module_name)
+      scope.setvar("caller_module_name", caller_name)
+    end
+    scope.class_set(self.name,scope) if hostclass? or node?
     # Verify that all required arguments are either present or
     # have been provided with defaults.
     arguments.each do |param, default|
@@ -246,19 +259,6 @@ class Puppet::Resource::Type
       resource[param] = value
     end
 
-    if @type == :hostclass
-      scope.setvar("title", resource.title.to_s.downcase) unless set.include? :title
-      scope.setvar("name",  resource.name.to_s.downcase ) unless set.include? :name
-    else
-      scope.setvar("title", resource.title              ) unless set.include? :title
-      scope.setvar("name",  resource.name               ) unless set.include? :name
-    end
-    scope.setvar("module_name", module_name) if module_name and ! set.include? :module_name
-
-    if caller_name = scope.parent_module_name and ! set.include?(:caller_module_name)
-      scope.setvar("caller_module_name", caller_name)
-    end
-    scope.class_set(self.name,scope) if hostclass? or node?
   end
 
   # Create a new subscope in which to evaluate our code.
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
index 206616ef4..87b4ab420 100755
--- a/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/type_spec.rb
@@ -261,6 +261,28 @@ describe Puppet::Resource::Type do
       @type = Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:hostclass, "foo")
     end
 
+    ['module_name', 'name', 'title'].each do |variable|
+      it "should allow #{variable} to be evaluated as param default" do
+        @type.module_name = "bar"
+        var = Puppet::Parser::AST::Variable.new({'value' => variable})
+        @type.set_arguments :foo => var
+        @type.set_resource_parameters(@resource, @scope)
+        @scope.lookupvar('foo').should == 'bar'
+      end
+    end
+
+    # this test is to clarify a crazy edge case
+    # if you specify these special names as params, the resource
+    # will override the special variables
+    it "resource should override defaults" do
+      @type.set_arguments :name => nil
+      @resource[:name] = 'foobar'
+      var = Puppet::Parser::AST::Variable.new({'value' => 'name'})
+      @type.set_arguments :foo => var
+      @type.set_resource_parameters(@resource, @scope)
+      @scope.lookupvar('foo').should == 'foobar'
+    end
+
     it "should set each of the resource's parameters as variables in the scope" do
       @type.set_arguments :foo => nil, :boo => nil
       @resource[:foo] = "bar"